Kathryn Trecel Dougherty, 38, of Iola, died Tuesday, April 26, 2011, at Menorah Medical Center, Overland Park.
She was born June 12, 1972, in Garnett, the daughter of Elmer Tatsch and Paulette (Obermeier) Curry. She grew up in Moran, moving to Iola in 1984. She graduated from Iola High School in 1990.
She started the Tatsch Pallet Co. with her father in 1995.
On June 12, 1999, she was united in marriage to Mike Dougherty in Iola.
She owned and operated the Royal Treatment Salon in Iola, doing massage and nails until July 2010. She was also a Mary Kay cosmetics consultant.
She was a member of First Christian Church in Iola. She was a loving mother and devoted wife, who had a very giving heart. She made and sold T-shirts for the benefit of 9/11 victim’s families. She started the Adopt a Soldier program, which made and distributed care packages for Iraq servicemen and women.
She was preceded in death by an infant son, Gannon Dougherty, in January 2011.
She is survived by her husband, Mike Dougherty of the home; four sons, Kyler, Braden, Gentry and Grady; two sisters, Lisa Sanford and husband, Jeff, Dahlonega, Ga., and Share Tatsch Saenger and husband, Roy, of Hye, Texas; one brother, Perry Tatsch of Hye, Texas; her father, Elmer Tatsch of Iola; her mother, Paulette Curry, and husband, Bob, of Linn Valley.
Visitation will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Saturday at First Christian Church. Funeral services will be at 2 p.m. Tuesday at the church, with burial following in Moran Cemetery.
She will lie in state from noon to 6 p.m. Sunday and from 8 a.m. to 8 p.m. Monday at Feuerborn Family Funeral Service in Moran.
In lieu of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions may be made to her children’s education fund. Condolences to the family can be sent at www.feuerbornfuneral.com.
Kathryn Dougherty
