ALUMNI DEATHS
Eileen Kealy '36 Worden of Malibu, CA passed to eternal life August
10, 2005. Services were held in Malibu, CA. Eileen was born November
29, 1918 to Frank and Adeline Kealy in Hastings. She was a world-class
athlete training for the canceled 1940 Olympics with practice times of
11.4 in the 100 meter dash, faster than the woman's record at the
time. Three time State and Midwest AAU Diving Champ, Eileen received
her bachelors degree at University of Nebraska, and taught at the
University of N. Carolina. In 1943 she married Ralph Worden. Eileen
was a WASP pilot during WWII. After graduating from basic training in
Texas in February 1944, she went to Greenville Army Air Base in
Greenville, Mississippi. Her duties included test piloting combat
trainers before the planes were used to train army pilots, and she
transported Army officers from base to base. She is survived by seven
children, 14 grandchildren and one sister Mary Helen Kealy '44 Sheehy
of Hastings. She was preceded in death by her husband Ralph, two
children, six sisters and three brothers which include Loretta Kealy
'35, Daniel Kealy '39 and Patricia Kealy '41 McMurray.

St. Cecilia High School Blue Hawk Alumni Connection 
Hastings, NE
Volume 6 * Issue 1  	
Fall 2005
http://www.stcbluehawks.com/fall05.htm