Cathleen “Cay” D. Charles
September 18, 1922 – February 28, 2019
formerly of Cornwall
Cathleen “Cay” D. Charles, a former longtime Cornwall resident, entered into eternal rest on Feb. 28 at The Valley View Center in Goshen. She was 96 years old.
The daughter of the late Thomas Charles and Agnes (McGrath) Charles, Cay was born in Brooklyn on Sept. 18, 1922.
Cay received a full scholarship from New Rochelle College. She received her master’s degree in Speech and English from Columbia University and a master’s degree in Philosophy from Queens College. Cay was a retired teacher from the Sarah J. Hale Vocational School in Brooklyn.
Cay was a member of Mensa. She met the Grail in 1957 and made her dedication into the Grail Nucleus on March 2, 1951.
Cay is survived by her loving sister Moira C. Hegarty of Florida and her dear friend Maureen McNamara of Cornwall. She was a loving aunt to 21 nieces and nephews. Cay was predeceased by her brothers Thomas, Joseph and Kevin Charles; and her sisters Sheila Floyd and Nancy P. Charles.
Visitation was held on March 3 at Quigley-Sullivan Funeral Home, Inc. in Cornwall-on-Hudson. A Mass of Christian Burial was held on March 4 at St. Thomas of Canterbury Church in Cornwall-on-Hudson. Cremation took place at Cedar Hill Crematory in Middle Hope. Inurnment of cremains will take place at Grail Cemetery in Cornwall-on-Hudson at a later date.