Catherine M. "Katie" McKeown, 92, of West Harrison, NY, passed away March 13, 2017. She was born on January 27, 1925 in Manhattan to Elizabeth Healy and John F. Bonacci. On May 28, 1955, Katie married the love of her life, William B. McKeown, in White Plains, NY. He predeceased her on September 2, 1983.

Katie attended Good Counsel Academy and Good Counsel College, graduating in 1948 with a bachelor's degree in English. In her early career, she worked as an editorial assistant for Norden Labs and for the Reader’s Digest and then owned her own employment agency in White Plains. More recently, she worked as an Administrative Assistant/Secretary for Southern Westchester BOCES for more than 20 years until her retirement from full time employment in 2003. She returned to work the following week and continued working on a part time basis until 2011, when she finally fully retired at the age of 86.

Katie was the ultimate hostess, cook, and a wonderful friend to all. Her home was always a gathering place where all were welcome. It was a place where holiday celebrations were filled with family, friends, food, and love, and where huge summer parties were known throughout the community. Katie was an avid golfer, playing well into her eighties. She was a voracious reader who enjoyed finishing The New York Times crossword puzzle every Sunday. A devoted Jeopardy! fan, she could still come up with the right questions until the very end.

Family was always the most important part of Katie’s life. She was a loving and devoted mother whose life revolved around her children and grandchildren. Katie is survived by her four children: Morgan (Julie) McKeown of Stamford, CT, Thaddeus (Anne) McKeown of Yorktown Heights, NY, Gerard McKeown of Atlanta, Ga, and Mary Adele McKeown (Peter Gavin) of Ossining, NY. She is also survived by ten grandchildren: Jamie McKeown, Billy McKeown, Andy McKeown, Megan McKeown, Matt McKeown, Katie McKeown, Jack McKeown, Madi McKeown, Breslin McKeown and Rory Gavin.

She is also survived by one sister, Thomasina "Tommie” Bonacci. Katie was predeceased by two sisters Mary O’Brien and Theresa "TC" Scanlan. All four sisters were extremely close throughout their lives and Katie and Tommie lived together for many years. She was also a loving aunt of many nieces and nephews, great nieces and nephews, and a great, great niece and nephew and a dear friend to many. Katie was a parishioner at Our Lady of Sorrows Church for over 50 years as well as a daily communicant.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests donations to either St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 262 Danny Thomas Place, Memphis, TN 38105, www.stjude.org, or Catholic Charities of NY, 1011 First Avenue, 11th Floor, NY, NY 10022, www.catholiccharitiesny.org