Katy Desmond Hayden - Figure Skater - Cedar Grove Cemetery - Boston, MA
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Katy Hayden was a decorated figure skater and ran the Winterland Ice School for over 40 years.
Waymark Code: WMY13G
Location: Massachusetts, United States
Date Posted: 03/30/2018
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In Boston, within the Cedar Grove Cemetery, is this grave marker for Katy Desmond Hayden, which is bearing the image of an ice skater.
Cedar Grove Cemetery is located near the southern edge of Boston, bounded by Granite Avenue, Milton Street, Adams Street, and Butler Street, and also by the Neponset River Greenway pedestrian walkway. The entrance is at the intersection of Milton and Adams Street.
The grave is in roughly the center of the grave on the east side of one of the cemetery graves.
The marker is a dark, almost black, granite, with engraved letters and image. The top part has an outline of a female ice skater with her back arched, arms raised high, and one foot off the ice. Below that is "HAYDEN." Below that is
"Katy Desmond
Dec. 31, 1941 - Feb. 16, 2016
Bob Hayden
Apr. 8, 1942 - Feb. 25, 2017
You Are My Sunshine"
The obituary was found on Legacy.com based on a submission to the Boston Globe. Here is part of it:
"Katy's passion was ice skating and family. Katy was the Founder, Owner and Director of Winterland Skating School for 40 years and the Hockey Jump Start program for 13 years. Katy has received numerous national awards for ice skating from the Ice Skating Institute (ISI), including: ISI Woman of the Year, Great Skate Award, Erica Amundsen Award, and the Presidents Award for Excellence. Additionally, Katy was inducted into the Bay State Games Hall of Fame in 2013 on the field of Fenway Park in front of a capacity crowd. Katy was a Perpetual Committee Chair, ISI Board Representative, Seminar Leader, Speaker and Event Organizer Extraordinaire. Katy has inspired literally thousands of children and taught them not only how to skate, but how to face life with confidence and courage."
Is Gravestone Showing Occupation or Hobby?: Both
What is depicted occupation or hobby?: Ice Skating
Date of birth: 12/31/1941
Date of death: 02/16/2016
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