I purposely delayed attempting this posting until now. It's not often that we are faced with a sudden loss of such a dynamic force in so many lives. Kathy's absence will affect so many people. Mine included.You've read the clinical review of her life in the paper, and yet it leaves out so much. We all knew Kathy in our own unique way. Co-workers, Coleman Alumni, Volunteers and the ever changing faces [and egos] of the Common Council.
She treated us all like family.
I smiled when I read Fire Chief Salzmann saying she was the Ambassador of Kingston. Truer words have never been spoken. Kathy loved this city with all it's glory and all it's faults. Making up for those who held the city in less regard.
Mayor Sottile was right on target when he said this city has suffered a great loss with her passing. The ultimate public servant that we all strive to be. Very few come close.We all remember her as the heart and soul of Kingston, with unlimited enthusiasm for the city. But there is a family out there that feels this more than we. I can only join the rest of you in offering my sincere condolences to them and in keeping our memories of her alive.
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This should have been on the front page.
Mike, very well spoken. and I agree with the previous post. This should have been on the front page.
Kathy was an amazing woman.Never have I met such a kind and generous person. She made me laugh and she listened when I needed to talk. She will be missed. Angel
Its a shame but no matter how good the Clerk is she will never be Kathy.
Kathy was a joy to work with, and I'll miss her very much.
Brian J. Woltman
Mike:
Kathy was the heart and soul of City Hall.
She will be missed by all.
sz
This is the first and last thing this Mayor has said that has made any sense whatsoever and that is only because this woman lived in a decent and generous toward all those she encountered.
The "clinical" description found in the Freeman was required of all the fellow Catholic academic achievement ethic admirers. And it was positively impossible to tell she had that much formal education from the way she treated everyone. She was a loss but of course no one is really going to take a page out of her book lest they REALLY become s moral as the Archbishop and the Monsignor wants them all to believe--with mostly their willing participation in this ruse--- they ARE!! HANH!!
With budget cuts looming, a Kingston
tradition was cut a few years back, one the Kathy took great pride in, and that was the the Senior's New
Year's Eve Ball I worked with Kathy
on a few of them and her organization skills and commitment to detail
was something special. She always
wanted to make that night very special for the seniors, and it was.
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