Kathy was born on June 22, 1951 and passed away peacefully on January 13, 2026. Kathy was a very beautiful young woman, cheerful and kind. She was a follower of Jesus from a young age. She loved to draw and write poetry. Sadly, her life was interrupted by severe mental illness beginning when she was eighteen years old. She lived at home with her parents who predeceased her. She then lived in different facilities where she was sometimes cared for by "angels" who treated her kindly, with compassion for her suffering. We are grateful for them.

Kathy leaves behind her four siblings, uncles and cousins, and many nieces and nephews. We are grateful she is with God and at rest, and one day we will see her again, healed and whole.

This poem is in memory of Kathleen.

THE GIRL WHO LOST THINGS
By G.K .Chesterton

There was a girl that lost things—Nor only from her hand;
She lost, indeed—why, most things, As if they had been sand!

At last she lost the world: In a black and stormy wind Away from her it whirled—
But the loss how could she mind?

For with it she lost her losses, Her aching and her weeping,
Her pains and griefs and crosses, And all things not worth keeping;

So, girls that cannot keep things, Be patient till to-morrow;
And mind you don't beweep things That are not worth such sorrow;

For the Father great of fathers, Of mothers, girls, and boys,
In his arms his children gathers, And sees to all their toys.