Kevin Lamar "K7RX" NATHAN

Kevin NATHAN Obituary

Kevin Lamar "K7RX" NATHAN

Kevin was born October 21, 1953 in Pocatello, ID. Kevin graduated from the Idaho State School for the Deaf and Blind, and graduated from Boise State University. Kevin had been totally blind since the age of two; it was normal for him. He worked for the Department of Services for The Blind in both Seattle and Tacoma. He was most recently a Youth Transition Specialist; helping visually impaired teenagers adjust to high school, and helping them to choose a path in life after high school. He has also helped visually impaired senior citizens with life skills to adjust to their new visual limitations. Prior to moving to Washington, Kevin worked at the Idaho Commission for the Blind and Visually Impaired for many years. He devoted his adult career to helping other visually impaired people have a normal life. What ever they needed, he fought for them to the best of his ability, and encouraged them to realize they had no barriers. Kevin had been a ham radio operator since he was 13 years old. It was a lifelong hobby that opened up the world to him, and he loved it. Kevin had a love of music, and sang with the Boise Master Chorale for many years. He was very active in the church choir as well. Kevin is survived by his wife Kathy Nathan, children Dennis (Vanessa) Nathan, Emily (Jacob) Coleman, and Nick Nathan, stepchildren Jeff (Janie) Richmond, and Jennifer Richmond, and grandchildren Kayden, Sawyer, and Rhylie Coleman. A Memorial Service will be held Sunday, December 2nd at 2:00pm at Calvary Lutheran Church in Federal Way.

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Published by The Seattle Times from Nov. 28 to Nov. 29, 2012.

Memories and Condolences
for Kevin NATHAN

6 Entries

December 27, 2012

I was so shocked to read of Kevin's death. I have known him since he was 13 years old when I worked with his mother. We were good friends. She died when he was still in high school. My husband and I went with his Dad to visit his school in Gooding,Idaho. We have kept in touch until he moved to Washington state. I wish I knew what happened. He was a good man. My sympathies to the family. I was thinking after a lifetime of blindness the first thing he saw was the beauties of Heaven. He just spent his first Christmas in Heaven. Wow! I'll see you later, Kevin.
Mary Hopkins - Boise

December 27, 2012

I was shocked to read of Kevin's death. I have known him since he was 13 years old when I worked with his mother. She died while he was still in high school. My husband and I went with his Dad to visit his school in Gooding, Id. We kept in touch until he moved to Washington state. I would like to contact his wife to find out what happened.My e-mail is: [email protected]. My sympathies to the family. He was a good man. I was just thinking that after a lifetime of blindness, the first thing he saw was the beauties of Heaven. He has just spent his first Christmas in Heaven. Wow!
Mary Hopkins - Boise

Ward Silver

November 30, 2012

Kevin was a good ham radio friend and I enjoyed working with him on any subject. I was greatly saddened to learn of his death - my condolences - a big loss to all. "73" (ham radio for best regards), Ward N0AX

November 29, 2012

Kevin was my office mate at Washington Department of Services for the Blind for two and a half years. He was the most considerate and amazing office mate I have ever had the pleasure of working with!
Kevin dedicated his life to assisting our clients, remaining positive throughout his illness. His greatest desire was to serve the youth this past summer, for the YES Program. He told me that he wanted to be well enough to assist these youth...and he did just that!
Kevin amazed me. I would often forget that he was blind...he was that awesome! And I laugh to recall that he would "remind me" that he was blind, when he would find a box or a chair just an inch or two into his pathway, with his cane!
His faithful dog, Freely, was my office mate as well. Freely had a job to do, and did it well! But I would laugh to myself, to hear Freely snore from her place under Kevin's desk...
And when I moved to the Lacey office to work, I missed Kevin's smiling face and calm demeanor.
Kevin meant the world to me then, and means the world to me, now. I am overjoyed that he is with His Lord and Savior...and that sustains me. God bless his family, whom he adored.
Always love to all. Joetta

Linda

November 29, 2012

My condolences to the family. May "the God of all comfort"... be with you during your time of sorrow. 2Cor.1:3

Chris Jones

November 29, 2012

I knew Kevin Nathan when I was a Vocational Rehabilitation Counselor with the Idaho Commission for the Blind in 1985 in Twin Falls, Idaho. I remember vividly attending some training in Seattle with Kevin. At that time, I was a Guide Dog user. Kevin and I took the ferry from Seattle to Bremerton and back one evening after training. He was one of the most progressively independent blind people I have ever met. Our paths crossed later when my wife Judy and I saw him a time or two in Washington. Kevin cared deeply for those he served and I will always cherish his friendship, though we had not been in touch for many years.

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