This Page Dedicated to The Memory
                                             Of Two Very Special
                                People That Bear The Same Name
                                                   " Kathy"
                       They Happen To Be My Daughter & My Mother
                                             Kathy Lynn Traver
                                             Katherine Cleland

                                                 
                                                                    
                                                               Kathy Lynn Traver     Katherine Cleland
                                             (My Daughter)             (My Mother)
                                 


                                         "Death leaves a Heartache, No One Can Heal,
                                  Love leaves lives, a Memory, No One Can Steal!
                                   
                                                    GONE....But Definitely Nor Forgotten!
                                               
                                My daughter Kathy was one special young
                                      lady, not only to me, but to those friends
                                      and family that surrounded her. 
                                      Kathy was just beginning her adult life in
                                      Baton Rouge, Louisiana. 
                                   
                                      She had just embarked on a new role as
                                      mother to her son. She left us with a fine
                                      grandson named Sonny James Traver
                                Spence. We lost Kathy in a car accident on
                                      July 22, 1984. She was only 20 yrs. old at her
                                      death. Too Soon! We Miss you Kathy!!!!

                                     My mother Katherine Henry nee Cleland.
                                     My mother passed away on Sept. 3, 1998.
                                     She has been suffering with kidney disease
                                      for the last 9 yrs, of her life. 
                                     She died due to complications of kidney
                                      of her kidney dialysis. 
                                      She was truly big on families, especially
                                   her grandchildren.
                                     My mother had many friends during her
                                     lifetime and always tried to stay in touch.
                                     First and foremost family was the most
                                      important thing in her life.
                                                She is greatly missed!

                                                
                              "For what is it to die  
                                          But to stand in the sun
                                                & melt into the wind?
                     And when the earth has claimed our limbs,
                                          Then we shall truly dance"
                                                     --Kahil Gibran--  

                                   No matter the age of a person when they die,
                                           it is too soon...For those that love them.
                                      We will never understand the reasons and
                                          are better off-resting in the peace, that is
                                          all in the Master's Hands!
                                            
                                       I am not very good with words, so I have
                                          borrowed these poems or words from
                                         others as they dealt with their pain. 
                                       I have been encouraged greatly by these
                                         words and thought perchance that they
                                         would bless you also!
                                       I have one more to share with you. 
                                       I think this is a beautiful way to look at the
                                         event of one's death.
                                          
                                      Please read and let me know what you think.
                                

                                          "In a beautiful lagoon on a clear day,
                                       a fine sailing ship spreads its brilliant white
                                          canvas in a fresh morning breeze 
                                             & sails out to sea
                                           We watch her glide away magnificently 
                                               through the deep blue gradually we 
                                               see her grow smaller and smaller as
                                                she nears the horizon.
                                         Finally, where the sea and the sky meet,
                                           she slips silently from sight and
                                        someone near me says, "There she is gone!"
                                        Gone where? Gone from sight is all.
                                     She is still as large in mast and hull and sail,
                                            still just as able to bear her load.
                                          And we can be sure that, Just as we say,
                                                         "There she is gone!"
                                          Another says, "There, she comes!!!!"
                                                               --Author Unknown--

                                                
                                                       

                                                                        


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