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Katherine Flesher Obituary

Katherine Flesher was born on November 30,1937 and passed away on November 29, 2010 at Mercy Hospital. She was born in Berkely California, but grew up in Santa Rosa, CA. She worked as a over seas Operator for 14 years, she was also a Certified Nurses Aide for 10 years. She lived her life just the way she wanted, and was a true fighter until the end, but the last fight was the longest and hardest fight that she would ever face. She was a wonderful mother, grandmother and great friend to all that knew her and will be truly missed. She was preceded in death by her parents Thomas and Roma Duncan. She is survived by her daughters Laurine Wilkes and her husband Leonard, her daughter Romy Flores and her husband Enrique Flores and her daughter Robin Furney. She also had 11 grandchildren, Allen, Amanda,Thomas, Tiffany, Kayla, Marina, Christian, Adrian, Sierra, Roma, Zachariah and Kalee and five great grandchildren Alycia, Marley, Maria, Maribel and Monica. To her grandchildren she was known as Grandma Kitty.
The family would like to give a special thank you to Dr. Morris Ballard who tried everything to save our mother, she really did trust you, so thank you for letting us keep her, when everyone else was ready to give up.

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Published by Redding Record Searchlight on Dec. 4, 2010.

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Christian

August 20, 2025

Hello Grandma it´s Christian, you haven´t heard from me in awhile but that doesn´t mean I haven´t thought of you every now and then. Hope you and Robin are having fun, love you.

Marina Flores

November 28, 2022

Hi Grandma Kitty, it´s been a while and life has definitely presented it´s challenges. Nothing in life is supposed to come easy though. I now have two children, I´m doing it alone, but motherhood is the best thing that ever happened to me. I wish you could be here to see them. I hope you´re up in the sky watching over all of us. We love and miss you

Romy L Flores

May 31, 2021

i Love you Marina is 21 now.With a beautiful baby of her own.Little Sierra is going to have one on Christmas.We love and miss you mom

Robin Furney

May 29, 2021

Marina

December 7, 2020

Hi grandma, it’s been a while since I wrote you. I’m sorry about that, life’s been kind of hectic this past year. A lot has happened and a lot has changed, I wanted to tell you that you have another great grand baby due. It’s a girl and I’ve named her Evangeline. She should be here soon, I’m both scared and excited at the same time. I wish I had your guidance to help me through these times. I wish you were here, but I know that you’re watching from above with the others. Keep an eye on my baby for me ❤

Romy flores

August 3, 2020

Mom I just wanted to say I love and miss you so much.So much has been going on here lately especially with Marina.She is pregnant Due on Valentine's Day.I wish you could be here to see her little Belly Grow.She moved to Oregon with Thomas.All the Kids are growing up and wanting to move out.I dont want to be aloneRoma graduated 8th grade.Adrian will be a Senior this year Sierra is going into 11th grade and Zachariah is going into 8th.Christian works with me taking care of the Disabled.I cant believe it has almost been 10 years since you got your wings.I think about you all the time Mom.Seems like it was yesterday.I still hear your voice.Please watch over all these Grandkids of yours.Help keep them safe.Tell Omie and Grandpa I love them and miss them so much too.Love your Daughter Romy

Romy flores

November 30, 2019

Happy Birthday Mom

Romy flores

November 30, 2019

Happy 82nd birthday MOM.I love and miss you

Romy flores

November 28, 2019

Mom tomorrow will be 9 years since you left us.So much has happened.Christian is working now taking care of the Disabled with Marina and I.Everyone is growing up and starting lives of their own .Today is Thanksgiving and I remember the day you passed away the Turkey dinner was still sitting in the window of the room you died in.I love you and miss you so much.Holidays are not the same anymore.I have to try to go to Oregon tomorrow to pick up Adrian from Thomas's house.I hope you are with me every step of the way.Happy Thanksgiving in Heaven.Kiss Omie and Grandpa for me.I love you.
Love Always your Daughter Romy

Marina Flores

November 28, 2019

Hi Grandma Kitty,
Its been a while I know and Im sorry for that. Dont think, for one second though, that means I dont love or miss you though. I like to think about you and our loved ones quite often actually. Its Thanksgiving today and I just wanted to say that even as the days turn into weeks and eventually turn into months and then years that Im still thinking about you. Im still thinking about all of you. I love you all so much and I hope you never forget that. Happy Thanksgiving ❤

Roma Flores

May 7, 2019

I love you grandma kitty, I really miss you so much.

Romy Flores

December 1, 2018

I miss you so much.I love you

Romy and Marina Flores

November 30, 2018

Happy 81st Birthday Mom.I hope you are having a good one up in Heaven.I love and miss you so much.

Happy Birthday Grandma Kitty. This is Marina.I hope you're having a great one. I'm sorry that its been a while since I last wrote you. Its been a rough year, im not going to lie. It would've been a lot easier if you were here. I always thought you'd be here with me for longer than you were. I hope in the sky, you are. I miss you a lot. I love you. Happy Birthday.

Romy Flores

November 30, 2018

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Romy Flores

November 29, 2018

Mom another year has come and gone it has been 8 now since you left us.I have been so depressed for the last few days.I love and miss you so much.There is so much I want to tell you.But I will save it until we are together again.Some days I want to go be with you so much.Then I think of the kids.My life here on Earth is not exactly a good one right now.THE kids are all growing up and dont really need me as much as I need them.But I guess that is all part of life.Mom I love you.I HOPE YOU ARE WITH OMIE AND GRANDPA HAVING A WONDERFUL TIME.I also hope that you look in on us from time to time.I will write you again for your Birthday tomorrow.
R.I.P missing you always.

Roma Florea

July 25, 2018

Grandma kitty i love you and i miss you

Romy Flores

June 8, 2018

Mpm Marina graduated high school yesterday.You would have been so proud of her.I felt you with me yesterday.We all love and miss you so much.

Marina Flores

November 30, 2017

Hi Grandma Kitty,
It's Marina. I wanted to tell you happy birthday and that I miss you. I can't believe that it's another year without you here. I miss your laugh the most. You could always cheer me up on a bad day. I also miss you waiting along with sparky, on the porch to greet us when we got home. It's little memories like that, that I hold close to my heart. I love you. Happy Birthday

Romy Flores

November 30, 2017

Happy 80th birthday Mom. I love you

Romy Flores

November 29, 2017

Mom I can't believe that it has been 7 years since you left us. I think about you all the time. I love you so much. As I lay here on the day before what would have been your 80th birthday. I am thinking how much we have missed with you not being here. Marina graduates 12th grade this year. And she wishes that you were able to see her on her big day. But she also knows that you will be watching from Heaven. I love you now and always.
Romy

Romy Flores

July 29, 2017

Hi mom.i just wanted to say I love and miss you so much.Lenard passed away this morning.Now he is also up in Heaven with you.

Marina Flores

July 27, 2017

I miss you terribly. I'm soon to be a senior in high school and then onto a life of my own. I wish you were here to see me. See all of us. Many of my friends still have their grandparents and it just breaks my heart completely that I don't. I know that we lost you a long time ago, but it feels like just yesterday. I love you sooo much Grandma Kitty. Don't ever forget that

Smiles

Marina Flores

June 9, 2017

Hello Grandma Kitty, it's Marina again. Sorry that I haven't written, I've been meaning to but everything is so hectic nowadays. Life is puzzling. One moment everything seems to fall into place before your eyes and the next everything is crumbling apart. I kinda feel like that now. I don't know, it's hard to explain. I'm growing older now and soon I'll graduate from high school and move on with my life, but I don't know if I'm ready. I never thought I would be the one to grow up so fast. I wanted to stay young forever, but that's a distant dream. I wish you there with me, right by my side. You know, my friends always talk about their grandma's and they have no clue just how lucky they are to have them. At first it hurts so much to listen to them considering that you're gone, but the thought of seeing you again brings a smile to my face. You might be gone, but you're not truly gone. I believe that you're watching over me. I believe that one day we'll see each other again. I love and miss you.

Happy Mother's day Mom.I loveyou

Romy Flores

May 14, 2017

Grandma kitty

February 24, 2017

I miss you so much and I love you don't forget that

Marina Flores

February 22, 2017

Hi Grandma Kitty,
It's Marina, I know it's been a while since I last talked to you but I've been thinking a lot about you lately. I just wish I had more time with you and Omie and Grandpa. My mom doesn't like to show that it hurts that you're gone, but I can tell just by looking at her eyes, that there isn't a day that goes by where she doesn't think of you. I can't even imagine the burden that she carries on her shoulder. Thinking about losing her like she did you, is unbearable. Especially considering the unknown about what happens after you die. Yet, I like to think that there is someone watching up there and that we'll be reunited once again. I love you and miss you. I hope it's beautiful wherever you are.

November 30, 2016

Hi Mom.Well yesterday marked 6 years since you left us.I still remember the last time I saw you laying in the hospital bed wanting a Norco..God I miss you.I was having a pretty terrible day yesterday at work thinking of you and the day you left us in this miserable world .But then I get a message from Amanda she must have known I was sad because I found out that she is going to have another baby around July.I am very happy for her.But also worried about her because of what happened during her last pregnancy So mom please watch her through this one.
On to other things.Today would have been your 79th Birthday.I can hardly believe it.I wonder what you would have looked like at this age.But I am guessing just like Omie.I love you all so much.I will always carry you tucked in my heart.Along with omie and Grandpa.I hope you are all having a wonderful time up in Heaven together.Come visit us when you can.
UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN .
LOVE YOUR DAUGHTER ROMY

Happy 79th Birthday Mom.xoxoxo

Marina Flores

August 30, 2016

Hi Grandma Kitty,
It's me again. Today is Grandpa's birthday and Amanda's too, well you probably knew that but I don't know on days like this everything just seems harder. I just wish I had more time with each of you up there. I get told stories all the time about how great all of you were and it's seems so unfair because I never got to experience any of that with you guys. It's hard losing your loved ones and having to continue on with life, knowing that they're not there anymore to help you through it. I miss and love every single one of you so much. Please tell grandpa happy birthday for me.

something to cheer you up haha he looks like a major creeper

Marina Flores

April 11, 2016

Hi Grandma Kitty, it's been a while since I last talked to you on this. I actually didn't know this was still on here. Anyways, next month is my 16th birthday and I just really wish you were here. I wish there was an easier way to deal with losing someone. It's been almost 6 years since you've been gone, but the memory of my mom walking up the hill in tears telling us that you had passed is still so vivid to me. I miss you so much and I wish you were here to watch me grow up, well all of us like you promised... Did you know that I get told all the time that I look just like you? Well not to brag or anything but you must've been stealing other girls boyfriends, because I am pretty damn flawless. Hahah Im just kidding. Don't tell anyone I said this, but I secretly love it when people say I look just like you. It gives me something to hold onto. Also, I'm still searching for that pink box and even though I have yet to find it, I can ensure you I will never part with it. Grandma, you said that would help me through all of life's events and I still hold your words to my heart. I hope that you really are guiding me through life, because I find it extremely complicated, but then again am I just another teenage girl. So everything feels like the end of the world to me. Haha I love you and miss you everyday. Tell everyone up there I said hi

Romy Flores

March 27, 2016

I just wanted to say happy Easter I love you very much

laurine wilkes

February 27, 2016

Wow I just found this I miss u mom more than you could know everything's changed robins moved away, Romy is in cottonwood and I'm in Burney its lonely here I wish I could be with u and grandpa and omie

romy flores

December 24, 2015

Mom today Is Christmas eve and 29 years ago I had Allen. I remember you and robin waiting for him to be born. I wish you were here. I want to hug you so much. I love you and miss you every day. merry Christmas in Heaven kiss Omie and grandpa for me. Love you always

romy flores

November 29, 2015

Mom it has been 5 years now since YOU left us.I miss you so much.I love you mom.I think OF you every day.

romy flores

June 22, 2015

Hello mom.I just wanted to say that I love you so much. and I miss you. Amanda had a baby boy on June 9,2015 he is such a beautiful little guy.1 lb 10 oz.I wish you were able to see him.Thomas has a job now driving TRUCK. I am so proud of my family. but I really miss you.

ROMY FLORES

January 6, 2015

Hi Mom. I miss you. Just wanted to let you know that I love you

romy Flores

November 29, 2014

Mom it has been 4 years since you left us.I miss you so muchPlease see me in my dreams..

romy Flores

November 15, 2014

Hi mom.I am sorry it has been a while. So much has happened. Amanda and Ricky got married. Thomas and Kalee have a new baby Daughter. Her name is Letty.it is coming up on 4 years. I can't believe that. I still hear your voice. I love and miss you so much. I have been thinking about everything you have missed. I want to see you in my dreams. Please send me a message.

romy flores

April 20, 2014

Hello Mom.well today is Easter. The 3 rd one without you.so much is going on.Amanda is getting married. Marina is graduating. 8 the grade.oh boy High school next year.Christian is going to New York. Thomas and Kalee are having a baby. I know you have been around. I feel you.I love you so much and only wish you knew how much I miss you.

ROMY FLORES

January 5, 2014

2014 Happy New Years in Heaven

Marina Flores

December 25, 2013

Hey Grandma it's Christmas and I just wanted to say that I love and miss you, so much it hurts. I hope "The Boss," is good to you and everyone else up there. I want you to dance the night away :) .Merry Christmas <3

December 24, 2013

Well. Mom its Christmas Eve Allen's 27th Birthday'I know you are with us even though we can not see you,I love you and miss you so much'Merry Christmas in Heaven.

Romy Flores

November 30, 2013

Well Mom 3 years now And today is your Birthday.I hope that you are Dancing In The Sky,along with Omie and Grandpa,I love you so much,and I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to the Best Mom I could have ever asked for.I Love You.

Marina Flores

November 28, 2013

Hi Grandma. Happy Thanksgiving, I hope you're having fun up in the sky. Tomorrow is going to be a crazy day (you know why.) Anyways I love and miss you a lot. OXOX

Romy Flores

November 28, 2013

Hello Mom,Happy thanksgiviing,U are missed so much I love you

Marina Flores

November 13, 2013

Hey Grandma Kitty it's getting close to your birthday and it's kinda depressing, I miss you actually I miss you a lot . I start high school in a year and I'm so scared because that means I'll have to start my own life in a while. It terrifies me to death. Watch over me and everybody else. I love you forever and always. <3

Marina Flores

October 23, 2013

Um, hey Grandma Kitty I know I haven't talked to you in a long time, because no matter what I will never get over the fact that you'll get to see us grow up. I miss and love you. Also, Amanda and Ricky are getting married in less than a year and I'm so excited. Anyways goodbye I love you, I hope the angels are treating you good up there!

Romy flores

October 16, 2013

Hello Mom.I just wanted you to know that I love and.miss.you so much.It.is.hard.to realize that it has almost been 3 years.since you got. your Wings.I love you .

Debra Gonzalez

July 17, 2013

Good morning Katie I miss seeing you and my DAD passed away MAY 27 2013. Please say hello to him and tell him I miss him a lot.

this is me roma

roma flores

July 16, 2013

i love you grandma kitty i wish you were here i wish you would come home today everyone you with all their heart i love you so much my mom misses you.

love you grandma kitty

Adrian Flores

July 16, 2013

hi Grandma Kitty i miss you alot i wish you were still alot of things changed when you passed away everyone misses you with all of our heart i miss seeing you all the time you meant alot to us.

romyflores69yahoo.com

christian flores

July 16, 2013

i miss you and i love you vary much I'm still praying for you.

xoxoxoxo

Romy Flores

July 16, 2013

Hello Mom,well now you have Auntie Lorraine up in Heaven with you,I miss you all so much,I wish you were here,give my love to omie Grandpa and Auntie.someday we will all be together.I love you Mom

i love u

Romy Flores

May 28, 2013

Mom,I just wated to say I love you and miss you today is christians birthday and it hurts me because you wr there in the room andsaw him take his first breath. cant believe that was 12 years ago.I need you I always will.

your Great Grandson Thomas and me

Romy Flores

April 22, 2013

Hello Mom,its me again.I just wanted to tell you that I love you.I wish that you could give me some kind of sign that you are here with me and that you are okay.I missyou so much.I think of you all the time.xoxo Forever In My Heart.

your Granddaughter and Fiance

Romy Flores

April 11, 2013

Hello Mom,It has been a while since I wrote you a lot has been going on,I am sure that you already know that though because I feel you around me.But the first thing I want to tell you is that Amanda and Ricky are planning a wedding.I am so excited to be a part of it.I am going there all alone on the 30th for the first time ever without any kids,WOW I wont know what to do.I wish that you could go too.I will always cherish the memory of you and I on the last trip we took to Santa Rosa.I love you so much,loosing you has not gotten any easier,it still hurts me as much today as the day that you flew away.I miss you Mom.I need you .You are always in my HEART

I MISS YOU

Romy Flores

January 30, 2013

Hello Mom,just stopping by to say that I love you and miss you very much,my Birthday is in 4 days,and all I really want is to be able to feel you near me.

Romy Flores

January 2, 2013

Happy new years mom

Romy Flores

December 8, 2012

I love you Mom.I finally moved out of Redding.I wish you were able to see our new house. I know you would like it there. I miss you mom. XOXOXO

December 2, 2012

Katie, Your Well Missed And Still Loved. We Will Celebrate Your Birthdays And Holidays In Our Hearts. Hope You Have Ever Lasting Peace. Love Always. Debra & Randy

Romy Flores

November 30, 2012

MOM TODAY YOU WOULD HAVE BEEN 75 YEARS OLD, YOU HAVE BEEN GONE TWO YEARS NOW, AND IT SEEMS LIKE JUST YESTERDAY, YOU ARE MISSED BY US SO MUCH! I LOVE YOU MOM, I ALWAYS WILL. HAPPY BIRTHDAY.

Marina Flores

November 17, 2012

Its almost Thanksgiving and its almost your birthday and I just want to say that it hurts to know that you're gone,the thought without you is unbearable.I miss you so much.You the one who taught me the most important lessons in life and I thank you for that.I love you.

Romy Flores

November 17, 2012

Mom well it has almost been 2 years since you left us. I still can't believe you are gone. I love you and miss you so much.

your grandsons

romy flores

August 12, 2012

hello mom,I love you so much,you are always on my mind no matter where i amor what I am doing.I miss you.

Romy Flores

June 30, 2012

Hello Mom I just wanted to say I love you and think of you all the time. I miss you.

Romy Flores

June 3, 2012

Hi Mom, well little Thomas Lee Duncan was born today, he is so handsome.I wish u were here to see him.I love u, and miss u so much.

Romy Flores

May 28, 2012

Hello mom, I love u

Romy Flores

April 7, 2012

Hello Mom,Well tomorrow is Easter,I wish you were here with us.I really miss u and I always will.I love you MOM

love you

Romy Flores

March 13, 2012

Good Morning Mom,It is a nasty rainy day here,I hope that you are nice and warm up there in heaven.well Thomas is almost 21 years old.You would be so proud of him.His baby is due in just a few months,we wish you were here to see little Thomas come into the world,but I know tha you will be in spirit.I love and miss you so much Mom,there is not a day that goes by that I dont think of you,and wish you were here.I LOVE YOU with all my heart.

Romy Flores

February 24, 2012

Hello Mom,I just wanted to say that I love you,and U are still missed sooo much.

Robin Furney

February 21, 2012

I love you mom

Romy Flores

February 10, 2012

I love u

your Grandkids.

Romy Flores

February 4, 2012

Hello Mom,well yesterday was my Birthday,the big 42,I really feel my age now.I wish you could have been here with me,but maybe your spirit was,I feel you once in a while.well you will have Dan up there with you any day now,so you guys can hang out together too.Take care of each other.i love you Mom now and forever.

romy flores

January 20, 2012

Hello Mom,I just felt like writing you a quick little note to say I love you and miss you.

we miss u

Romy Flores

January 16, 2012

Hi MOM,it is another freezing morning here,I love and miss you so much.I wish you were here.

Your granddaughter sophia mariah martinez

sophia martinez

January 14, 2012

maria maribel monica

January 13, 2012

tiffany nouaneviengkham

January 13, 2012

To those I love and those who love me
when I'm gone release me let me go
I have so many things to see and do
You mustn't tie yourself to me in tears
Be happy we had so many years
I gave to you my love you can only guess
How much you gave to me in happiness
I thank you for the love you each have shown
but now its time I travel on alone
So grieve awhile for me if grieve you must
Then let your grief be comforted by trust
Its only for awhile that we must part
So bless the memories with in your heart
I won't be far away for life goes on
So if you need me call me and i will come
Tho you can't see or touch me I'll be near
And if you listen with your heart you'll hear
All my love around you soft and clear
Then when you must come this way alone
I'll greet you with a smile and a welcome home....

Romy flores

January 5, 2012

well Mom,Allen will be here tomorrow.I really wish that you were here to see him,but who knows maybe you can leave that cloud of yours for a minute to come and say hello.I love you mom

romy flores

January 3, 2012

happy new years Mom

Marina Flores

December 31, 2011

Hi Grandma its Marina and, I know I haven't written you in a long time but today is New Years Eve and I want to say I love,miss,and wish you were here.Happy New Years.

Romy flores

December 31, 2011

Mom it is New years eve,I hope you all have a good 1 up there in Heaven I love and miss you so much.

romy flores

December 30, 2011

mom,I love you

Romy Flores

December 26, 2011

Mom,Yesterday was Christmas,I was not able to get on the computer and do anything with it or I would have written you.I cant believe that you have been gone for 2 christmas's now.I still can see your face and hear your voice.you are missed more then you could ever know Mom.I hope you can see just how much,as you look down on us all from that cloud of yours in the sky.Tell Omie and grandpa that I love and miss them also.I really wish that you guys could come and visit me,and just give me a sign that you are all together.I love you I always will.

ROMY FLORES

December 21, 2011

Death, be not proud

Death, be not proud, though some have called thee
Mighty and dreadful, for thou art not so;
For those whom thou think'st thou dost overthrow
Die not, poor Death, nor yet canst thou kill me.
From rest and sleep, which but thy pictures be,
Much pleasure; then from thee much more must flow,
And soonest our best men with thee do go,
Rest of their bones, and soul's delivery.
Thou art slave to fate, chance, kings, and desperate men,
And dost with poison, war, and sickness dwell,
And poppy or charms can make us sleep as well
And better than thy stroke; why swell'st thou then?
One short sleep past, we wake eternally
And death shall be no more; Death, thou shalt die.

By John Donne
The Poetry Foundation

Romy Flores

December 16, 2011

MOM,it is almost christmas another 1 without u,I still think you are going to walk through the door.I love you Mom.Thomas is going to have a BOY.I wish you were here to meet your new Grandson Thomas.

Romy Flores

November 30, 2011

Mom,I hope you have a wonderful Birthday in Heaven I love and miss you

I got your candle burning bright for you today

Romy Flores

November 29, 2011

Mom,It has been 1 year now since you left us.I still miss you today as I did a year ago.I love you so much mom.I always will.

Romy Flores

November 12, 2011

Mom,I just want you to know that I love and miss you a lot,and some more good news.Thomas and Kalee are expecting another baby.I wish you were here to be a part of all of the excitement.I need you to let me know that you are okay.Mom I pray to you for you to let me know somehow tonight that you are around me.I just need that.I miss you.

LOVE U

ROMY FLORES

November 8, 2011

Hi Mom,Well it is coming up on a year since you were taken from us.I STILL CANT BELIEVE THAT YOU ARE GONE.I MISS YOU SO MUCH.I LOVE YOU MOM,I WONDER IF YOU CAN SEE US.I JUST WANT YOU TO GIVE ME A SIGN THAT YOU ARE STILL HERE.

marina loves u mom

Romy Flores

October 29, 2011

Hi Mom,I just wanted to say that I love you very much,and I miss you more then anything.It has almost been a year,and I still just cant beleive you are gone.

little Roma misses you

Romy Flores

October 7, 2011

Hello Mom,I love you

Romy Flores

October 5, 2011

Hi Mom,well your little Katie had puppies today.I wish you were here to see the 1 that survived,it is so cute.I miss you every day.I love you mom.

Romy Flores

September 27, 2011

Hi MOM,I just felt like telling you that I love you,

we love you

Romy Flores

September 18, 2011

Hi MOM,well today is Laurines Birthday,I was thinking of her birthday last year,and how she cooked for all of us,and you were sneaking food to Sparky,I would do anything to have another day like that mom.I miss you and love you with all my heart.

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