Kathleen Louise Dewey passed away peacefully on February 2, 2023 at the home of her brother, Steven K. Dewey and sister-in-law Trudy Dewey, to both of whom we are eternally grateful for their loving care.
Kathleen was born on June 27, 1950 in Emmett, Idaho. She always liked to claim she was born in the city jail, because the hospital was transformed into the police station soon afterward when a new hospital was built.
She spent her childhood years on the family farm outside Emmett until her father, John Cecil Dewey Jr. was killed in a tragic car accident. Afterwards, she grew up in Boise, attending various grade schools, and North Junior High School, then lived in Nampa, attending Vallivue High School.
In 1965, the family moved to the Seattle area, where she attended and graduated from Renton High School in 1968.
Kathy was always very brave and independent, so soon after graduation, she joined the U.S. Army for 3 years, learning computer programming.
Returning from her service to our country, she later received a degree from Washington State University and built a great career in Project Management in Boise, and Portland, Oregon. She was to later receive a masters degree from BSU in computer science.
A turning point in her life was her desire to experience “motherhood”. So, in 1996, she bravely went to Russia and adopted her son, Aleksei. In her mind and heart, it was the greatest achievement she had ever done.
She raised Aleksei to be the fine, hard-working young man he is today, and in 2018 her grandson Mikhail was born. Mikhail was her pride and joy, and her constant source of happiness. Being a grandmother, it turned out, was to be her best identity.
Kathy loved family, and she always strived to keep family together by scheduling group dinners. She also loved her boxer dogs, which were many over the years.
Her dog Mac, her siblings, John, James, Steve, and Peggy, her many beloved cousins, aunts and uncles, nieces and nephews, and her son, Aleksei, her daughter in law Sara, and her grandson Mikhail survive her, and will always have an empty place in their hearts.
A mother, a father, a brother, a step-father, five uncles, an aunt, two cousins, and all her grandparents precede her in death.
She will be honored as a US Army Veteran at the Dry Creek Cemetery on February 16th at 2pm, with a service and reception at Hope Lutheran Church from 3:30 to 5:30.