Wednesday, June 29, 2022
We first met Kathy in the late 80s through our shared ministries in our neighborhood church, St. Stephen Martyr. Jim and Kathy became close friends assisting prospective adult converts through the Church’s rite of Christian initiation for adults. The circle of neighborhood and other friends we met through the Church expanded over time into a tight-knit community, due in large part to Kathy’s sweetness, loyalty as a friend, and her delightful, infectious humor.
Kathy was a bulwark of faith and her example an anchor for Jim’s and others’. Though lives’ paths diverged, Jim still felt close to Kathy and will always be grateful for the opportunity to know and love her.
Later, Chona, a choir member at St. Stephen’s, also came to know and love Kathy. We mourn her loss but give thanks for her life and rejoice in the assurance that she is now in the embrace of the Lord.
Jim and Chona Flannery
