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Kathryn (Kay) Duffield passed in Missoula MT on June 9 2021, with her family at her side from complications of idiopathic pulmonary fibrosis.
Kay was born on January 21, 1948, in Billings to Robert and Hattie Martin. After graduating from Senior Kay attended the U of M in Missoula, where she met her husband Mike. After graduating in 1970 Kay and Mike made their home in Seattle for 8 years returning to Missoula in 1978. Scot was born inSeattle in 1974 and his brother Jack was born in Missoula in 1980.
Kay was an adminstrative accountant for several Missoula non-profits and served as President for many organizations including Alpha Phi, the Montana Symphony and Montana Chapter of PEO. Kay also served on the PEO International level from 2005-2013. Mike and Kay traveled extensivicely with PEO and were able to see many wonderful sites in our country and around the world. As Mom, Kay was involved in her sons' athetics, PTA, Scouts, etc. Kay was active in The First Methodist Church, involved in many leadership postitions in the church, one being a lay minister.
Kay will best be remembered for her generous spirit, her sunny smile, abundant words of encouragement, and her easy gift of friendship. Kay taught by example and brought joy to all around her. She is survived by Mike, her two sons, Scot (Jill) , grandson Aaron of Seattle, and Jack of Coeur D'Alene; sister Joyce Jensen of Billings; brothers Chad of Billings and John of Honolulu; and many neices and nephews.
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Gary Scheidecker
Kay ,God be with you ! She actually wrote those exact words in a note she wrote to me in our 1966 Annual right on the Page honoring her as Miss Broncette. Page 126. She was, you know, my favorite Senior Cheerleader that year! Sorry Bonnie,Georgene,Pam, Brenda and Kathy (Bless her Soul). We really were good Buds that year. Started in the Fall with Cross Country and continued right on through the whole year with classes, Varsity Choir, School Dances, Track and Field, on and on. Carried her to her car one day after a very cold and damp Girls Track meet. The bond must have been pretty special back then, because She addressed that note to me in that annual using my Middle Name. Now there aren't too many people that probably even know my middle name and the Lord knows very few people in my life time, other than my mother, have probably gotten away with using it. But Kay Martin was not just anyone, she was one very special young lady back in 1966, and an even more Special Lady the rest of her life. God Bless you Kay Martin and God Be With You from a very old Friend.