Katherine “Kay” Chesney Schimanskey, a longtime resident of Wethersfield, passed away on September 19, 2020. Kay was born in Hartford on March 7, 1932 to James and Helen Chesney, a wonderful fun loving Scottish family where all were welcome. She attended elementary school in Hartford and moved to West Hartford in 1944. Kay graduated from William H. Hall High School in 1950 and served on the reunion comittee for many years. After graduation, Kay worked at the Connecticut Bank & Trust where she made many friends. After marrying and raising her family, she went to work at the Aetna Life & Casualty Co. and, after 23 years, retired as superintendent of the Loss Control department. In 1983, she married the love of her life, Joe Schimanskey. Throughout their retirement, Kay and Joe loved spending winters in Florida, golfing every chance they got, and traveling with their friends especially the Dobsons, Nobles, Battaglias and Lenzes. Kay was always proud of her Scottish heritage and kept in touch with her many cousins in Scotland on Facebook. Kay strengthened these links to her heritage within her community by serving as a longtime member of Ellen Douglas Lodge, Daughters of Scotia where she served as a past chief daughter and financial secretary. She was a member of the Stanley Women’s Golf League and, years later, would still meet “the Gals” for lunch! She treasured these moments and memories. Kay and Joe loved living at Orchard Brook condominiums and found a new family of friends there. She loved her neighbors and treated them as family and always said “I live in the best building in OB!” Kay’s family would like to thank these dear neighbors for their kindness and care over these last months.
Kay would tell anyone that the best times of her life were spent with her family: her four sons, wonderful daughters-in-’love’, eight grandchildren and their spouses, and three great grandchildren. She fondly called her sons the comedians but, having grown up with three older brothers, could hold her own with this gang!
Kay is survived by her loving sons and daughters-in-law: Robert McOmber and Marlene Belliveau, Stephen and Carol McOmber, Jeffrey and Corinne McOmber, and Neil and Kelly McOmber; her much loved grandchildren, Dr. Chesney McOmber and Michael Beckwith, Mary McOmber and Michael Littlejohn, Jackie McOmber and Chris Dasilva, Drew McOmber, Scott McOmber, James McOmber, Jason and Yvette Schimanskey, and Kristen Schimanskey; and her great grandchildren Riley Sophia Schimanskey, Tadhgan and Saoirse McOmber, and Eleanor McOmber DaSilva. She will also be missed by her longtime friend Ginger Genua, the Sunday morning “breakfast group”, and the Class of ‘50 women, where many laughs were shared. She was predeceased by her loving husband, Joseph F. Shimanskey; her parents and her beloved brothers Robert G. Chesney, the Reverend Daniel M. Chesney, and James Chesney Jr.; her infant son Douglas Grant McOmber; and former husband Charles A. McOmber.
The family will welcome friends to socially distant calling hours by car on Thursday (September 24) from 4-6 p.m. at the D’Esopo Funeral Chapel, 277 Folly Brook Blvd., Wethersfield. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated on Friday (September 25) at 10 a.m. at Christ the King Parish (Corpus Christi Church), 601 Silas Deane Hwy., Wethersfield. Guests are asked to please proceed directly to the church to attend according to CDC guidelines, wear a face covering, and practice social distancing. Burial will follow in Rose Hill Memorial Park, Rocky Hill. In lieu of flowers, donations in Kay’s memory may be made to the St. Francis Foundation, Attn: Palliative Care, 95 Woodland Street, 2nd Floor, Hartford, CT 06105.
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