Kathryn B. Wienk

Kathryn B. Wienk (Kay) formerly of Stockton NJ, died Thursday, February 11, 2021 at the Hunterdon Care Center in Raritan Township NJ. She was born September 29, 1931 in Niagara Falls NY, a daughter of the late Karl and Evelyn Neu Brandes. She grew up, married and had her children in Wellsville NY, after which she moved to Flemington NJ in 1959, where she was employed at St. Paul Christian Nursery School. She moved to Latrobe PA in 1978 where she was a Welcome Wagon Hostess. Kay was a member of Prince of Peace Lutheran Church in Latrobe and was the Sunday School Superintendent, a choir member, past president of the woman's organization and member of the altar society. She was past president of the Latrobe Area Hospital Aid Society, served on the Board of Directors and volunteered in the Occupational Therapy Department of Latrobe Area Hospital. She was a past president of Church Women United and the Woman's Club of Latrobe and Co-Chairman and past Secretary of the Latrobe Music Club. Kay was past president and a board member of Southwestern Pennsylvania Synod of the Women of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America. Upon her return to New Jersey in 2006, Kay was a member of St. Paul Lutheran Church in Flemington where she was a member of the choir and altar guild, and past treasurer of the woman's organization. She was also a member of the Hunterdon Senior Chorus and the Flemington Woman's Club. Kay was predeceased by her husband, Arnie in 2017, and her son-in-law, Harrie E. Copeland III in 2014. She is survived by her two children, a daughter, Cheryl Copeland and fiancé, William Taylor, of Sergeantsville NJ, and a son, Richard Wienk, of Clinton NJ, her two grandchildren, Harrie Copeland IV and partner Beth Luciotti of Sergeantsville NJ and Rachel Copeland Bell and her husband, Christopher Bell of Denver CO, as well as her five great-grandchildren, Kelly, Sydney and Harrie Copeland V, as well as Copeland and Parker Bell. A private family graveside service will be held at Prospect Hill Cemetery, in Flemington NJ. Funeral arrangements and cremation services are under the direction of Holcombe-Fisher Funeral Home, 147 Main Street, Flemington NJ. The family suggests that memorials be given to St. Paul Lutheran Church, 201 State Route 31, Flemington, NJ. For further information or to leave an online condolence, please visit www.holcombefisher.com.