Katherine Teresa Dehler Marks

KATHERINE TERESA DEHLER MARKS Katherine Teresa Dehler Marks, affectionately "Baby" Dehler", died Sunday, March 16, 2014 at New Hanover Regional Medical Center with her family by her side. She was born August 7, 1924 in Charleston, SC to Harry and Margaret Dehler. She loved the Lord and has now joined her son, Kevin Marks in Heaven. After graduating from New Hanover High School in 1943, she attended the Duke School of Nursing. As a teenager and young adult, she won many beauty contests, participated in the Azalea Festival Parade, and was offered Hollywood screen tests. Kathy worked with her grandmother, Julia Akel, at The Julia dress shop, was a model for Merle Norman Cosmetics, and also worked for National Airlines. After marrying, she lived in Fairfax and Oakton, VA with her children and was a member of Truro Episcopal Church and worked at the Pentagon. Returning to the Wilmington area in 1978, she last worked for the NH Co. Senior Center. A lifelong student, she earned a paralegal degree in her later years. Kathy was favored of a disarming drawl, a sharp wit, and a world-class vocabulary. She was an avid racquetball player and had a fondness for men in uniform, well-crafted martinis in moderation, and John Wayne movies to excess. Left behind to cherish her memory as a loving mother and doting grandmother are daughter Kimberly and husband Don Lefler, granddaughter Blair, and grandson Cameron of Wrightsville Beach, NC; daughter Christine and husband Jesse Suit, and grandchildren Ryan, Haley, and Abby of Virginia Beach, VA; and daughter-in-law Lisa Campbell Marks of Cary, NC. In lieu of flowers please make donations to Meals on Wheels, through the N.H. Co. Senior Center. In keeping with Kathy's wishes there will be no formal services.