Kathy Myers was born in Seattle in 1931 and died at home in West Seattle on July 15, 2015. Her parents were Otis and Vera Katherine Putnam. The family moved to Vashon Island in 1939. Kathy attended Vashon schools; she was

salutatorian graduating from Vashon High in 1949. She attended Washington State College and soon married Ken,

her husband for 65 years.

They lived on Vashon, in Burien and Seattle and were thinking of moving back to Vashon before Kathy started fighting a losing battle with cancer. A strong loving PTA mother, she supported her four children and many of their friends. She was always a positive optimistic person helping others, including volunteer work as president of Candelighters, a support group contributing to the community of families living with children with cancer.

She worked in the construction industry as a secretary, accountant, team dispatcher and filled any gap that sprang up, ranging from painting and wallpapering to truck driving.

Kathy was preceded in death by her daughter Leslie and is survived by her husband Ken Myers, son Noel, daughters Lisa Chinn and Laura Sechier, grandchildren Nicholas and Katie Chinn, Leif Kvinge, Carissa Haber, Joffre Sechier and Josh Bowyer, her brothers Keith and Greg Putnam and Greg’s wife Margaret. On August 6 the family celebrated her life in Burien.

Paid Obituary.