STATEN ISLAND, N.Y. - Katherine (Kay) Benanti, 94, of Dongan Hills, a loving mother and grandmother, died Saturday in Staten Island University Hospital, Ocean Breeze.
Born Katherine Caruso in Brooklyn, she settled in Dongan Hills in 1948.
Mrs. Benanti worked as a seamstress for B&B Dress Company in Stapleton for several years. She was also a baker at Wagner College during the 1970s.
She enjoyed playing cards, traveling and spending time with friends at the Friendship Club at Holy Rosary R.C. Church, South Beach.
Surviving are her son, Ronald, and one granddaughter.
The funeral will be Tuesday from the Virginia Funeral Chapel, Dongan Hills, with a mass at 10 a.m. in St. Ann's R.C. Church, Dongan Hills. Burial will follow in St. Peter's Cemetery, West Brighton.