Kathleen V. Mellon

Kathleen "Kay" Mellon, a long time resident of Blooming Grove, New York passed peacefully into the loving arms of Jesus, surrounded by her loving friends and family on November 5, 2015. She was 85 years of age. Kay was born in New York City in the year 1930. She was a retired educator, who had been employed for many wonderful years as the school Principal of St. Columba School in Chester, New York and the Bishop Dunn Academy in Newburgh, New York. Kay was a devoted member of Sacred Heart Parish of Monroe, New York. Kay's greatest passion was her love of teaching and helping children to read, and her greatest joy was discovering her personal relationship with Jesus. She loved teaching all of her students, but in retirement she tutored her most special students, Jenny; Albert; Sean; Julio and Michael, and she did it for Jesus. Kay was predeceased by her husband, Daniel Mellon, Jr. as well as by her sisters, Ann and Peggy and her brother, James. Kay is survived by her daughter, Laurie Mellon of Monroe, New York; her son, Daniel Mellon of Palm Beach Gardens, Florida; her son Lawrence C. Mellon of Middletown, New York; her granddaughter, Tanya Saachi of Coval Gables, Florida; her dear cousin, Margie of Florida as well as by her many nieces and nephews throughout the country, her friends, all of her students throughout the years from St. Columba School and the Bishop Dunn Academy as well as by her little Scotty dog, Bonnie Blue. Visitation will be held on Monday, November 9, 2015 between the hours of 2 to 4 & 6 to 8 PM at Flynn Funeral & Cremation Memorial Centers, Inc. A Mass of Christian Burial will be Celebrated by Father Thomas Byrnes on Tuesday, November 10, 2015 at 10 AM at Sacred Heart R.C. Church located at 26 Still Road, Monroe, New York 10950. In lieu of flowers, the Mellon family would appreciate donations made in Kay's name to the Nora Cronin Presentation Academy, 69 Bay View Terrace, Newburgh, NY 12550. Cremation will follow at Oxford Hills Crematory, Inc., Chester, New York. Funeral arrangements and the cremation service have been entrusted to Thomas F. Flynn and the staff of Flynn Funeral & Cremation Memorial Centers, Inc., 139 Stage Road, Monroe, New York. For directions to the funeral home, Sacred Heart R.C. Church or to offer an online memorial please visit www.flynnfh.com