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 Kathy Modahl 1958 - 2009 We have lost a wife, mother, grandmother and friend. Kathy was dearly loved by many and will be sadly missed by all. She was a kind, caring and loving person. Her family was most important to her and she kept herself surrounded by loved ones. Kathy was the youngest of three born in Edmonton Alberta August 10, 1958. She was raised in Manning Alberta until she was a young girl and then her family moved to Dawson Creek BC where she resided until her passing on June 20th 2009 at the age of 50. Kathy is predeceased by her parents Ralph and Eleanor Dober and father-in-law Henry Modahl. She met Harold Modahl and they were happily married in Dawson Creek March 6 1976. They were married for 33 years. They raised their older 3 girls Shandelle (Kory), Glenda, and Rebecca and were raising their younger children, Becky, Kyle, and Reily in Dawson Creek. Kathy was an adoring grandmother to 3 grandchildren, Kayden, Sage, and Emma-Leigh. Kathy has been called mom, auntie and grandma by many children as Kathy and Harold have been foster parents for about 20 years. Kathy and Harold opened their home and their hearts to children even on Christmas Eve. Kathy made sure that there were just as many presents under the tree for the children that just got there as there was for everyone else. It was not only foster children that Kathy and Harold opened their home to. Quite often their children would have friends that would move in, stay the night for days, or spend all their time at the house. Kathy was always the first one to remind everyone how many days it was until Christmas as it was her favourite holiday. Her last entry on her facebook account just 4 days before she got sick was ‘...wondering if you know it is only 203 days until Christmas’. She would start her Christmas shopping in January. We would never know which gifts were ours under the Christmas tree because she would use a secret code of numbers or letters instead of our names on the presents. Kathy enjoyed camping and fishing all of her life. She passed that enjoyment on to her children and grandchildren. She would often go out camping and would make sure to have the right bait and hook to go out fishing. She would get the camper ready so when Harold got home from work all he had to do was jump in the vehicle and be on their way. She had a love of books and computers and would spend her spare time reading or working on her computers. Kathy was the one to turn to when her children, friends or family had troubles with their computers. She would talk them through the problems over the phone or she would have the computers at her home and would fix the computer for them. Kathy was the one in the family that relatives would ask to make a Norwegian wedding cake for their weddings. She enjoyed sewing and would often make quilts, toys and doll outfits for her daughters. She spent many hours sitting with Kyle, Reily and Rebecca playing Nintendo. She loved Zelda. She would print off the walkthroughs and Rebecca would read them off to her as she would make her way through one of the many Zelda games she owned. Kathy was proud of her children and grandchildren whom she loved dearly. She loved being a stay at home mother and wife to Harold. She will be sadly missed but we all know that she is watching over us and she did not go alone as she took a little piece of each us with her. A Memorial Tea was held in honor of Kathy on June 25, 2009 at 2:00 p.m. at the Bergeron Funeral Chapel in Dawson Creek, British Columbia. Expressions of sympathy may be made in memory of Kathy by donation to: "B.C. Heart and Stroke Foundation", Box 714, Dawson Creek, B.C., V1G 4H7 or "Canadian Cancer Society", 1000 - 105 ave, Dawson Creek, B.C., V1G 2B9. |
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