Kay Neill Wint of Chickasha, Oklahoma was born July 6, 1946, in Chickasha, Oklahoma. She passed away on August 11, 2023, from complications following neck surgery.
 She moved as a child to Phoenix, AZ, where she graduated from Camelback High School in 1964. She received her Bachelor’s Degree from the University of Arizona in 1967 where she was a member of Phi Beta Pi. She then worked in the very field of computer programming in New York City for several years before deciding to attend law school. She received her Juris Doctor (Cum Laude) in 1978 from Southwestern University in California where she was Associate Editor of the Southwestern University Law Review. She spent her legal career as a litigator, specializing in corporate and real estate law. She was a member of the Board of Women Lawyers Association of Los Angeles, and served as a Member of their Board of Governors and Treasurer. She was also a member of the Los Angeles County (Sections on: Trial Lawyers and Economic Litigation) and American Bar Associations.
 After practicing law for several years, she switched careers and began managing the famous historic nightclub, The Hollywood Palace, now called Avalon Hollywood, which she bought in 1991. The Palace started as a theater in the 1920s and hosted many live television shows including, The Colgate Comedy Hour, the Bob Hope Show, the Merv Griffin Show, Richard Nixon’s famous “Checkers” speech, and the television show The Hollywood Palace, which featured the American television debut of the Rolling Stones. Under Kay’s management, The Palace was completely renovated and became one of Hollywood’s best live music venues. During her time as manager, bands such as Green Day and Nirvana played their first large Los Angeles shows there. Other hugely popular artists that performed at the 1200-capacity nightclub during that time included acts such as The Smashing Pumpkins, Green Day, Bonnie Raitt, and Crosby, Stills & Nash. She served on the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce Walk of Fame Selection Committee for several years and received the 1991 Hollywood Chamber of Commerce’s Woman of the Year Award.
 She married her husband, Phillip Ed Wint on December 7, 2002. After which they retired she and Ed moved back to her hometown of Chickasha, OK where they enjoyed time with her friends, dogs, reading, gardening, and travel. Katie and Ed enjoyed spending their summers at their three hundred and fifty year old farm in Burgundy, France. She loved ocean cruising and took thirty-plus day cruises throughout the world once or twice a year.
 Along with her husband, Ed, she was a generous donor to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma (USAO) and led the establishment of the Neill-Wint Center for Neurodiversity, a social and academic support program for USAO students with Autism Spectrum Disorder. In addition to their involvement to the Center of Diversity, Kay, and Ed established the William Neill and Dollie Fortenberry McDonald scholarships at USAO. At the time of her death, she was serving Chair of the Investment Committee for the USAO Foundation board of trustees, Board of Directors for the Grady County Historical Society, and member of the Advisory Board for the Grady County Salvation Army. Katie loved participating with and supporting The First Christian Church of Chickasha.
 Kay was preceded in death by her parents, Samuel L. “Jack” Neill and Harriett McDonald Neill, her brother, William R. Neill, and sister, Leigh Ann Neill Atwood.
 She is survived by her loving husband, Philip Ed Wint, her nephews, M. Scott Merrifield, and Howard Perkins, her nieces, Christy Neill-Spiers, Stacey Neill Wiseman, and Meredith Merrifield Patterson, uncle, Jerry McDonald, and many great – and great-great nieces and nephews and numerous cousins.
 The burial will be held August 25, 2023, at 10:00 a.m. at Green Hill Cemetery in Lindsay, OK under the direction of Sevier Funeral Home, followed by the memorial service at 1:00 p.m. at the First Christian Church, 202 South 6th Street, Chickasha, OK. The memorial service will also be available for live streaming at First Christian Church (Disciples of Christ) Chickasha, OK on facebook.com at 1:00 p.m.
 The family requests that donations in Kay’s honor be made to the University of Science and Arts of Oklahoma’s Neill-Wint Center for Neurodiversity https://usao.edu/future-students/neill-wint-center-for-neurodiversity.html
 Her life was a blessing, her memory a treasure.