Mary Katherine Lockhart

Mary Katherine "Mary Kay" Lockhart died November 9, 2016 at 10:20 p.m. in Quincy IL from complications of Alzheimer's dementia. She was born May 22, 1926 in Gary, IN, the daughter of Mary (Zsudel) and Charles Lieber. She married Harold “Wayne” Lockhart on September 14, 1947, and they had been married for 65 years when he died unexpectedly in January, 2013. Mary Kay was a stay-at-home Mom in the 50's then worked as a secretary at ISTA in Indianapolis, in the Cardiology department at the King Faisal Specialist Hospital and Research Center in Riyadh Saudi Arabia, and at the Indianapolis Motor Speedway in Speedway IN. She followed Wayne around the world to Thailand, rode the orient express through Budapest where she was reunited with cousins, and through Saudi Arabia to Breckinridge TX thence Woodstock VA where Wayne died. She lived her final 2 years in Quincy IL, in the loving care of the staff of the Haven at Sunset Home. She was a devoted and caring wife, mother, grandmother, and sister. Her family has lost a champion and matriarch. Survivors include Michael (Diane) of Boynton Beach FL, Dr. David (Susan) of Quincy IL, Timothy (Deborah) of Linden VA, and Todd of Lindside WV, 8 grandchildren and 10 great grandchildren*, and several nieces and nephews She was preceded in death by her husband and parents, her 3 sisters and their husbands: Helen Kail (Dr. John), Elizabeth Swanson (Walter) and their daughter Linda; and Roberta Landis (Boyce). The family extends special thanks to the staff of Blessing Hospice and of Sunset Home's Haven for their tender loving care. There will be no visitation, but friends are invited to a graveside service being held at 10:00 a.m. on Tuesday, November 15th at the Wesley Chapel Cemetery in Palestine, IL. The Goodwine Funeral Home in Palestine is in charge of arrangements.