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Honey Black Kay, 64
Honey Black Kay died peacefully at her home in New York on June 6. She was 64 years old. The cause of death was pancreatic cancer.
Honey was a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and earned a master’s degree in education from Temple University. She was trained in Gestalt Therapy and Holistic Psychotropic Breathing, which she studied under Stanislas Grof. She was considered an important practitioner of “breathwork” and her seminars were always eagerly anticipated in Provincetown, Boston and New York.
She also had a dedicated individual therapeutic practice throughout her professional life. Earlier in her life she taught orthopedically handicapped children and adults and founded and taught in a nursery school in Philadelphia called Three Steps Up. At a memorial service held in New York City on Sunday and attended by hundreds of people, there were many testimonials from children and adults whose lives had been profoundly affected by Honey’s work as a therapist and teacher.
She came to Provincetown with her young family in the 1960s and quickly embraced Provincetown as her own. Her home was always open either as a spot for a great dance party on a summer night or as a quiet haven for those who needed her. She did not believe in a locked door. To meet Honey was to feel the deepest sense of freedom and love of life. She always listened and never judged. She embodied the true spirit of Provincetown from the way she swam in her birthday suit, cheered at the Swim For Life, gave generously to Helping Our Women, treated her neighbors like family, bonded with all the "characters" and always gave of herself. Upon hearing of her passing, a friend commented, “She had Provincetown in her."
She is survived by her beloved spouse Barbara Cohen and a family of children and grandchildren — daughter Brielle and husband Jason, daughter Mira and husband Rob and their children Allie and Ben, daughter Rebecca and mate Gary, and son David, his wife Kerry, and their children Griffin, Dylan, Jamie and Danny. She also leaves behind a multitude of friends whose lives will not be the same without her but who will carry her spirit always in their hearts.
Honey described her last few months as the happiest time of her life, surrounded continually by those she loved. “Everything is perfect," she whispered.
Donations in her memory can be sent to Helping Our Women. A celebration of her life will be held later this summer.
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Helen I. Santos, 65
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Jun 14th, 2007