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Kathryn Mabel Litchfield

Benton, KY Nov. 11, 1924 | Oct. 12, 2014
Benton, KY | Nov. 11, 1924 | Oct. 12, 2014

Kathryn Mabel Litchfield, 89 of Benton, Kentucky died on Sunday, October 12, 2014, at Lake Way Nursing & Rehabilitation in Benton, Kentucky. She was a homemaker and member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, Mayfield Branch, Mayfield, KY and Calvert City Branch, Calvert City Kentucky.. Beginning in the early 1970's, she was an active volunteer helping others in Family History research at LDS Centers in Colorado Springs, CO and served as Director of the LDS Family History Center in Paducah, Kentucky. She enjoyed gardening and was an avid canner of the food she grew.

Born Tuesday, November 11, 1924 in Huntington Beach, California , she was the daughter of the late Walter Washburn and the late Anita (Worthen) Washburn. She lived in Huntington Beach, California until 1944, when she began traveling the United States and Europe with her first husband and the U.S. Army. She lived on military bases in California, Washington, Colorado and Germany.

Surviving are sons, John Lewis Dawson of Benton, KY and stepson Gilbert Guy Litchfield of Spanish Fork, UT, daughters, Laura Jean Wolf of Memphis, TN, Judith "Judy" Dawson of Benton, KY, stepdaughter Sharon Kaye Thompson of Saint Louis, MO, stepdaughter Rebecca Sue Lamb of Columbia, MO; and step-sister Lois Ann Patton, Banning, California. Twenty one Grandchildren, forty one great grandchildren, 3 great-great grandchildren.

She was preceded in death by her first husband, Jack Lewis Dawson and her second husband, Guy Edward Litchfield; sons, James Walter Dawson and Patrick William Litchfield, brother, Joseph Walter Washburn; step-brother Jack Edward Robertson, Seattle, Washington

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A Graveside Funeral service will be held at 11:00 AM on Saturday, October 18, 2014 at Jenny Ridge Cemetery located at Land Between the Lakes, Kentucky with Bobby Stairs officiating.

Interment will follow.

No visitation is scheduled for Mrs. Litchfield.


Collier Funeral Home
211 West 5th Street
Benton, KY 42025
Email : info@collierfuneralhome.com Phone : (270) 527-3141