Kathy Lou Abuhl

Kathy Lou Abuhl, 69, was set free from her diseased and disabled body, on Saturday, April 13, 2013, at 1:45 a.m., she walked through those Pearly Gates into the New Jerusalem and the open arms of Jesus. She was born October 3, 1943, in Topeka, Kansas, to Cleo and Florene (Gilmer) Fuqua.

Kathy is survived by her husband, Wayne of Ankeny, Iowa; her children, Jenni (Bill) Hunt of Nairobi, Kenya, Judi (Robin) Van Dyke, Jill (Shannon) Haus, and Alan (Lynne) Abuhl, all of Ankeny, IA, and Andy (Kristi) Abuhl of Alleman, Iowa; her siblings, Cleo Fuqua of Pella, IA, Maxine Christensen of Altoona IA, Jolene (Jack) Gordon of Ankeny, IA, and Chris Fuqua of Ankeny, IA; her 16 grandchildren and one great-granddaughter; as well as a special grafted-in son, Martin (Kathy) Prime of San Fernando, Trinidad and Tabago; and three special grandchildren through Martin. Kathy was preceded in death by her parents, Cleo and Florene Fuqua.

Above all else Kathy was a woman of Faith, a loyal wife and a loving mother. She invested her life building her family, loving people, and making friends. Kathy lived the last 16 years of her life courageously, to the best of her ability, and with little or no self pity in slow steady decline with Alzheimer’s disease.

Funeral services will be at 10 a.m., Wednesday, April 17, 2013, at Ankeny First United Methodist Church, 206 SW Walnut Street, Ankeny, with burial at Brethren Cemetery in Elkhart. Friends may visit with family from 5 p.m. to 8 p.m., Tuesday, April 16th, at Hamilton’s near Highland Memory Gardens, 121 NW 60th Avenue in Des Moines.

Memorial Contributions may be made to Ankeny First United Methodist Church, or the Madrid Nursing Home in Madrid, IA, where Kathy lived the last eight days of her life on earth.

Condolences may be expressed at:
www.HamiltonsFuneralHome.com

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