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Kathleen O'Connor Obituary
Of Culpeper, VA, passed away Saturday, January 14, 2006 at Culpeper Regional Hospital. Kathleen was born August 21, 1956 in Washington, D.C. Kathleen was the managing editor for The Rural Letter Carriers Magazine. Kathleen is survived by her parents, Michael Joseph O'Connor, Sr. and Roberta O'Connor of Amissville, VA; her companion, Joe Proctor of Culpeper, VA; her sister, Annmarie Bolen and husband, Bruce, of Pittsburgh, PA; her brother, Michael Joseph O'Connor, Jr. and wife, Angel, of Dover, DE; her nieces, Sarah Bolen, Kayla O'Connor and Liz Bolen and her nephew, Michael Joseph O'Connor, III. A Funeral Mass will be offered Tuesday, January 17, at 11 a.m. at St. Peter Catholic Church, 12762 Lee Highway, Washington, VA 22747. Father Robert J. DeMartino will be conducting the mass. Interment Resurrection Cemetery, 8000 Woodyard Rd., Clinton, MD 20735. In lieu of flowers, contributions to St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105. CLORE-ENGLISH FUNERAL HOME, 11190 James Monroe Highway, Culpeper, VA, is handling the arrangements.
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Memories and Condolences
for Kathleen O'Connor
Randy Anderson
August 21, 2006
This is just to say that today would have been Kathleen's 50th birthday. She is very much missed by this friend and always will be.
Diane Allman
February 2, 2006
To Joe and Kathleen's Family,
I have lost a good friend and a piece of the Rural Carrier Family with the passing of Kathleen. I feel she is sitting in heaven looking down on me saying " Yes you can do it", as she told me that quite often. My sympathy goes out to you, her family, and Joe, her special person as she is missed very much and has touched the life of everyone who knew and loved her.
Debbie Williams
January 31, 2006
"Those who have given of themselves to others, will live forever in every single heart they have touched.." Kathleen touched many rural carriers' hearts and will be greatly missed. Our heartfelt condolences to Joe and Kathleen's family. You are in our thoughts and prayers. Gary and Debbie Williams
Joyce Harrison
January 29, 2006
Kathleen was a wonderful friend and a joy to work with on the magazine. We were very saddened by her passing. To Joe and the O'Connor family: You have our deepest sympathy. Jim and Joyce Harrison
Marilee (Toni) Prough
January 28, 2006
I was proud to have know Kathleen as a friend. She was a "quiet" strength. She will truly be missed and remembered by a lot of people!
January 27, 2006
HE WALKED AWHILE AMONG US SO THAT WE MIGHT BETTER SEE THE BREADTH OF HIS COMPASSION.. HIS LOVE FOR YOU & ME. HE GAVE ALL HE HAD TO GIVE, TO SET US AN EXAMPLE..TO TEACH US HOW TO LIVE. HE LEFT HIS PLACE IN HEAVEN TO SHOW THE WAY BACK HOME. HE WALKS AMONG US STILL, BRINGING HIS PEACE TO JOE & HER FAMILY. MAY HE STAY ESPECIALLY CLOSE TO YOU ALL AT THIS TIME. MY SYMPATHY TO YOU ALL OF YOU. SHE WAS A WONDERFUL FRIEND & HER LAST WORDS TO ME WERE HEARTFELT LOVE & WHAT A FRIEND I WAS TO HER. WELL IT WAS HER THAT WAS THE MOST WONDERFUL FRIEND TO ME AND I WILL ALWAYS LOVE & MISS HER.
Susan Knapp
January 24, 2006
Kathleen's time with us was too short but she was a powerful presence for those of us that had the good fortune of knowing her. May God's strength and love be with Joe, family and friends. We loved her.
January 24, 2006
My sincere condolences are with each and everyone of you. I worked with her at NRLCA for just a short while, but she was always happy and smiling and I am sure that each and every one of us had learned something from her and her memory will live on through us by the things she said or did and now we say or do. Godbless
Steve and Shirley Smith
January 24, 2006
We are deeply saddened by the passing of Kathleen. Kathleen was a good friend and a wonderful, talented employee. She will be greatly missed by all who knew her. Our thoughts and prayers are with Joe and her family.
Mary Louise Baltimore
January 24, 2006
My thoughts and prayers go out to Kathleen's family and her very, very special man, "Joe." Kathleen was a very special person and I am very much saddened by the loss of her. May God bless you and give you comfort in knowing that Kathleen is in heaven watching over us.
Michael O'Connor
January 23, 2006
On behalf of my entire family, I'd like to send out our heartfelt appreciation and gratitude for all of your kind remarks. Kathleen touched so many lives in a positive manner. I’m still amazed to see how far reaching her touch was. I was glad to see that I wasn’t the only one to feel the wrath of her “red pen”. She always used to correct the rough drafts of all my school work. I guess it was just a natural progression for her to become an editor. She will be deeply missed, there’s a void in all of ours lives that will never be filled. Keep her memory alive as you continue to move forward without her in your life. Please forgive any spelling or grammatical errors in this text…I’ve lost the best editor anyone could ever have, my big sister!
Paula & Hank Raleigh
January 23, 2006
We wish to convey our heartfelt sorrow to Kathleen's family and let them know how much she will be missed by all of us. Keeping you in our prayers. God Bless.
BETH CROUCH-PAYNE
January 23, 2006
A GREAT WOMAN, ONE OUR UNION WILL TRULY MISS. TAKE COMFORT IN KNOWING SHE TOUCHED SO MANY LIVES, AND MADE EACH RICHER.
Mike and Chris Froelich
January 22, 2006
It is with sincere sadness that on behalf of the Louisiana Rural Letter Carriers' I offer our most heartfelt thoughts and prayers to Kathleen's family upon her untimely passing.
Several times in the past few years I had the pleasure of visiting with her at National Conventions and corresponding with her via e mail and phone. She was a true gem as well as wonderful new found friend. She definately will be missed by all.
Terrllyne Stockton
January 22, 2006
I did not personally know Kathleen, but I have heard only positive things about her, Our thoughts and prayers go out to her friend Joe and to her family, May it help to ease the pain of loss knowing that so many lives have been touched by Kathleens presents. She will be sadly missed.
Thomas E Keys
January 22, 2006
I offer my sincere condelence on the passing of Kathleen. She will be missed very much by the TNRLCA. I had the opportunity to work with her on a article that I was assigned to write for the National Magazine. My prayers are with you!
Ed Emmert
January 21, 2006
What a great contribution Kathleen made to the NRLCA, friends, and relatives. She will be sorely missed but the cherished memories hidden in our hearts shall be an everflowing resource of her kinship to the rural carriers of America.
Sylvia Gregory
January 21, 2006
Our heartfelt sympathy goes to the O'Conner Family. Kathleen was always so willing to share her knowledge. Her smile and quick wit endeared her to all who knew her. The NRLCA will miss this very special lady.
Frankie Hunt
January 21, 2006
Our thought and paryers fot the family of Kathleen she be miss by the rural carriers,
Nancy Barnard
January 21, 2006
Sincere Sympathy to Joe and Kathleen's family. She was much loved and admired by all who knew her as our managing editor for NRLCA. Every rural carrier who worked with her in the pressroom at national conventions will hold special memories in their heart of having known and worked with such a very special friend. She will be greatly missed and never forgotten.
Dale and Leanne Holton
January 21, 2006
To the O'Connor Family and Joe,
Leanne and I would like to express our sympathy during this sad time. Kathleen's passing was a shock. She will be missed by many nationwide; family, friends, NRLCA, and acquaintences, alike. I am glad I got to work with her.
Deborah Corey
January 21, 2006
May the thoughts and prayers from everyone comfort Kathleen's family during this difficult time. She will be deeply missed by everyone in the NRLCA.
May God BLess
Terry Miner
January 20, 2006
Our thoughts and prayers are with Joe and Kathleen's family at this very difficult time. Kathleen was such a special person to all of at the NRLCA. We will miss her.
John Edmonds
January 20, 2006
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. Kathleen was a great lady and a dear friend.
John & Connie Edmonds
The 2005 NRLCA Press Room Staff – (front row left to right) – Zelda Rice, KY; Carlon Hollis, LA; Mariann Estes, CA; Jeff Oakley, IA, and Emma McCarty, TN. (Back row left to right) – KATHLEEN, Buddy Hollis, LA, and Joe Proctor. We had the best of times!
January 20, 2006
Kathleen showing off one of her famous "red pens" she used for editing in the Press Room. She kept us on our toes with grace, wit, and an abundance of patience.
January 20, 2006
Jenny Lewallen
January 20, 2006
Our thoughts and prayers are with Kathleen's family. She will be missed in the NRLCA family
Jenny
Julia Sullivan-McCarty
January 20, 2006
Kathleen epitomized the saying "grace under pressure." Her caring attitude and ready smile will be sorely missed by her rural carrier family.
WILLIE FRIERSON
January 19, 2006
Chong(Suki), Melody, Willie Jr. & I send our deepest sympathy and prayers.
Betty Holsonback
January 19, 2006
Kathleen will be missed by the Holsonbacks. She always had a smile and pleasant words to say. She knew rural carriers and still loved us.
Diane and Jake Yarbrough
January 19, 2006
Kathleen was an inspiration to us all. The Lord has called home one of the best. She will be missed here and loved in heaven. May God Bless Her Family.
She was thrilled!
Siler & Emma McCarty
January 19, 2006
Here's a wonderful photo of Kathleen during the 2005 NRLCA Convention in Minneapolis. The Press Room members had just given her a "kitty cat in a mailbox" purse for her birthday.
Jan Stone
January 18, 2006
Our loss is definitely God's gain. Our thoughts and prayers are with you - Kathleen's family. Know that you do not walk this valley of grief alone, a very large rural family walks with you!!!!!!!!!!!
Jack Tunstill
January 18, 2006
We mourn the passing of a wonderful friend; inspiring leader; friendly, smiling, co-worker; and supremely competent editor who made it all look easy. She inspired us, challenged us, made us think and reach higher to try and be better. How hard it will be not to see her and talk with her. The Rural Carrier family shares her family's grief. We pray that God will comfort you and hold her close until we see her again. Jack and Mickey Tunstill, Owens Cross Roads, AL
Freddie & Wanda Brannon
January 18, 2006
Our thoughts and prayers are with you and Kathleen will be greatly missed by the Rural Carrier family.
Dwight & Patsy Broome
January 18, 2006
To all of Kathleen's loved ones, may God comfort you with His sweet peace and with the precious memories you have of her. All of us in the Rural Carrier family will miss her very much.
Ed and Sue Carter
January 18, 2006
We only had a half a dozen years to know Kathleen -- primarily at those hectic days known as National Convention. She was helpful as we struggled to produce the Illinois counterpart publication. Somehow there is a space generally towards the rear of the auditorium that will be empty when we meet again. Our sympathy, and hugs across the miles.
Robert Short
January 18, 2006
Met Kathleen several times. Always greeted you with a smile. Always left you with one. She will be missed!
Sue Kelley
January 18, 2006
What a loss but what a blessing to have had Kathleen in our Rural Family! God surely has looked down on us. Please accept heartfelt sympathy and prayers for the family and the National Officers who worked with her.
Patricia Alexander
January 18, 2006
Kathleen was very special to everyone she met, and it will be difficult to enter the office of the National Rural Letter Carriers' Association and not be able to greet her. She was a shining light, and we shall miss her. Our thoughts and prayers are with her family. Kathleen, we know you are in a better place, and that is all that consoles us. Love, Patricia and Charles Alexander
Robert Taylor
January 18, 2006
I was so sorry to here the news. Every Rural Carrier will Kathleen.
God bless her family.
Robert Taylor
Sharon Goforth
January 18, 2006
A young woman who left a beautiful mark upon this world and will be missed by all. May God touch her family and bless them as Kathleen touched each of our lives.
Leanne Cook
January 18, 2006
Kathleen's family and Joe are in our prayers. I had the priviledge to work with her last year on the magazine. She was a wonderful friend and she will be greatly missed.
Virginia Tharrington
January 18, 2006
Kathleen touched the lives of so many and will be missed by all of them.
Roy Hamilton
January 18, 2006
I am so VERY sorry. You have been, and will continue to be, in my prayers.
Rita Whitford
January 18, 2006
People pass through your life and make a difference and Kathleen was certainly one of those. I will miss her, our conversations,our emails, our interests (old movies) and her genuine interest in others.
My thoughts and prayers go to her
special guy, Joe, and her family.
May you remember the good times.
Aloha, my friend Kathleen.
Beverly Turner
January 18, 2006
My prayers are with you. Kathleen will leave a big space in our hearts. God Bless you.
phil burgess
January 18, 2006
To the O'connor family.
Words cannot express the sympathy Jenny and I have for you during this time of grief. We were at the SWAC Conference in Dallas when the news came from Donnie Pitts.
It was a total shock for the entire Rural Carrier family who knew Kathleen. She was always so helpful when we called to place an ad in the NRLCA magazine. She will be missed.
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Curtis Null
January 18, 2006
I am deeply saddened to hear of Kathleen's passing. She was a dear friend and I will greatly miss her. My prayers go out to Joe and Kathleen's family.
Bridget Boseak
January 18, 2006
Kathleen will be truely missed and she will very hard to replace.
Siler & Emma McCarty
January 18, 2006
We are so very saddened by Kathleen's sudden passing. Our prayers are with Joe as well as Kathleen's entire family. She was a bright spot in our lives for many years during the conventions – her wit, spark, wonderful personality and caring attitude for others made her very special indeed. Kathleen – May the road rise up to meet you, May the warm sun shine its face upon you , May the Lord shed His countenance upon you – until we meet again. God truly has one of his special angels with Him now.
Carlon & Buddy Hollis
January 18, 2006
Our prayers to Joe and Kathleens' family at this time. She was and is a special person to so many, her laughter and spirit are apart of us still. Those of us who worked with her gained so much knowledge, but most of all we respected her; she was never to busy to help us. She always encouraged us, helped to laugh at ourselves and always helped us to learn more. We were so blessed to know her and call her our friend,
Zelda Rice
January 18, 2006
My prayers go out to Joe and Kathleen's family. She was a very special and wonderful person and I am glad to have known her. She was always there when we needed questions answered and went above and beyond what was required of her. I am very saddened by the news of her passing will miss her more than words can say.
Becky Wendlandt
January 17, 2006
Kathleen was a true friend, who made me laugh with her E mails, and showed how much she cared for her family and friends with her encouragement and support. Truly a kindred spirit, who will never be forgotten. I have been blessed knowing her.
Anastasia (Stacy) Schuster (Lipske)
January 17, 2006
I only had the pleasure of meeting Kay face to face once...many years ago, but I remember her fondly. It seems the distance from our East to West Coast families is like the great continental divide. But that's only physically. Emotionally we're with you all now.
Bob Ann, I know how special you were to my dad. If he were here today I know his heart would be breaking for you, big Mike, little Mike, and Ann Marie...like ours is now. But instead he's probably sitting there with Kay...watching from above and waiting for us all to be reunited once again.
God bless you all...you're in my thoughts and prayers.
Marie (Regie) Wright (Lipske)
January 17, 2006
Dear Aunt Bobanne, Mike, Annmarie, Michael, and family. Even though I have only met Kathleen and her siblings just a couple of times, we are still family. Aunt Bobanne is my godmother (and my dad Bob Lipske's favorite cousin), and I believe my mom, Mary Lipske Rouse, was Kathleen's godmother. Us West Coast Lipske's are greatly sadden by your lost. I wish we lived closer so that we can be with you during this time of sorrow. Our prayers, thoughts, and love are with you all.
Love, Regie and Bill, and all of the West Coast Relatives.
Jim Novotny
January 17, 2006
There's an old quotation, "Leave them laughing". Well even though Kaye has unexpectedly left before me she left me with a great story to tell. Thereby she becomes some what immortal. We can all rejoice in having known her.
Joan Chowning
January 16, 2006
Love and Prayers to Joe and Kathleen's Family at this diffcult time. Kathleen was a special person and all of our hearts here in KY are sadden by the loss of one of our Rural Carrier Family. May God bless you and give you comfort in the days to come.
Margaret Crossan
January 16, 2006
I am so sorry I can't be there Tuesday. There is so much I will miss about Kaye. Her smile, her laugh. Luckily the memories will remain with me forever. Love, Margaret
Sue & John Novotny
January 16, 2006
Kay's legacy will be all the memories we share. We will miss her.
Barbara Scott
January 16, 2006
Kathleen is smiling down on her friends and family because she is in a better place and surrounded by love. Our thoughts and prayers are sent to the family during this very difficult time.
Jerry Burley
January 16, 2006
Our thoughts and prayers are with Kathleen's family. Her presence will truly be missed by the Rural Carrier family.
Donald Bunker
January 16, 2006
You have our deepest sympathy. Don and Dorothy Bunker
Nancy Caples
January 16, 2006
My prayers and thoughts are with Joe and Kathleen's family in their time of loss. Kathleen was a special lady that will truly be missed.
Pete and Melinda Harrington
January 16, 2006
Dearest Joe and All of Kathleen's family - our heart is very heavy, as we know yours must be. Our prayers and thoughts are with you all as you journey through these days of grief and disbelief. We loved Kathleen (our Katie) and this is not only a great loss and tragedy for us personally, it is for you and all of the NRLCA. God's blessings to each of you - may He bring you the peace that only He can bring for your broken hearts. Love to each of you.
mary upton
January 16, 2006
Our thoughts and prayers are with you. All our love, Tom, Mary and family
Phyllis Sjoberg
January 16, 2006
My thoughts and prayers are with Joe and the family. She was a very special lady and friend.
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