Kathleen Trdan

Mrs. Trdan was my kindergarten teacher. I have only kind memories of her. I wish her family my sincerest condolences.

She taught both our boys. I marveled at the way she adapted with new group of kindergartens. My younger son was in the all boy class. She exactly how to get the boys to work together. She gave them yellow flags and let them call penalties on each other. She told me it was one of her favorite classes. That class was just what my son needed. Thank you Mrs. Trdan!

Kathie was the best friend ever. She wore her first communion dress to our wedding 65 years ago. We enjoyed her company at our Lewiston, MI cottage so many times. We hit every garage sale all summer and I helped her pick out school supplies. We took her for her first visit to Mayo Clinic and we took her to see my sister Martha in Tennessee. What a good time we all had there. When the "guys" went deer hunting at our farm in North Branch we would head for the shopping sales. How we will miss...

I remember my cousin Kathleen, when she was a little girl, and our family went to Chisholm many summers for such wonderful visits. Kathleen was always so excited; dancing and singing. When Kathleen married Richard and moved to Saginaw we were able to get together many times for beautiful parties. In 2006 all my sisters and brothers and their spouses took a wonderful trip to Kathleen and Richards cabin in Minnesota. What a fun time.
Ralph was great with the camera so now we have...

Aunt Kathleen was one of a kind: smart, compassionate, independent and always willing to listen. As a child (and even now as an adult) I always looked forward to seeing Aunt Kathy at family parties as we shared similar viewpoints on environmental and political issues. It was so good to have someone in the family who also understood what I cared about. And even as a child she spoke to me like what I said was important. I will never forget that. Love to Jenny, Allie and Paul and their families