Kathleen Marie Fish, age 72, of Amery, WI, passed away peacefully at her home on Tuesday, December 4, 2018. Kathy was born September 12, 1946, in Amery. She attended Pleasant View School through the 8th grade and graduated from Amery High School in 1964. Kathy married Peter in 1967, and together they raised their two children. Following her divorce in 1980, Kathy met Dave, whom she married on October 16, 1983.

Kathy received an associate degree from the Minneapolis Business College in 1956 and a bachelor's degree in Human Relations from Metropolitan State University in 1991. Over the course of her career, she held a variety of administrative, personnel, and customer service positions with employers including the U.S. Department of Defense, Methodist Hospital, General Mills, Inc., Oriole Beach Elementary School, and Bremer Bank. Kathy retired in 2008.

Kathy described her husband Dave as the light of her life and said the two had enjoyed many great adventures. Together they cruised the Caribbean, toured the U.S. east coast, and went on three short-term mission trips to Peru. They then moved to Peru to live for a year, spending that time working with the disabled community to build a food kitchen that would serve a hot lunch to 100 families each day. They returned home to settle in Amery in 2006. Kathy and Dave's final adventure together, fulfilling a life-long dream of Kathy's, was a 9-day tour of Israel, which they completed in October 2017.

Kathy loved the LORD, and she loved serving His people. Many of her activities outside of work centered around her church. Over the course of her life, she taught Sunday school, participated in church choirs, was a member of several church committees, volunteered with a local food shelf and led a small group with Dave, and was always happy to help out wherever else she was needed. In her spare time, Kathy also enjoyed counted cross-stitch, sewing, gardening, and spoiling her beloved cats and dogs.

Kathy is survived by her mother, Avis, her siblings, Marsha, Stephen, Yvonne and Kevin, her children, David and Tina, her step-grandson, Joshua, and many nieces, nephews, and cousins. She was preceded in death by her husband, Dave, and her father, Aaron.

A memorial service to celebrate Kathy's life will be held at East Lincoln Alliance Church, 735 70th Avenue Co. Rd J, Amery, WI, on Saturday, December 8, at 11:00 a.m., with visitation starting at 10:00 a.m. prior to the service. Interment will follow at the East Lincoln Cemetery. Memorial donations in Kathy's name can be made to the Amery Area Food Pantry.