Elizabeth Kay Partridge

Elizabeth Partridge, who preferred to be called by her middle name “Kay”, age 68, of York New Salem PA died peacefully at home on March 15, 2016 from complications of liver disease, which she had been battling valiantly for the past 12 years. For most of her adult career Kay was a member of the staff of the Johns Hopkins University Applied Physics Laboratory in Columbia MD holding various administrative support positions until going on disability leave in 2007. She also worked for several years at Duke University in Durham NC. In her leisure time she enjoyed baking and decorating cakes for special occasions, embroidery and quilt making, taking cruises, and visiting her children and grandchildren. Kay is survived by Peter Partridge, her husband of 31 years, of York New Salem PA. Other members of her immediate family who survive her, all of whom she loved dearly and who love her and will miss her very much are: son Christopher Partridge of York New Salem PA, son Jeffrey Partridge and his wife Julie of Taylorsville MD, son James Partridge and his wife Anita of Forest Hills MD, daughter Virginia Bevington and her husband Patrick of Billerica MA, grandsons Collin, Jakob, and Jaxon Partridge, and Theodore Bevington, and granddaughters Fia and Mela Bevington. Kay is the daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Narron of Hagerstown MD. Other members of the Narron family who survive her and will miss her very much are: brother James Narron of Ellicott City MD, brother John Narron and his wife Terri of Big Cove Tannery PA, brother Richard Narron and his wife Diane of Hagerstown MD, sister Kathryn Reedy and her husband Jeff of Durham NC, nieces Elizabeth Blocher, Katy Salisbury, and Laura Reedy, and nephews Eddie, Brian, and Greg Thompson, John and Kevin Narron, and Ted Reedy. On her husband’s side of the family she is survived by sister-in-law Valarie Erekson and her husband Paul of Syracuse UT and by sister-in-law Nancy Partridge of Louisville KY. She was predeceased by her sister and brother-in-law, Michelle and Donald Thompson, of Rockdale TX and her brother-in-law Guy Partridge of Louisville KY. A Memorial and Celebration of Life Service will be held at St. John Episcopal Church, 140 N. Beaver Street, York PA, on Saturday April 30th at 11am followed by a reception and light lunch in the Church Parish Hall. Anyone who would like to attend is welcome. At some time after the memorial service her remains will be interred in a private ceremony in the columbarium at St. John’s Episcopal Church in Ellicott City MD, the church where she and Pete were married and their children grew up. Kay’s family has suggested as an alternative to flowers that expressions of sympathy be in the form of a donation in her memory to Hospice and Community Care of Lancaster PA, to Donate Life America, a non-profit organization committed to increasing organ, eye, and tissue donation, or to a charity of your choice.