Today we celebrate the home going of Kathryn Louise (Griffith) Beach. Kathy was born on July 14th, 1943 to Harold & Bernice Griffith. She departed this life on Sunday, January 23rd, 2011 at age 67. She was a resident of Bates City, Missouri.
Kathy was born in Page County, Iowa. She lived there with her family until age 8, when they moved to the Kansas City area. She married Robert “Bob” Beach Sr. on September 3rd, 1960 in Oklahoma. In 1961, she graduated from East High School in Kansas City, Missouri, and later that year gave birth to their only child, Robert “Bobby” Jr.
Kathy worked for the Federal Employees Credit Union, and then later retired from Venture Financial Services in 2007.
She leaves to cherish her memory her sister, Ruth Morris, brother, Kenny Griffith; daughter-in-law, Ginnie Beach; three grandchildren: Angela and husband Cantis Williams; Ryan Beach and Brittany Beach; one great grandchild, Amariah Williams; her great-niece Krystal Cameron and her close companion and great-great-niece Holly Bates. Other close survivors include a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, in-laws and friends.
She was preceded in death by her husband, Robert Beach Sr., and her son, Robert Beach Jr.