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In memory of
Kathleen Lenora Moon
February 26, 1950 - January 12, 2019
Feb 26, 1950 - Jan 12, 2019
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Kathe was born February 26, 1950 in Heidelberg, Germany where her father and family were stationed after World War II. Taught to shoot by her father (and quickly a better shot than he was), she was captain of the girls rifle team and salutatorian in a graduating class of more than 800 students at Ball High School in Galveston, TX in 1968. A graduate of Tulane University in 1972, Kathe’s first work was as a teacher for VISTA and Readak in New Orleans, LA, Omaha, NE, and Hilo, HI. Eventually she landed on Long Island teaching high school mathematics. While she’d go on to hold several other jobs, she’d return frequently to education and was most at home in a school or working with students. Into her final years, she volunteered as a math tutor working with local families in Kenai, Alaska.
Kathe had many other loves in her life, among them: connecting with people, she always wore a smile and brought kindness to every interaction with anyone, from the grocery cashier to the stranger in line at the DMV; singing, throughout much of her 30s and 40s Kathe was a member of the Long Island Chapter of Sweet Adelines and sang in several barbershop quartets, touring minor league ballparks during the summer; aviation, she started flying lessons in her 40s and even earned a perfect score on her written exams; crochet and quilting, her scarves and afghan blankets where highly sought after by her friends and family, and she was seldom found seated without crochet hooks firing away like pistons in her hands; baking, the metamorphosis of her apple pie, to an apple crisp, to a category-defying apple crumble/cobbler/pie/casserole was a slice of Americana that was shared with and enjoyed by all; and the outdoors, as an adopted Alaskan, she and Rocco had many adventures on the water and in the woods. As she said, she “knew [she]’d become a true Alaskan when [she] decided to get rid of a couch to make room for another kayak.”
A memorial service and lunch will be held from noon to 3 PM on Saturday, February 2, 2019 at Phantom Canyon Brewing Company, 2 E Pikes Peak Ave, Colorado Springs, CO 80903. In lieu of flowers, contributions to Girls in Tech (https://girlsintech.org/donat…) are encouraged.
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