It’s a sad week for us here at Pine Island Cranberry as we say goodbye to Bill, Holly, and Betty Ann’s sister Kay Breitzman, who passed away Tuesday at the age of 73.

Kay lived here for almost her entire life, and will be enormously missed. Everyone on the farm has a story about Kay, who was a wonderful, loving mother and grandmother, an amazing aunt, a generous friend, and a welcoming neighbor. A graduate of Egg Harbor City High School, Class of 1959, Kay became an x-ray technician before starting her family in 1963. After raising her children, she returned to the medical field and worked in Burlington County as a home health aide. Kay loved helping people and was the most giving and kindhearted person, always putting her family and friends before herself until the very end. She retired in 2008 to Hutchinson Island, Fort Pierce, Florida, making a wonderful group of new friends there in addition to life-long friends she had in New Jersey. The life of every party, Kay was loved wherever she went…and no matter where she went, she always made you feel at home.

Kay and Betty Ann.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 47 years, Bob, and parents Bill and Sara Haines and Richard Paul Norcross. She always said she was lucky to have two great men for fathers.

Kay is survived by four children, Sharon Bailey of North Carolina, Robert Breitzman of Franklinville, Jennifer Romeo of Laureldale, and Don Breitzman of Nesco, and her grandson, Robert Karl Breitzman of Shamong. She is also survived by her siblings, Betty Ann McCoy, Holly Haines, and Bill Haines Jr.

Kay and Betty Ann during the harvest!