Kathy Kay Fischer Obituary (1952

Kathy passed away July 31, 2017 in Omaha Nebraska. She was born Sept. 7, 1952 in Henderson to Lovelle and Margaret Karnatz. Kathy's Life was filled with lots of joy and sadness. Kathy attended school in Ong Nebraska until Ong Closed, then she went to Davenport Nebraska for 1 year and finished in Shickley Nebraska and graduated in 1971.Kathy married James Fischer on July 9, 1977 at Stockholm Church between Ong and Shickley. To this union two sons were born. Jeremy James and John Herman. Kathy and James were divorced. She worked at the Courthouse in Clay Center Nebraska, and then Omaha, and then when moved to Lincoln she became employed at the State of Nebraska for over 29 years before passing.Kathy was unreluctantly a Gold Star Mother with the passing of son Jeremy in 2004 during his service to our county. She has attended many events in Honor of the Military.Kathy was an avid bowler at league level, which lead to participating in city, state and National tournaments, which enhanced her love to travel. Kathy and her sister Donna started Geo-caching in the circa 2000's which lead to the Nebraska Great Park Pursuit, Nebraska Passport Program, and National Park Passport program. They would also include Mom, Dad, Doris, and then later Dennis. They would take every opportunity for long weekends to visit the great state of Nebraska, and extensively plan vacation around as many National Parks as they could. Kathy loved travel so much she did it to the very end with the trip to Colorado with her sisters, brother and Mom.Kathy is preceded in death by her grandparents, father Lovelle, son Jeremy, brother-in-law Tom Larsen and sister-in-law Lucy Karnatz. Survived by son John and his wife Jennifer, grandsons Kolby and Pierce, daughter-in-law Sarah Anderson Fischer Wattier, sisters Donna Hunter and Doris Larsen all of Lincoln, Mother Margaret Karnatz of Hastings, Nebraska and brother Dennis Karnatz of Bismark, North Dakota and many other family and friends. She will be missed by one and all. 5200 R ST Lincoln, NE 68504 With family present from 6:00 p.m.- 8:00 p.m. 5200 R ST Lincoln, NE 68504