Katherine "Tweety" Bay

October 27, 1933 - March 15, 2018

Katherine (Tweety) Bay October 27, 1933 – March 15, 2018 Katherine (Tweety) Bay, 84 long-time resident of Glidden, passed away on March 15, 2018 at The Waterford Assisted Living in Park Falls, WI, her home for the past 2-1/2 years. She was born in Glidden on Oct 27, 1933, the daughter of Mark and Jenny (Dumanch) Perkovich. She graduated from Glidden High School in 1951. She spent several years in Minneapolis, MN where she worked at Western Union. She married Robert Bay, her husband of 60 years, in 1955. They raised their three sons in Glidden while operating the family logging business. Tweety also worked at Winter Woods and at the Glidden School as a cook. Family always came first for Tweety. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband Robert, and three sisters, Mary Hellen, Mary Katherine, and Anne. She is survived by her three sons, Robert (Jayne) Bay, Glidden; Tom (Kathy) Bay, Park Falls; and Tim (Kathleen) Bay, Glidden; two sisters, Zora, Green Bay; Gloria, Colorado; and one brother Gerald (Jeanie) Perkovich, Chippewa Falls; eight grandchildren, seven great-grandchildren, and numerous nieces and nephews. A celebration of Tweety’s life will be held at the Most Precious Blood Church in Glidden on Saturday April 14, 2018 at 11:00am. A visitation will be held at the church on Saturday from 9:30am until the hour of the service.