Kathryn Smith

1951 - 2025

Kathryn Smith

December 7, 1951 - December 2, 2025

Kathryn Smith passed away on Tuesday, December 2, 2025, at the age of 73. She was the oldest of four children, born to Reverend Edward Eggert and Ruth (Kretzmann) Eggert in Shawnee, Okla. She was a graduate of Valparaiso University.

She met the love of her life, Gregory Smith, at a 1975 Summer Fest concert and married him ten months later. They had three children. She taught Lamaze classes for many years, helping many families bring children into the world. When their children got older, she became a teacher's aide and an administrative assistant at the schools in McFarland. Kathy was loving, kind, hard-working, fun-loving, and multi-talented. Music was one of Kathy's passions; she loved to play piano, and notably sang soprano in the Madison Symphony Chorus for several years.

Kathy spent many happy years with Greg raising their children and travelling to Europe and all over the United States and Canada.

Kathy is survived by her husband Greg; her daughter Kristin; her sons, Ryan (Erika) and Eric (Sarah) as well as grandchildren, Madison, Ryder, Indria, Ava and Summer. An incredible wife and mother, she was a marvel of kindness, sweetness, love and hard work. She will be missed by all.

A funeral will be held on the morning of December 17, 2025 at Bethel Lutheran Church. Visitation will begin at 9:30 a.m. followed by the funeral service at 11 a.m. The family encourages sharing condolences at www.cressfuneralservice.com.

Cress Funeral Home

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Madison, WI 53705

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