Kathryn Rose Reichenberg, 79
Kathryn Rose Reichenberg, 79, died January 3, 2018 at Friendship Village in Tempe, AZ. She was born July 8, 1938 to Howard and Winifred Callahan in Genesee, Idaho. The second of 5 children. There she was raised on a ranch. Her family moved to Kellogg, Idaho and she graduated from Kellogg High School. She married Kenneth Smith Sr. and they had 4 children. They lived in the Kellogg area where Kathy worked various jobs, such as a bartender, server, score keeper at the bowling alley in Kellogg and flagger. Kathy was an avid bowler and bowled on leagues with her mother and friends. After she and Kenny divorced, she married Emil Reichenberg of Osburn. She worked with Emil at the Midway Bar in Osburn that Emil owned until they sold it. They lived in Osburn and also lived in Hauser Lake. They left the area together and traveled in a 5th wheel to various places around the northwest as Emil worked for Hughes Construction. They eventually retired and bought a home in Hayden where they lived until they became snowbirds and moved to a retirement community, Caliente, in Florence AZ where she has resided for the past 21 years. Emil passed away in 2006 and Kathy remained in Florence. There she became involved in the retirement community golfing, 4wheeling, happy hours, neighborhood get togethers, selling tickets for weekly dinners, worked for the association and made wonderful friends from all over the US and Canada. She always looked forward to buddy beer and dinners at the clubhouse, conversing with friends and sharing stories. She would putt around in her golf cart, play games and cards with family and friends and was very competitive. She looked forward to her weekly scrabble game with her sister Bev before Beverly died. She enjoyed going to the casino when she could and playing Bingo. She had a great sense of humor and an infectious laugh. She was a great fan of the Seahawks and she and Emil had a van in their earlier years all decked out in Seahawk decals and many signatures from Seahawk players and Seagals. In Kathy’s younger years in her younger adult years she enjoyed playing the piano and accordion. Kathy fought and beat lung cancer a few years ago only to have found that it recently returned and spread. That is when God decided he wasn’t going to make her suffer anymore and he took her to unite with her family in a place where there is no suffering.
Kathy is survived by her children Kenneth Smith Jr (Kim), St Maries, Id, Kevin Smith (Tana), CDA, Id, Karen Johnson (Bob), Bend, Or, Kim Marks, Colorado Springs, CO,. Her stepchildren Todd Reichenberg (Amy), Elko, NV, Julie Bauman (Sonny) CDA, Id, and Brenda Reichenberg, Anchorage, AK. Brother Alan Callahan (Jan) San Tan Valley, AZ, sister Connie Priebe, Liberty Lake, WA. Her grandchildren Adam Smith, Clarissa Smith, Amanda Smith, Jason Johnson, Tabitha Marks, JR Marks, Montana Marks, Chelsie Brouse, Leslee Grubb, Eric Haynes and Heather Reichenberg, several great grandchildren, many numerous nephew and nieces and her sister in law who watched out for her in AZ, Diana Reichenberg.
She was preceded in death by her husband Emil, her parents, brother Kenny Callahan, sister Beverly Glencross and step daughter Denise Villa .
At her request, her body was donated to Research for Life in AZ and cremation will be held. A memorial service will be held at Caliente in Florence, AZ on February 11 and a memorial service will be held locally at a later date.
Kathy you are loved and will be missed by your family and your friends. RIP…..you’re free!!!!!