DELRAY BEACH — Kathleen Stephens Moraskie died at her home in Delray Beach on Oct. 1 surrounded by her children. Originally from Shamokin, Pa., Mrs. Moraskie was the daughter of John Edmund and Anna (nee Hollenback) Collins, sister of Anne (Schwartz d. 2006) and Jack Collins (d. 2012).
Mrs. Moraskie was a 1949 graduate of Shamokin High School and graduated cum laude from Syracuse University, where she was a proud member of Pi Beta Phi. In 1955 she married William “Bill” Moraskie of Locust Gap, Pa. (d. 2008) at St. Patrick’s Cathedral in New York City. The couple lived all over Latin America, welcoming daughters Kathleen Collins, Ellen Elizabeth (d. 2003) and son William Michael “Mike” in Havana, Cuba.
The family lived in Puerto Rico, Venezuela and Mexico, where daughter Margaret Anne was born, before moving again to Venezuela, Madrid and eventually settling in London from 1972 to 1980 and again from 1982 to 1988. She and her husband moved to Los Angeles before deciding to move to Florida to be closer to family.
In addition to her children, Mrs. Moraskie is survived by nine grandchildren: Maria, Alexandra and Anna Krezia, Nicholas Struja and Elliot Moraskie, Michael, John and Ana Sofia Moraskie, Katie Wallace; and a great-granddaughter, Ariana Krezia.
In lieu of flowers, it was Mrs. Moraskie’s wish that donations be made in her name to St. Jude’s Children’s Research Hospital. Donate by phone (800-805-5856) or online at www.stjude.org.
Obituary submitted by the family.
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