Remembering Kathy today on what would be her earthly 60th Birthday.  I was a friend of hers in HS.  I lost track of her years ago and didn't hear of her passing until right after the memorial service had already been held.  This one hurt my heart.  💔  I was really saddened to read of her struggles in life.   I never did hear the cause of her death but I am sure she is at peace and watching over her family.  One time this summer when I was in Litch, I paid her a visit at the cemetary.  What a beautiful stone and very fitting...playing with the angels.  I will be sure to visit her in the future as well.  I would like to express my deepest sympathy to her family and I'm sure she is with you always.  So very sorry!

     Kathy worked at Bridgemans' Corporate back in the 1990s and she became a secret shopper for them at their restaurants in the Twin Cities area.  She would bring a guest [required] with her to each of her secret store visits.  Kathy's tab for her and her guest was paid by Bridgemans; we'd together fill out a report form after leaving the restaurant:  simple multiple choice questions about our dining experience (food, staff, service, etc.) along with a comment section, if we had any.  We had good chats and meals [$$ were no object--order anything you desired] throughout these visits.  As our brother Joe says, "What can I say?  I'm a Schlosser.  I love to eat!"

     Kathy was more of a one-on-one person.  She was at her best favoring one or two of her six siblings (3 sisters--Pat, Jean and Mary and 3 brothers--Mike, me and Joe) at a time.  Add our father Clem in that rotation; our mother Marie Thome Schlosser died when Kathy was a mere 15 years old.   Which leads us to the great times we had with dad--no doubts about this, Kathy was adored by our parents.

     It has now (Nov. 3rd, 2023) been a year and since she left us; I count more time than that as I   Unbelievable.  Tempus fugit.  How time flies.  I cannot believe she is gone.  A comforting thought, although I have a difficult time accepting the veracity of this maxim, she is at peace.  RIP Kathy.

FYI ya'all,  A Guide for the Perplexed [me]:

     Hey folks!  Tom (TJS, brother to KAS) here, again.

      I got confused at times in some of your posts.  Background:  Kathy  and I would be conversing, in person, on the phone, whatevs.  "Whatevs"<--a favorite "Kathyism" of ours.  Kathy would say, "Mike says..." or "That's not what Mike thinks.  Ask him.", etc.

     And I would come back at her with, "Which Mike?"  So I instituted this linguistic convention amongst myself, Kathy and the rest of the family and friends and close acquaintances.   

     We would refer to our brother Mike Schlosser as "Miguel", Spanish for "Michael".  Mike Johnson, Kathy's beloved partner and fellow homeowner and housemate lo these many decades, we would refer to him as "MJ", his initials.

     There are just too many "Mikes" in this world.  Kathy was wont to use deictic words.  Such as "Mike".

deic·tic

LINGUISTICS

adjective

relating to or denoting a word or expression whose meaning is dependent on the context in which it is used (such as here, you, me, that one there, or next Tuesday ).

noun

a deictic word or expression.

Oft were the times when I couldn't derive which "Mike" and other deictic words as seen in the "such as" adjectival definition, above, she meant from her context.  

     Couldn't help it folks.  Our mom taught senior high school English and History.  Unfortunately, mom died when Kathy was a freshman in the 9th grade, the last of the Clem & Marie tribe to fledge.  Mom taught Senior High School English and History at the 10th thru 12th grade levels so, to pin more sorrow on dear Kathy, she never had the chance.

--Cool story, bro?

    Hey, Kathy!

     Do they have backgammon and cribbage boards up in heaven?  If not, would it be okay with you and the management, when my time comes, for me to pop up for a visit from time to time?  I'd call/telephone ahead--but we could get by with some string and some empty soup cans...except the string would burn on my end; maybe if I climbed up a mountain or set a bush on fire [should be a cinch, a piece of cake on my end] I could get a direct high speed channel.  I don't mean to go over your head and/or break any protocols [do they use that HTTP thingie up there on your end of things?] and not just do the pop-in thing, unannounced.  Provided I can get a weekend pass.  Btw, how's the food up there?   I heard it's mostly just wine made from water and that they serve these little, round, thin, unleavened bread wafer crackers.  Seems kinda skimpy to me, I mean, if you were to ask me.  Just sayin'.  Do they put out any dairy such as cheese, at least?  Oh, yeah. Jewish origin of Jesus and Arab origin for Muslims.  Are Sundays still a holy day of oblongation [sp? ww?].  Oh, and which URL and homepage address do I use?  Is this one working?

     When I get down there, I will work things from my end, mmkay?  Hopefully I'll get off with a light sentence to purgatory--they will need to scorch and purify my soul or some such (lot of wear and tear, it's rather black and the rest is mostly some shade of gray) and I'm hoping to get a lenient sentence, say 5-10 millennia, that's what my attorney says .  His name is something weird like Beelzebub -- sounds kinda middle eastern, Overseer, Order of the Fly -- Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin or Arabic, doesn't it?  (Oh, and did Judas ever get out?  Ya know, if he's done his time [I'm sure we're measuring in units of Ages {plural} of the Universe in our time zone down here].)

     Or, now be frank, is it just that they don't take my kind up there?  I mean, if I've served my sentence with time off from time to time for good behavior, don't they hand you a weekend furlough every now and then?  Cinderella Liberty?  Conjugal visits?  No?  Ya know, home by midnight, no kissing on the first date, keep your hands to yourself, your eyes on the road and keep those hands upon the wheel.  Also, in the first place, do you even know if they grant conjugal visits?  I'd need a couple dozen of those passes right off the mark fer sure (you know, they are not just all for one woman.)  Actually, I've grown rather suspicious of my lawyer's counsel.  Once he wanted me to jump off a cliff! So mebbe put in a good word for me with the bigwigs, mmkay?  I mean, it was harsh in that desert.   Forty days and 40 nights!  With no rucksack, no tent, scarce water and meagre food (that insect dung was rather good, actually, but I just ate the locusts as I needed the protein) and I was wearing Birkenstock sandals!  Without socks!  It got cold at night but the big guy would set fire to a bush for me on cold evenings every now and then.

     --Just askin'.  Never hurts to ask, amiright?

     Btw, I hope you consider the all trouble I will be going through.  I mean, I've prolly just added a couple of eternities to my sentence for filling out this email/online form alone.  Have you read the comments section here, below?  Peeps are a'sayin some very nice things about you.  How did you arouse so much love in folks?  After all, you are my favorite younger sister.  Oh, and how's the Internet up there?  Do you have cable and WiFi or is it all satellite coverage or are they still using copper wire and smoke signals?  It's okay if they don't.  I mean, it's not like we won't have the time.  Oh, and could you hustle up some (cold, please!) beer or iced lemonade?  To be hone?  That'd be just great and it would go well with the crackers.  I'm in it more for the ice than anything else.  Do they have DQ soft serv?  I could make a wine float!  I hear they have roasted fatted calf but no pork chops nor BBQ pork spare ribs.  Down here, all we eat are grilled/charcoaled meats.  It's like going to Old Country Buffet or Golden Corral and all they serve at the buffet is roasted meats (again, no Schweinefleisch, google it here (you do have Copy & Pasta, right?):

https://www.google.com/search…

     Be well, do good work and keep in touch.  Remember, we're down here pulling for you.  I'll check in with you everyday as I have been.  Make sure they are treating you right.  There's more but I don't wanna bore folks; this is a public forum, after all.  I'll try to stick to thinking my thoughts about you every day and night at prayer times.  In my head, silently, d'accord?  Kk?  I think Jesus and Mary can help you if you are having reception difficulties, they're kinda like Santa🎅:

He sees you when you're sleeping

He knows when you're awake

He knows if you've been bad or good

So be good for goodness sake!

     Oh, and may God bless.

All the best!

/s/ Tom Schlosser

"I eat when I'm hungry, drink when I'm thirsty and sleep when I'm tired. Some think me a fool, wisemen understand" --A Zen Master

My little sister.  Kathy was 6 1/2 years younger than me and the first of my siblings to shuffle off this mortal coil.  I'll miss you for the rest of my life, dear sister.❤️😢

We called you Twink because our mom Marie said, "I can remember when you were nothing more than a twinkle in your dad's (Clem) eye."

And going with dad to Stillwater for dinner:  me, driving; dad riding shotgun; you in the back seat behind me; your bf behind Clem.  You whined, "But Da-ad, you said I was a mistake!"  Clem whipped his head around and said to you, "Kathy, you know your late mother was and I am a devote Catholic.   You were ALL mistakes!" 😁

I hope to see you in Paradise.

I’m so terribly sorry to read about Kathy’s passing. We connected via Instagram and she was a huge supporter of my bunch of rescue dogs, in particular @moscowmitya. To her family, I offer you the most sincere condolences on your loss. Kathy you will be missed xx

I have just found out this news, I'm so upset, she was my best instagram friend and we talked everyday for nearly 3 years, I've been trying to contact her for weeks now I know why I couldnt reach her. If anyone reads this, please contact me via my dogs insta account  @bellathebeautifulrescue

Kathy you were so sweet and kind and such a cheerleader for me, I will miss you so very much xx

Love and strength to all Kathy's family

My condolences to Mike and the rest of the family. I will truly mis Kathy and our friendship. She was such a special person. 

After a fresh cut , she would send good hair day photos.

Kathy and I shared a love of the show “Friends” and cats. She made sure to get me my very own brush to match hers.