Avis de décès de Michael Kay - Nécrologie - MesAieux.com

Michael Kay, 79, of Louisville, died Tuesday, July 22, 2003, at Hospice & Palliative Care of Louisville's inpatient unit at Norton Healthcare Pavilion. Born in Vilna, Poland, he moved as a child to Paris, France, with his parents. When Nazi Germany invaded France in 1940, he and his mother fled south to Bourbon-L'Archambault to join his father. Two years later, he had to flee again when French police were rounding up young males for work camps in Germany. Eventually, he wound up in Spain where he was arrested for entering the country illegally. After his release, he joined the British Army on Gibraltar and served in World War II. In 1949, he came to Louisville, where he graduated from the University of Louisville in 1951. He received a master's degree in modern languages from Northwestern University. He retired from Sears Roebuck and Company in 1985 as a merchandise manager. He is survived by his wife of 50 years, Joan Wood Kay. His funeral will be held at 11 a.m. Friday at Herman Meyer & Son, 1338 Ellison Ave., with burial in Cave Hill Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Expressions of sympathy may be made to the Jewish Community Federation of Louisville.