Obituary of KATHLEEN DeWITT KRENZ

KRENZ, Kathleen DeWitt (nee Coleman) daughter of A. B. Coleman and Samena DeWitt Coleman of Burlington, Ontario, life partner for 64 years to F. H. Kim Krenz of Lakefield, Ontario; Aunt Kate, Great Aunt Kate, and Great, Great Aunt Kate to the Baines's, the Coburns, the Harts, the Sissons', the Jefferys, the Fullertons, the Sturgesses, the McCauleys and their offspring of the extended Coleman family in Canada. Kate was predeceased by an earlier husband, Frederick G. C. Phillips, in 1937. Kate left this earth on January 15, 2005, four days after her 92nd birthday, with her beloved Kim at her bedside, at the Peterborough Regional Health Centre. She is sorely missed by her sister Elizabeth McCauley of Owen Sound, her sister-in-law Margaret Krenz St. Clair of Ashland, Oregon, brother-in-law George Schotch of Vancouver, and by the Schotches of Halifax, by ""adopted daughter"" Caroline Pearson and family of Canton, New York, by Felecia Stitcher of Surprise, Arizona, and by all whose lives she touched during a lifetime spent in Canada, Scotland, and Italy. Her two years with Kim in Italy are recorded in her charming book ""Our Love Affair With Italy."" Her Italian friends have remained friends throughout her life. Kate was a beautiful woman, vivacious and full of fun, and was a pillar of goodness, with consideration and concern for everyone she met. With no children of her own, she enriched the lives of many children, and the lives of their parents. Cremation is to be managed by the Hendren Funeral Home of Lakefield. A service of remembrance will be held in St. John's Anglican Church, Lakefield on Wednesday January 19th, 2005 at 11:00 AM. The interment of her ashes and a memorial service celebrating her life will be held at St. John's this coming spring at a date to be announced. Memorial donations may be made to the Lakefield Public Library as expressions of sympathy. Friends may send condolences or make donations at www.hendrenfuneralhome.com