Catherine "Kay" Schaudt

Catherine "Kay" Amelia (Bumm) Schaudt age 100, passed away November 2, 2016 at Manatawny Manor, Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Kay was born April 21, 1916 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to Edwin Thomas Bumm and Matilda Henrietta Weiss. She graduated from Mastbaum High School in 1933. Kay married John George Schaudt on June 24, 1937 in Wilmington, Delaware. Kay worked as a secretary at various jobs and worked for US Rubber Company - Uniroyal Tire Company for twenty years before retiring in 1977. Upon retiring Kay and George moved to Leisuretown, New Jersey and from there she moved to Pottstown, Pennsylvania.

Kay enjoyed crocheting, knitting, cross-word puzzles, jig saw puzzles, reading, traveling with her daughter and son in-law each year to Florida and to the New Jersey beaches, visiting her son and daughter in-law in Tulsa, Oklahoma and spending time with her grandchildren and great grandchildren. She was active in the St. Columbkill Seniors Group and volunteered to knit afghans for the RSVP Organization.

Kay was preceded in death by her mother, Matilda (Weiss) Bumm (June 2, 1934), her father, three brothers, Stanley, William and Ed Bumm, her sister Evelyn Gill of New Holland, PA and her husband, John George Schaudt (April 22, 1981).

Kay is survived by her daughter, Claire Ann Ditty and her husband, George of Pottstown, PA, her son, William (Bill) Schaudt and his wife, Sandy of Bixby, Oklahoma, her sister Ruth Beer of Perkasie, PA, her brother Leonard Bumm and his wife Dorothy of Blue Ball, PA, her loving grandchildren, Sharon and her husband, Chuck Colletti, Michael and his wife, Lisa Ditty, Stephen and his wife, Tiffany Schaudt, Daniel and his wife, Karie Schaudt, her ten great grandchildren, nieces, nephews, other family members, friends and acquaintances.

Pallbearers are Stephen Schaudt, Daniel Schaudt, Michael Ditty, Chuck Colletti and Leonard Gill, and Kenneth Fessler. Honorary pallbearers are William Schaudt and George Ditty.


Arrangements by her grandsons, Daniel and Stephen Schaudt owners of the Schaudt Funeral Home in Tulsa Oklahoma.

Local Arrangements entrusted to John P. Feeney Funeral Home, Inc. In Reading's Centre Park Historic District 625 N 4th Street Reading, PA 19601 610-372-4160