Kathleen L. Secrest-Bidlack

Kathleen L. Secrest-Bidlack obituary

Kathleen L. Secrest-Bidlack

Kathleen Secrest-Bidlack Obituary

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Kathleen L. Secrest-Bidlack, 72, of Lynn Haven, Florida passed away Sunday, August 31, 2025.

Kathleen was born the daughter of Edward and Leverne White on November 29, 1952 in Maryland Heights, Missouri.

She was a security guard at ECP Regional Airport, a Child Care Specialist at Palo Alto Child Care Facility and a Security Gate Guard at the Port of Panama City. She attended St. Dominic Catholic Church. She was a graduate of Ritenour High School in St. Anne, Missouri and loved to sing Karaoke songs by Patsy Cline and Connie Francis.

She is preceded in death by her parents, and her first husband, William Roy Secrest.

Kathleen is survived by her husband of twenty-three years, William A. Bidlack, her son, William Edward Secrest, brothers and sisters-in-law, Michael and Carol White, and Patrick Sr. and Candi White, Frankie, our miniature pincher, and a host of other loving relatives and friends.

A celebration of Kathleen's life was held Thursday, September 4, 2025 at Kent- Forest Lawn Funeral Home.

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Kent-Forest Lawn Funeral Home and Cemeteries

2403 Harrison Avenue, Panama City, FL 32405

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