Kathryn Ruth Strange

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Kathryn Ruth Strange, nee Bacon, age 67, went home to be with her Lord and Savior, Jesus Christ, on Monday, July 1, 2024.  Beloved wife of Alan D. Strange. Loving mother of Meredith Strange, Margaret (Christopher) DeWaard, Robert (Sara) Strange, Susannah (Ethan) Holmes, and Gregory Strange. Cherished grandmother of Petra Holmes, Gus and Leo DeWaard, and Rosie Strange.  Dear youngest sister and sister-in-law of great siblings as well as a kind aunt of many nieces and nephews.  Preceded in death by her parents Warren and Violet Bacon and Alan’s parents, Robert and Winnie Strange.

She was a long-time member of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and dearly loved and served in it. She married Alan on June 1, 1990, and became a member of the OPC, where he was pastor in a nearby town in New Jersey. He received an appointment to teach at Mid-America Reformed Seminary in 1999, and they’ve made their home in South Holland since then. Kathy homeschooled all their children (and used Christian schooling) and was deeply dedicated to her family and church. She had a sly sense of humor, loved Philly cheese steaks, and good mysteries and police procedurals. Kathy was loved by many and will be dearly missed.

Memorial visitation Friday, July 5, 2024, from 6:00 p.m. until the time of the memorial service at 7:00 p.m. at First Orthodox Presbyterian Church 16248 South Park Ave. South Holland, IL, with Rev. Dan Svendsen officiating.  Fellowship time with family and friends will immediately follow the service. Private interment Oak Ridge Cemetery – Lansing, IL.  Memorial donations may be given to Mid-America Reformed Seminary 229 Seminary Dr., Dyer, IN 46311. ( https://www.midamerica.edu/)

Arrangements entrusted to Smits Funeral Home – South Holland, IL. For further information, please contact 219-322-7300 or visit our online obituary and guest book at www.SMITSFH.com