GEORGETOWN - Kathi Thompson Booth of Georgetown died following a long battle with cancer Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, surrounded by her loving family and many friends. She was 52.
Mrs. Booth was born Aug. 17, 1954, in Lewes, daughter of Joan Thompson and the late "Buck" Thompson.
Upon graduating from Penncrest High School in Media, Pa., she attended Wesley College, Dover.
After moving back to Lewes in 1972, she worked at Beebe Hospital in the laboratory and for the Blood Bank of Delaware.
Following her marriage to the late Al Booth of Georgetown, Mrs. Booth was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, an active member of Sussex Central Football Boosters and a past member of Sussex Pines Country Club.
She was an avid sports enthusiast and a loyal booster for any and all activities in which her children participated. She loved spending hours on the beach at Broadkill, Cape Henlopen State Park and especially Lewes. Family and friends will remember her for her love of celebrating all special occasions with a party and decorating her home for each event.
In later years, Mrs. Booth"s many challenges were met with the same wonderful sense of humor that was the fun and life of any gathering.
She is survived by five children, William "Buck" Booth and his fiancee Lara Syby, Meg Booth Lawson and her husband Cliff, Joan "Allisa" Booth, Mark Booth and Spencer Booth; her mother, Joan Thompson of Rehoboth Beach; a sister and a brother-in-law, Shelly and Fred Sposato of Milton; and a large extended family.
Celebration of life services will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Georgetown Fire Hall, 100 S. Bedford St.
Burial will be private.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Tunnell Cancer Center, Beebe Medical Center, 424 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958; Delaware Hospice, 20167 Office Circle, Georgetown, DE, 19947; or Georgetown Fire Co. Inc., 100 S. Bedford St., Georgetown, DE 19947.
Arrangements by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Dodd-Carey Chapel, Georgetown.
Nancy Eaton (Keefe)
Kathi Thompson Booth
GEORGETOWN - Kathi Thompson Booth of Georgetown died following a long battle with cancer Saturday, Dec. 16, 2006, in Beebe Medical Center, Lewes, surrounded by her loving family and many friends. She was 52.
Mrs. Booth was born Aug. 17, 1954, in Lewes, daughter of Joan Thompson and the late "Buck" Thompson.
Upon graduating from Penncrest High School in Media, Pa., she attended Wesley College, Dover.
After moving back to Lewes in 1972, she worked at Beebe Hospital in the laboratory and for the Blood Bank of Delaware.
Following her marriage to the late Al Booth of Georgetown, Mrs. Booth was a member of the Beta Sigma Phi Sorority, an active member of Sussex Central Football Boosters and a past member of Sussex Pines Country Club.
She was an avid sports enthusiast and a loyal booster for any and all activities in which her children participated. She loved spending hours on the beach at Broadkill, Cape Henlopen State Park and especially Lewes. Family and friends will remember her for her love of celebrating all special occasions with a party and decorating her home for each event.
In later years, Mrs. Booth"s many challenges were met with the same wonderful sense of humor that was the fun and life of any gathering.
She is survived by five children, William "Buck" Booth and his fiancee Lara Syby, Meg Booth Lawson and her husband Cliff, Joan "Allisa" Booth, Mark Booth and Spencer Booth; her mother, Joan Thompson of Rehoboth Beach; a sister and a brother-in-law, Shelly and Fred Sposato of Milton; and a large extended family.
Celebration of life services will be 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in Georgetown Fire Hall, 100 S. Bedford St.
Burial will be private.
Instead of flowers, the family suggests memorial contributions to Tunnell Cancer Center, Beebe Medical Center, 424 Savannah Road, Lewes, DE 19958; Delaware Hospice, 20167 Office Circle, Georgetown, DE, 19947; or Georgetown Fire Co. Inc., 100 S. Bedford St., Georgetown, DE 19947.
Arrangements by Parsell Funeral Homes & Crematorium, Dodd-Carey Chapel, Georgetown.