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KATHY IVENS

Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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IVENSKATHY (nee Lass) January 16, 2012, of pancreatic cancer, at age 70. Beloved mother of Deborah, Beverly and Judith. Devoted grandmother to Sarah, Amy and Leah. Loving sister to Deborah and Fred. A graduate of Northeast High School, Kathy, a lifelong social activist, worked for fair housing,...

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Loved her. I learned so much about social action and political organizing. She keep us all engaged, inspired and most importantly laughing. Thank you Kathy for leaving such a wonderful legacy!

Kathy I know you are missed by so many. Your wit, tenancity and love are still with us! Thanks for he wonderful memories.

Met Kathy in the mid seventies when we worked on John White's campaign for state representative. She was smart, funny.
My best memory of her happened about 5 years ago when she invited me to her home on Cliveden to tell me she want to become ward leader for the 22nd ward. After a lengthy discussion she realized that it would be a tough undertaking. Told her to call me when she had made her final decision. She did not call.
Will miss her. My best to her family. Marian B. Tasco

Oh my. I will miss Kathy. She and I met almost 35 years ago while I was working on the staff of John White, Jr., then a state representative. Kathy was engaging, funny and so hard working. She emailed me a couple of years ago and we had dinner at her big house on Upsal Streeet just to catch up. She was still working on a strategy to sell her house and move into smaller quarters. In the course of the conversation she introudcued me to her contractor, Don Brady, who is still working with...


Childhood friend of Kathy - very talented lady voted "most likely to succeed". Was "maid of honor" at her wedding to Bernie. Was so sorry to hear of her passing. Judie (Selkow)Gelover

Mostly I remember laughing with her!

I worked with Kathy for many years when she wrote excellent and popular articles for Wndows NT Magazine (now named Windows IT Pro). I'm glad I had the opportunity to work wiht and get to know Kathy. She had a great talent for making complex technical topics easy to understand. My heartfelt condolences go out to her family, friends, and the large number of people who benefitted from her technical and writing expertise.
--Karen Forster