What good times Kathie, Susan Bolte Peterson, and I had when I stayed with Susan when I came to Hawaii!!!!  We were just three crazy gals ie our boyfriends, husbands, or whatever were out on Westpak cruises with the Navy , and we had a ball!!!!  One night after "dining" at the officers club, we got lost on the submarine base and  amno dumps and needed a MP excort off the base!!  We would sit out on "poop deck" in the evening and slurp up some delightful drinks- and get in some midnight shows of Don Ho (who was always drunk by that timeof evening) .  What a hoot!!!  I'm so grateful we could continue our friendships after all these years!!!  Sweet Kathie will be very much missed - but I'm so grateful that she won't have to deal with the cancer and pain that she had to deal with these last years!!!  My heart felt sorrow and sympathy to you, her family!!!!  Sincerely Cheri Stuber Brown

I've known Kathie for over 30 years and talked to her almost daily. She is the most wonderful person I've known—always positive, funny, smart, and interesting. I miss her so much. We took two trips, to Israel in 2007 and to Italy in 2008. Here is one picture; there are more in the Gallery."

My mom's dear friend Annie just sent this from England and gave permission to include it. They became friends in Bangkok in the late 1960s:

Thank you for letting us know about dear Kathie. It was the sad news we had been dreading receiving. We were in Bangkok with all the family when your e-mail came through and in a strange way, it was the right place for us to learn of it. We are so glad she came home and the family were with her at the end; she was a brave girl, never complained—a true fighter!

My long and special friendship with Kathie started in Bangkok many years ago. We worked at the same firm of Architects INTAREN in the city. Paul Sr. and Kathie quickly became dear friends with not just me but with my brother David, his wife Doy, and family who live in Bangkok. Kathie would whizz by in her little sports car with the hood down to collect me from my brother’s home, and we would go to work.

Lunchtimes were always great fun, as a crowd of us would visit local hotels for lunch and she loved banana-split ice cream! In fact, Heather, when she was 9 months pregnant with you, she still came to work—and one afternoon after demolishing a banana-split ice cream, she complained of indigestion! I said, “No Kathie, I think you are having the baby!” and she was! So there was great excitement then!

We spent several very happy Christmas times together, and to this day we have in our drawing room a photo of your parents, Paul Sr. resplendent in white dress uniform and Kathie lovely in a pink evening gown, with my parents. Kathie’s mother on one occasion came out to visit. They were very happy days. Lots of laughs!

We kept in touch over the years through writing, e-mailing, and phone calls, with Kathie visiting the UK several times and us visiting her in San Francisco.

In life we make many acquaintances, but we generally make only a couple of true friends, and I count Kathie as one of those. She was great fun, wacky!, intelligent, thoughtful, and completely honest, never unkind—what you saw was what you got.

The sad news came in Bangkok on Easter weekend—Kathie last visited Bangkok a few years ago and stayed at The Oriental Hotel by the Chao Prya River. This visit we went to see the buildings she had designed, and they are still there. My dear sister-in-law Doy arranged a garland of jasmine and roses, and we went to the Easter Sunday Service at Assumption Cathedral, a beautiful church next the The Oriental Hotel. It was a lovely service: The Church was overflowing with so many people from all over the world, and the Archbishop of Thailand was officiating. We prayed for Kathie. Then we went to The Oriental Hotel, out onto the Terrace, found a beautiful quiet spot overlooking the river, and threw the garland onto the water in her memory. Our friendship had come full circle.

We will never forget her: warm, funny Kathie—a true pal. It was a privilege to know her. We know you too will hold her in your hearts and miss her as we all do.

Keep in touch,

God bless and with love,

Ann, Tony, and family England

David, Doy and family Bangkok

xxxx