NEWS
Sister Winifred McKay, D.C., died on Friday 1/11/08 May she rest in Peace. She died at 92 at the Daughters of Charity retirement residence in Emmitsburg. Sister Winifred was born in Newark (OH). She was baptized at St. Jerome’s Church in Baltimore, MD, attended St. Jerome’s and St. John’s Schools and graduated from Seton High School. She received her bachelor’s degree from St. Joseph College, Emmitsburg, in 1952, attended the Catholic University of America, and earned her master’s degree, majoring in Spanish, from Georgetown University.
For 16 years [1971-1987], Sister taught Spanish at Elizabeth Seton High School. After school and on Saturdays, Sister visited the elderly at Emerson House often involving the students in these visits. She also organized and chaperoned trips for groups of students to Italy, France and Spain.
Sister loved music, and while at Elizabeth Seton, she established the music department which consisted of a choral group and a band. The fledgling music department began in the 1970’s in a basement classroom and remained there until September 2007 when the new Center for Sports and Fine Arts was dedicated. The Center is now home to three instrumental groups, four vocal groups and the gospel choir.
Sister Winifred was an avid sports fan – especially the Orioles, the Ravens and Notre Dame. She knew all the players’ names and where they stood in the ratings, and everyone counted on Sister to know the scores. She also loved basketball, never missing one of our games during her time here.
A Mass of Christian burial was offered at 11:00am on Tuesday January 15, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton, Emmitsburg.
If anyone would like to contribute to a memorial in Sister Winifred’s name in the Music Wing of the New Center for Sports and Fine Arts please send your donation to me at Seton.
Would you please pass this message on to any alumnae you know.
Sincerely
Maureen McCart
Office for Institutional Advancement
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