Requiescat in pace
Kathleen Ann Badgett (nee Kapp)
Kathleen Ann Badgett (nee Kapp)
Dec 25, 1946 - Aug 23, 2018
Celebration of life at Sun City Palm Desert, Mountain View Clubhouse, Ventana room
Oct 6, 2018 at 3PM
Celebration of life at Sun City Palm Desert, Mountain View Clubhouse, Ventana room
Oct 6, 2018 at 3PM
Kathleen Ann Badgett died Aug 23, 2018 at her home Palm Desert, Riverside, California, United States. A fond and sad farewell to my older sister, Kathy Badgett, who entered the pearly gates on Thursday morning. May she rest in peace. I miss her more now than the miles that separated us in life. I'm so glad I went to see her in May when she was diagnosed with terminal cancer and still alert and functioning (in pain however). She was a fighter. She was a kind person to all she met. Bless her heart. She leaves behind three children (and grandchildren): Twins Richard Dachs, Pamela (Dachs) Delagarza, and Jason Dachs.
Her vital statistics:
Born December 25, 1946 in Milwaukee, WI , daughter of Arline Grim and Barnaby Kapp.
Edward Dachs: (b: 6 Nov 1947; d: 1 Sep 1997 ) married 27 Dec 1969 in Milwaukee, WI Divorce
Kent S. Mead: (b: 17 May 1946 d: 16 July 2000 ): married 2 Sep 1993 in Gwinn, Michigan
John Jung: (b: Feb 26, 1947 d: living) married 28 Dec 2006. Divorce.
Norman Badgett: (b: 8 May 1943 d: 2022) Married Feb 4, 2014 in Surprise, AZ
Kathy passed away August 23, 2018 in Palm Desert, CA of cancer.
Kathy entered the convent after elementary school and was known as Sister Ann Noel which she chose because of her birthday. She never did finish her vows but got married instead. Her husband joined the Air Force and was a leading example for me to go into that branch of service after taking an Army entrance exam. Kathy and Ed were my son's Baptismal sponsors when we were stationed in England. She was the first person in our family to hold a college degree and we all looked up to her. She graduated from from from Northern Michigan University a dual major BS in Social Science and Sociology in 1989.
Kathy enjoyed sewing. These are some of the gifts that she sewed for me.
Kathy did a lot of genealogy leg work before research was available online. A few years ago, she mailed much of her documentation to me when she moved. I cherish the files she sent me. In fact it
brought tears to read our family history.
Kathy was a board member of P.E.O. Sisterhood. She told me about it on that final visit in California and how fulfilling it was as a Christian woman's charity.
I last saw my sister during my visit accompanied by my sister Patty in May 2018 knowing it would be our last. Before I left and waiting for our departure at the airport, I laid in bed with her and stroked her hair. I didn't know what else I could do at that point to bring her comfort. You can read about my visit here.
I ended my evenings as a child saying: "God Bless mommy, daddy, Kathy, Kenny, Rosemary, Gloria, Patty, Ginny and Bobby ~Amen"
This is the most complete family photo but before the youngest brother was born.
Third marriage photo was glamor in Vegas
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