Kathlyn M. Becker

Kathy Becker was born to John and Ruth Thometz on October 21, 1949; she joined two sisiters, Barb and Judy. Growing up in Chicago, Kathy was actively involved in playing track, volleyball, and softball. She excelled in track and in her mid-teens, was just shy of qualifying for the Olympic team. Her love for sports grew to the big leagues, and Chicago had her heart.
She was never one to enjoy her natural brunette hair. In school, she made quick friends with a bottle of peroxide! Kathy was always a very like-able lady, she was never too shy or had any problems making friends. Her smile was one of her best attributes.

Kathy met her husband Ron at a high school hangout in Chicago. Both were on seperate dates at "Buddies" restaurant, but fate brought the two together. They married in 1966, and a few months later, their daughter Kim was born; a bundle of joy she brought to the newly-weds. A year and a half later, Michael joined the small house hold and made it a family.
1978 came rolling around and the gang packed up all their belongings and decided to take the move to Colorado. Kathy continued to play her favorite sports, bowling and softball. She had been so actively involved with these pass times, that she had been involved with one bowling league and several softball teams; one of which was recognized as the top seed in Colorado for 8 consecutive years! Her children were growing up so quickly, and Kathy maintained to juggle all of her priorities and manage to attend many important schooling events. One of her favorites being that she witnessed her two kids graduate high school in 1986.

Soon followed the birth of her first grand-child, Chris in '87. Nothing was going to stop Kathy and her husband from welcoming him into the world. They cut their vacation short because they were overwhelmed with happiness. Chris was born with Jaundise, and Kathy wanted to see him through to his recovery. He had become her new favorite hobby, so she spent many days and hours as she could possibly have with him.

1988, Kathy was competing in another one of her softball games and ended up breaking her ankle. It was so severe that the doctors almost had to amputate it. She was always a trooper and strong-willed woma so anything that came her way, Kathy found a way to over come that hurdle.
Her second and only granddaughter was born in 1990. There again, Kathy did not miss a beat. Although her and Ron were vacationing in Hawaii, as soon as the plane landed back in the states, they had made a bee-line straight to the hospital to comfort Amanda.

Many more vacations and traveling came to follow within the passing years, involving family and just for leisure. In 1999, Kathy and Ron were pleased to attend weddings for both Kim to her husband Kevin, and Michael's ceremony. It was a busy year, with the birth of her last grandchild Anthony as well. Many hospital visits became almost second nature to Kathy as she would continue to make trips to Children's in order to support Anthony.

As the grandchildren kept on growing, Kathy and Ron were always trying to figure out how they would manage to keep going to everyone's schooling events, and not missing any of them at the same time. Anthony had joined the Special Olympics, and Kathy had taken a fond liking to this new atmosphere. She was always showing support for every one of her family members...so it was only fair to return the favor when the onset of her cancer had taken over her loving body in 2009.

Non-Hodgkins Lymphoma Disease had made her go through kemotherapy, and lose all her beautiful hair. She became sad because she had felt that without hair, she was seen as ugly. Her support system from her family changed that real quick for her, and found ways to lighten the darkness.
A year later, Kathy had won her battle with cancer. It made such an impact on everyone around who had witnessed the struggles and determination that she faced daily. As a celebration she wished to go to Florida and spend some quality time at her and her husbands' time share.

Many knew that she beat her cancer, but no one would have guessed that a lot of other troubling issues would lay ahead. 8 months of continous stay in the hospital because of other medical conditions had made such a strong woman become really weak in the blink of an eye. Progressively getting better and worse was a daily occurance. Her family had made countless visits during her stay in the hospital. Kathy's longterm fight ended on September 2, 2011 with her beloved husband at hand.

She was a wonderful wife, a great mother, a loving grandmother, a special daughter, a caring sister, and a best friend to many who had encountered her life.