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Originally Posted by The3rd

While I knew Kathy enjoyed coming here I did not know she had so many good friends here. I had not come here before her death as I respected her personal privacy and only share her life because of the respect you all have shown for her in your posts.

Kathy’s life that I knew and like to remember ….

Kathy worked and was a trusted employee at Fair Isaac for more than 10 years. She had nothing to do with credit reports but worked at the internal help desk and later in the UNIX environment with data transfers and other behind the scenes things that keep a company running, she was often on call before being laid off. She had many good friends from work that loved and respected her.

Kathy loved to cook for herself and others, she had a gigantic collection of cook books that she used for reference in making food from scratch. A friend of hers gave her an eastern spice collection that that she enjoyed with many different recipes. She wore out a food processor often making Pesto from Basil we grew under florescent lights. Once a batch of beef jerky she came up with tasted odd and burnt to us, a friend came over and loved it so much he ate the whole batch and often asked about more. Her yearly favorite was pumpkin seeds she would make fresh with different spices while she carved the pumpkins faces. Kathy enjoyed decorating for the holidays.

Kathy was a music and film buff with a wide range of tastes. She loved horror films and Winnie the Pooh, the later because he was always cheerful and loveable. Her most watched horror movie was The Devil’s Rejects, it’ main actor Bill Moseley in long hair was her favorite. One of her happiest moments in the past few years was meeting Bill Moseley in person and spending time talking with him, she was as shy and giddy as a school girl on a first date with her crush. Before I got to know Kathy well she traveled to many Grateful Dead concerts with friends to watch the band perform. Kathy had taken up playing a hammer dulcimer during the past year, something she always wanted to do.

Kathy was pro 2nd amendment and loved to target shoot, she was familiar with many exotic types of guns. She was a very good shot and found it extremely relaxing. A good friend of hers once handed her a Desert Eagle magnum at the range to try, she fired one shot and to his surprise asked if she could fire the rest. She kept a Glock 9mm at it’s ready in her home for whatever may come along. She believed people should have the right to do as they pleased as long as it did not harm others or infringe on their rights. She did not like government or others intrusions into people’s private lives.

Kathy and I traveled to island of Saint John several times where we have many colorful friends. One of them known to locals as Mean Jean became her good friend and they talked or e-mail many times over the years. She loved the fresh sea food, swimming in the ocean and relaxing with our island friends. She often day dreamed about leaving everything behind and moving there to work as a bartender or chef.

Kathy loved her family members and talked often with many on the phone, from Hawaii to the submarine cowboy out west she loved to hear from them. She always shared her mothers and fathers yearly news letter with me looking forward to spending thanksgiving and Christmas at her brother home with her mother, father, sister in law, their two kids and me. She derived great pleasure Christmas shopping for them and others, spending her time to find the perfect gift. Kathy had an older sister whom she loved and talked with but did not share much with me. The only time I met Kathy’s sister and her close friend was on the drive to and from Elysian Minnesota for her mother’s burial.

Kathy loved and had large and small animals of all types during her life. She found joy in caring for them and seeing to their unique needs. I never knew a Chinchilla needed a bath in volcanic ash as part of its care before I met her. Cleo was a dog from her younger years that she often brought up with much fondness in conversions. Another dog before my time that I believe was named Gypsy was buried in a pet cemetery and Kathy would visit her grave and light a candle each year. Solo is Kathy’s dog, he is a 3 year old Bichon Frise. They are an extremely smart, merry and cheerful dog. She left him with me when she entered the hospital, he is loved and will be cared for as she would have wished.

Thanks man. Thank you for the enlightenment.

I'm very sorry for your loss.