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Twin Chapels Mortuary

1100 Tennessee Street

Vallejo, California

Kathy Wilkins Obituary

Jan. 27, 1948 - March 30, 2012

Kathy Wilkins transitioned peacefully into eternal rest on March 30th at the age of 64.

Kathy was preceded in death by her father, Ruski Russell.

Survivors include her mother Jeanne Russell; sister, Yvonne (Bud) York; beloved daughter Jeanna (Randy) Quesenberry-Smith; cherished grandchildren, Army Sgt. Anthony (Marla) Quesenberry, Michael Quesenberry and Joseph Walmsley; treasured great grandsons, Shane and Seth; nephew and niece, Ronnie York and Bonnie Mullen; her companion Mike Walmsley; and numerous other family members, friends and loved ones.

Kathy was loved by all who knew her and her infectious laugh and free spirit will be dearly missed.

A memorial service will be held 11 a.m. Friday, April 13th at Twin Chapels Mortuary, 1100 Tennessee St., Vallejo. A celebration of life gathering will follow with details to be announced at the memorial service.

Please sign the online tribute at www.TwinChapelsMortuary.com.

Arrangements entrusted to the direction and care of Twin Chapels Mortuary, Vallejo

(707) 552-6696.

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Published by Times Herald Online from Apr. 8 to Apr. 11, 2012.

Memories and Condolences
for Kathy Wilkins

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111 Entries

Kim Walters

April 3, 2024

Think of you time to time. Your laugh was always contagious. You were taken too soon.

Lorri "Rain" Palin

April 2, 2023

Kat
How has it been 11 yrs already? Think of and miss you everyday.

Rain

Kim Walters

April 2, 2023

You have never been forgotten.

Yvonne York

July 18, 2021

Baby sister you will always be loved and in my heart...

Lorri "Rain" Palin

March 23, 2019

Hi Kat..Happy belated birthday..sorry..it's been a tad rough on my end..just checking in to remind you of how much I love and miss you and also, it's Cindy's 60th birthday tomorrow..be sure to surprise her..I love you

Rain

Lorri Palin

September 30, 2018

Love you Kat

Lorri Palin

August 18, 2018

Just been thinking of you ALOT lately..several dreams (visits)..are you trying to guide me? (Cuz I need it)..Miss you soooo much..see you in my dreams..love and light..Lorri

June 10, 2018

Kathy,thinking the other day when we were in your back yard and took two of your Dad's smokes and went out near the back shed and tried to smoke, choking like crazy and started a grass fire. You ran into the house screaming while your Dad was shaving in his boxer shorts, trying to get ready for work,he came running out turned on the hose and put our fire out. Loved Rusky, especially that day because he never told your Mom or my parents about our little episode.
LOVE YOU

Lorri Palin

June 9, 2018

I love you Kat!! Lorri

Lorri Palin

April 16, 2018

Kat..I think of and miss you EVERY SINGLE DAY..Sorry I haven't checked in lately..You are always in my head and heart..Happy belated birthday..love and light Jeanna..Lorri

J Smith

May 11, 2016

Mom, well I made it through another mothers day without your presence. I love you and miss you so much.

jeanna qsmith

January 15, 2015

Mommy, I still miss you more then I could express, more then I show. Your birthday is coming up in a few weeks. You would have been 67.

I often wonder how much fun Seth would have had with you.

I love you mom.

February 16, 2014

It has been a long time since I wrote here. Its been a little hectic. I love and miss you so much.

October 15, 2013

I miss you

May 16, 2013

May 12, 2013

Happy Mothers Day Mom. I sure miss you.

May 11, 2013

I miss you.

April 28, 2013

For some reason the pain is a little deeper today. I love you

March 30, 2013

Mommy I miss you more then you could have possibly known. I can't believe that today at about 335 or so it will have been a year. I have relived every moment for the last week...I am trying to not let my grief take control. Its not easy.

Kim Walters

February 9, 2013

I was looking through old files on my computer a few weeks ago..when I came upon several from you, I looked at the calender and realized it was your Birthday...there you were in my minds eye! I heard you Kat and took comfort in your dear words.
Til we meet again...

Staci Blanton

February 7, 2013

I'm in SETX and you are heavily on my mind. Maybe its because the people and the life is so carefree here. I miss you and think of you daily. Wish you were here we could hop on over to LA and go to the casino. ;) I love you. See you when I get there. Always loved, Never forgotten.

February 6, 2013

I Love you...

Happy Birthday

January 28, 2013

Mom~

Well I celebrated your birthday and will do so always, it was truly bittersweet. I miss you so much and I still find myself trying to call you... These holidays have been hard and there are so many things left unanswered, I am doing my best Mom although sometimes it feels like it isnt enough. But that is for another time,and another forum.

I Love You

Lorri Lopas

January 27, 2013

Happy Birthday Kat..
I still struggle with your loss. When it starts to overwhelm me I find comfort knowing that you knew without question how important you were to me and how much I loved you.. So honored to have crossed your path and shared your unconditional friendship..
I love you and miss you everyday.

Love and Light,

Lorri

PS ..tell Cindy hi.

November 22, 2012

Well I have so much to be thankful for today I only wish you were here to share it with. I miss you so much. I love you.

October 12, 2012

Hi Mommy~ I am so grateful that I am able to write to you whenever I want to. I love and miss you so much. I have a hole in my chest where my heart used to be. I find myself going to call you, but you are not there... I know you are no longer in the horrible pain that you used to live with and that you now have found peace and for that I am grateful...it still does not make this any easier... I love you.

Staci

September 20, 2012

I love you and miss you!!

September 19, 2012

I miss you so much.

August 5, 2012

Mom I still have problems dealing with this. How can someone pretend to be ok when they have a hole in their chest where there heart should be...

July 11, 2012

Just when I thought the pain of losing you had started to ease a bit I got drop kicked in the chest and my wind knocked out of me...I love and miss you so very much. What I wouldn't do to just have 1 more conversation, 1 more hour, 1 more minute with you.

~Remember When~

J

Your Darling Baby Girl

Joe'l McDonald

July 3, 2012

I Love You! Momma Kathy, I'm confident that you have already met my father upon his entry into the Lords house. I am at ease knowing he is up there with the greatest people ever. You, my mom Juanita, Sammi, Rique and all the others who are a part of me but up there with you. I love you all and miss you so much!

June 30, 2012

Here we are...3 months now. I want to give in and break down but I just cant yet because if I do I may not be able to stop. I love and miss you so much.

Staci B

June 29, 2012

I woke up thinking of you this morning and I know that in someway it was you comforting my pain. I miss you so much. I am comforted knowing that there are holes in the floor of heaven. I love you.

Kymie And Grandma Kathy

June 29, 2012

June 27, 2012

Hailsa, Allfather Grant us strength and wisdom for today we give farewell to our kinswoman Kathy who lived an honorable life, and perservered through the hardest of struggles that the fates threw at her. May you send a Valkrie to guide her to Valhalla in Asgard to stand before you in those golden halls. May you smile on her and may her place be honorable. Freyja may you shelter her and our Family. Let her sleep be peaceful and shelter her from the dreams that haunt our slumber still so that when she awakens she'll be in Asgard watching over us, guiding our childrens children with love and wisdom. May she be remembered as she lived. She enjoyed life and she lived it to the fullest. She accepted her fate with honor, courage, and pride. Let us remember our kinswoman for how she lived because that memory will be immortal. We will meet Aunt Kathy in Valhalla one day where we will be embraced by her and those we love. Remember that the phoenix rises from its own ashes.

Love, Honor, Respect,and Love until death and beyond. Your Infamous Nephew.

Kymberlin Easom

June 20, 2012

Grandma Kathy,
Although you were never my grandmother by blood.. You were ALWAYS my grandma, without a doubt, by love and by every other way possible. I'm sorry that I didn't get as much time with you as I would of liked.. But I do truly cherish the moments that I DID have. It hurt to see you leave, but it's such a relief to know your not hurting anymore and that you are, where they all say "in a better place" . You were a beautiful woman, and a beautiful grandmother inside and out, always smiled no matter the circumstances.. I miss taking pictures with you, and running around in gas stations chasing down all my aunties and uncles, my momma included(; I know that I will see you again someday.. So all that I ask of you, Is to keep that smile bright for me.. Watch down on this huge family of ours and keep us all safe, lastly if you could hug rique and gordo for me, tell them I love them and all of you, are always on my mind.

From now and then, until I see you again.. I'll be loving you.
Love, Me <3

S. Blanton

June 20, 2012

I love you!! :'(

June 20, 2012

Joe'l McDonald

June 19, 2012

Momma Kathy, I miss you so much right now. You know this is a really hard time for me and I have felt you near a few times. You made it clear to me that you were present in what is going on with me the other day. I love you for that. I know you are standing beside me and holding my hand the whole way. Love Always!

June 18, 2012

I love you...

June 1, 2012

Mom, this has not gotten any easier for me...I was at work on Wednesday which was the 2 month point of your transition. I sat in my office and completely melted down. I am trying to be strong but how can one be strong when it feels as if your heart is being ripped out of your chest? The pain has not dulled and in fact I believe it has sharpened. I go to call you...but you are not there...I love and miss you so much.

Tonya VanHook

May 19, 2012

G as I sit here crying about the loss of your mother. I think about the wonderful person that she was and what good memories she gave to me and to us. I remember her and I eating Baskin & Robbins on our many visits. I loved me some Kat. My heart is aching but their is the joy in having known her. I loved her and I know she loved me too. Love you guys Tonya

Stan Roden

May 16, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

With Mom...

Jeanna

May 14, 2012

Well Mom I wanted to write something yesterday for mothers day but I could not do it...I found a bunch of the mothers day cards I have sent you throughout the years, and well, it has been very hard. I am going to do what you would have wanted me to do and push forward. Really its all I can do. I am kind of a hermit right now which I know you can appreciate! LOL. I am just lost without you, without knowing that you are on the other end of the phone when I call. I stay so busy I dont have not 1 extra minute to think... I am only comforted by the fact I know you dont hurt anymore and that I am not selfishley trying to anchor you here while you were in so much pain. I am sorry that I heard, but did not listen to your subtle hints that the end was near. In the same sense I am grateful for the wonderful time that I was blessed to have you living with me, for those are memories I will cherish until I see you on the other side. Happy Mothers day Mom. I commemerated mothers day yesterday by remembering who you were. Joseph spent the day with us. We all love and miss you more then you could ever imagine. Love your darling baby girl.

Great Grandma and Seth Michael

May 14, 2012

Teenage years

May 14, 2012

Young beauty

May 14, 2012

Taking Grandma out for Fathers day

May 14, 2012

Little sister, big sister, the twins

May 14, 2012

Grandma (Jeanne) & Mom (Kathy)

May 14, 2012

Matt Jagger

May 10, 2012

Mamma Kathy,
Rest in Peace~
My heart is heavy, but my love is deep... Your love and kindred spirit is without a doubt my strength that keeps me pushing...
The wealth of love that you left behind has touched and reached our whole family. You will be forever missed, but NEVER forgotten. May the ancient Gods of our world take you through the gates to a place where True Queen Goddesses lay.
On This Side or the Other~I Love You Now and Forever.

Love, Loyalty, & Respect,

Matthew J Jagger

May 7, 2012

I miss you so much...

Yvonne and Kathy --1948

Yvonne York

May 4, 2012

A part of me went with you baby sister.
There is no words that I can say to show how much you will be missed by ALL that knew you and loved you.
Love Forever Big Sister

Janet Verducci

May 1, 2012

Although I only met you on a couple of occasions, I can't keep up with the amount of times I've heard what a beautiful person you were inside and out! This beauty is reflected in your precious daughter,Jeanna. May your spirit walk with her during these extremely difficult times because I know her heart is breaking. Gone too soon. All my sympathy love to the family.

Junior in High School

Jeanna Louise

April 30, 2012

Mommy~well in a few hours it will be a month. I still dont, wont, and cant accept this but the harsh reality is that it is real. You are no longer physically with us but I know that your spirit lives on in all that is good. I love you and I miss you so much.

Jim, Jen, jewelianna, angeleena, Adrianna and Alexis Pittman Family

April 28, 2012

We love you Jee! Stay strong cause that's how your mom always remembered her babygirl, she's now watching over us and will remain our guardian Angel...If you need me you know I'm always here! XoXo...

Jim, Jen and Jewelianna Pittman

April 27, 2012

Jeanna...I'm sorry for your loss, I know how close you and your mom was and only met her twice..the last time I had the opportunity to see her was when I brought your god daughter out to see you at her house and she had a mini wood bat in her hands making sure Ran stayed in line with packing up the uhaul to take it to storage, lol! She had the best sense of humor anyone could ask for...my heart goes out to you and your family Jee, We love you always!

brian buzz butler

April 23, 2012

there are no excuses for my actions for not coming to the funeral but i want to say i loved your mother very much.she was a very good friend as well as a wonderful person.god bless and i love you jeanna very much.

Jessica Colcleaser

April 20, 2012

You were an amazing woman and I will always hold you dear to my heart...you were a mom to me and it hurts my heart deeply knowing you are gone. I love you mom and will miss you always. Until we meet again I love you

True Love between a mother and daughter

Jeanna Q smith

April 19, 2012

As I went to your storage today I hurt so much inside...I looked in a few boxes and melted down and had to just have Ran throw stuff in the trailor to be gone through at a later date...is this what our lives truly amount to??? I dont EVER WANT ANYONE TO EVER THINK ALL YOUR LIFE AMOUNTED TO WAS WHAT WAS IN BOXES...I read one of your journals last night...dont worry my heart...you are a legacy and an icon...you are the one that possesed my heart in a way that no other could and I miss you more than I could EVER express..

Jeanna Quesenberry Smith

April 18, 2012

I am wondering why none of my entries have showed up...hmmm...

Mommy I love and miss you more than words could ever say. You were not only my mother but my best friend, my confidant as well as my heart. I trust that when I need you the most I will feel you as a gentle breeze on my face or a song on the radio...something nice and gentle...the exact opposite of me!!! We had a joke that I was "your darling baby girl"...we both know that the more I acted out, the more I was your darling baby girl...I miss you, your smile, and your presence...

Tara Sanders

April 18, 2012

I only got to spend a short time with kathy but she always made me feel welcome and she is gonna be missed..

tiffany jones

April 17, 2012

A beautiful woman whom I am very proud to of had in my life.Your smile and laugh I will never forget. I love you.and ill always be here for joesph just like I promised mama kathy. Rest now and keep us all safe.

Charlotte Dougherty

April 17, 2012

Jee I am truly sorry for your loss.....I want to let you know that your mom was so beautiful to me....Its not that I knew her very well, but from the first time I met her I truly felt a connection to her.....and I always secretly wished that my mother was like her her Light was the most beautiful ever.....I will always treasure the charm bracelet.....Namaste

Stacey Frost

April 17, 2012

Jeanna & Family,

So sorry for your loss. Our thoughts & prayers are with you.

Stacey Frost & Family

ANGELA CIMOCH

April 17, 2012

YOU WERE ALWAYS HAPPY AND FUN TO BE AROUND... I KNOW YOU WILL BE MISSED BY SO MANY BUT REMEMBERED FOR YEARS TO COME. MAY YOU WATCH OVER US WHEN YOU CAN AND ENJOY YOUR BETTER PLACE.... UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN, ANGIE

Staci Blanton

April 17, 2012

Mom, I will miss your beautiful smile and fabulous sense of humor. I will miss the fact that whenever I may need the loving and unjudging arms of a mother wrapped around me yours will not be physically available. I will take comfort in knowing that now they will be loving wings of an angel that will tell me unspokenly that everything will turn out the way its meant to. I love you and pray that everyone up there realizes what they have and what we shall be missing with you no longer here in body. You will remain here with us in heart, mind, and soul. Your job here was done. You successfully taught us all that we are loved. Now you may rest and await the arrival of the rest of your loved ones. We love you.
Love forever,
Another one of your other children.

erin hallock

April 17, 2012

A very wonderful woman, i only got to share her life with her for about two years, but the two years were like i had known her and loved her forever.....

Debbie Weed

April 17, 2012

Sending my deepest condolences, Jeanna, Randy, and family. Thanks to your Mom, Kathy, for bringing you into this world, my Jeanna. Love you

Connie Reece

April 17, 2012

Jeanna, I signed this earlier but can't find it. Just wanted to say your Mom was a sweet childhood friend of mine who used to share her candy with me in elementary and Jr. high school. She is precious to me. I am looking forward to seeing her again in heaven.

Taylor, Deven, Jill & Matt Donohue

April 17, 2012

So sorry for your loss Jeanna. Your mom was a beautiful woman. She is looking down on you with love & smiles. There's a party up in heaven right now.

James Quesenberry

April 17, 2012

Aunt Kathy, I will miss you dearly and vigilantly keep you in my memory until i meet up with ya.

have fun wherever you are : )

Amanda Whorton

April 17, 2012

A sweet, caring, and loving woman. The good ones always go too soon. May you watch over us all from above. Always in our hearts and never forgotten.

Mike Jones

April 17, 2012

Jeanna,
I am so sorry to hear about your Mom. Please accept my condolences.

April 13, 2012

JENNA SO SORRY ABOUT YOUR MOM STAY STRONG MY FRIEND PAT D SACRAMENTO CA

Nicci Jacla

April 13, 2012

Our hearts go out to you at this time and in the days ahead.

Laurel Anderson

April 13, 2012

Aloha nui loa
My deepest sympathy goes out to all of Kathy's family and friends we have lost a beautiful lady but not the memory.
Ho'omaha ma maluhia ko'u hoaaloha
(rest in peace dear friend)

Donnie Phillips

April 13, 2012

So sorry for your loss Jenna and family, my heart is with you.

Maria Gonzales

April 12, 2012

Jeanna, I am truly sorry for your loss. I imagine the grief and heartache you are experiencing must feel so overwhelming, for losing your mother at any age has got to be so hard. I'm so glad you two were able to have your time together after she became ill because so many people don't. Though I only got to see her a couple of times after she moved back I'm so happy to have had the opportunity. She was very upbeat and expressed to me how grateful she was for the time she had with you - her family and those she loved.And because she knew how hard I was trying not to cry, she gave me a hug & one of her beautiful smiles and told me everything was good. That statement and the look in her eyes assured me that was true. Kathy will be missed yet never forgotten. Forever in our hearts!

April 12, 2012

Mom give me the strength to get through this...I love and miss you so much...

Ronnie "Satch" McAuliffe

April 12, 2012

Jeanna I was visiting my parents graves on 31st. And on the way back to the City on the Ferry I looked at the bridge and thought about when I took you and your Dad fishing under the Golden Gate Bridge and was thinking of you and your Mom and how she was doing. Jeanna my dear I am so so sorry at the loss of your Mother thinking of your Mom's still brings a smile. Again my deepest regrets for you loss.....

Ron Gonzales

April 12, 2012

So sorry for your loss Jeanna , love and prayers to you and your family ..............

Kim Walters

April 11, 2012

Jeanne, Jeanna and family...Kathy was special.
The Walters family has always endeared her in our hearts.
We are so sorry for your loss.
Sam, Kim and Jeanne Walters

susie Donohue

April 11, 2012

You are always loved, will always be missed and never forgotten..

LISA&ABE IRIZARRY

April 10, 2012

JEANNA JUST 2 WEEKS AGO MY DAD AND I WERE GOING DOWN THE STREET YOUR MOM LIVED ON AND HE ASKED WHICH HOUSE IT WAS WAS HE NEVER FORGOT HER AFTER ALL THESE YEARS KATHY YOUR MOM LEFT A GREAT IMPRESSION WITH MY DAD SHE WILL BE MISSED DEARLY LOVE AND PRAYERS ARE WITH YOU AND THE FAMILY

LISA & ABE IRIZARRY

April 10, 2012

Chuck Steeves

April 10, 2012

Jee,
So sorry to hear of your loss.My condolences to you and your family.

Skee Lisle

April 10, 2012

Dear Jeanne. So sorry to read of your Daugther's pssing. To lose a child has to be a parent's worst nightmare. My Deepest Syympathy. Skee Lisle.

The Pendergasts

April 10, 2012

We love you and miss you.

Joe'l McDonald

April 10, 2012

Momma Kathy, I will absolutely miss you to the fullest. I especially will miss your sense of humor and your beautiful smile. I know you will be watching over all of us with a smile! Love Always

Brenda Inzalaco

April 10, 2012

I've known Kathy for many years but it seems like I've known her all my life; it was friendship at first sight! She was one of a kind, my best friend & I will always love her & never forget her. I will miss her dearly.

Michael & Heidi Pendergast

April 9, 2012

Kathy you will be dearly dearly missed although I know you are with us in spirit laughing and having a good time as I remember you. We love you and miss you so much and will see you on the other side. Many many kisses to you. Rest in peace my dear.

Gina Langston

April 9, 2012

My thoughts and prayers are with you in your time of grief. May your memories bring you comfort.

elaine stith

April 9, 2012

My prayers are with you and your family now and always.

Mary (Sissy) Renfrow Carll

April 9, 2012

Jeanna, Yvonne and Family, I am so sorry about Kathy's passing, we were little terrors on Wallace Ave. but had so much fun. Kathy was a beautiful person and will be greatly missed by her family and friends but will be with her Dad Ruski and will be looking over everyone from Heaven above. Kathy is no longer suffering and is at peace.
Rest In Peace Kathy.

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