Margaret Harriett Clendaniel
Kay Clendaniel passed away Tuesday, April 20, 2021, at The Residence at Hilltop, Monongahela. Kay was born June 11, 1942, in Pittsburgh, to James and Jessie Harriett.
Kay was a very sociable person who loved people and everyone always enjoyed being around her. She graduated from South High School and worked as a hair stylist for many years finishing her career at Horne’s Department Store at Century III Mall.
In the fall of 1985, she met Clyde W. Clendaniel at a Parents Without Partners meeting in Pittsburgh and on August 5, 1989, she and Clyde were married with a service at the Century Inn in Scenery Hill. They would have been married 32 years this August.
Kay enjoyed traveling and went to New York City, Chicago, Atlanta, New Orleans and Orlando as part of Clyde’s membership on the Committee for the Spectroscopy Society of Pittsburgh and the Pittsburgh Conference on Analytical Chemistry and Applied Spectroscopy. They also went on three cruises, which kay enjoyed and eventually went to Florida for 16 winters as snow birds. Clyde credits Kay for initiating their cruises and their trips to Florida.
Surviving, in addition to her husband, are a son, Donald Newmeyer; sisters Eileen (Ralph) Heidkamp and Maryann Street; a niece, Tracey (Flag) Pavlak; a nephew, Jeff Heidkamp; a great-niece, Jesse Pavlak; and a great-nephew, Michael Pavlak. She is also survived by stepdaughters Hope (Frank) Bolasci and Wendy (Lee) Corazzi; as well as four stepgrandchildren, Lee Corazzi II, Stephen Corazzi, Craig (Heather) King and Brandon (Linda) King. She will be missed by all of her family.
She was preceded in death by her son, James Michael Newmeyer.
Arrangements by Beinhauer. Visitation will be from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8 p.m. Tuesday, April 27, at 2820 Washington Road, McMurray, where a memorial service will be held at 11 a.m. Wednesday, April 28. Please wear a mask. Interment at Forest Lawn Garden immediately following the service.
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