Kathryn Virginia Bacon

Kathryn Virginia Bacon, 97, of Princess Anne, MD died Thursday, January 24, 2008 at Manokin Manor Nursing Home in Princess Anne. Born August 29, 1910 in Kansas City, KS, she was a daughter of the late George Wilson and Julia Jonas Fleenor. Her parents had migrated from Virginia and West Virginia to Kansas. They moved to California as did many Americans during that period in search of a more prosperous and productive life for their families. Kathryn had 9 brothers and sisters whom she helped raise. She is survived by one brother, Charles Fleenor of Penn Valley, CA and one sister-in-law, Donna Fleenor of Pleasanton, CA. She is also survived by two children; one daughter, Ginger Bacon Donohoe and her husband, David of Princess Anne, MD and one son, Gary Thomas Bacon and his wife, Carmen of Palo Alto, CA; four grandchildren, Debbie and Cathy of California and Stacey and Todd of Maryland; seven great-grandchildren and many nieces and nephews. In addition to eight of her siblings, she was preceded in death by her husband, Arthur William Bacon, in 1981. She lived through the Great Depression and WWII in the San Francisco Bay Area while her brothers went off to fight the war. She and her husband and their two children moved to Montana in the mid 40s (in the family\\\'s 1936 Ford) to seek opportunity and to provide a wholesome environment in which to raise a family. She was an active and contributing part of her community, the Presbyterian Church, hospital auxiliary boards, Eastern Star, Daughters of the Nile, Campfire Girls leader. Her special interests were golf, bridge, needlework, ceramics and her family. She and her husband retired in 1973 to Palm Desert, CA. In 1998, she moved to Princess Anne, MD to live near her daughter. A private memorial service will be held at the home of a family member. Arrangements are being handled by Hinman Funeral Home in Princess Anne, MD.