In Memory

Kathy Ann Blanton (Rexrode)

Kathy Ann Blanton (Rexrode)

Kathy Blanton Rexrode, beloved wife and loving mother passed away Friday, January 30, 2015, in Wichita Falls, Texas.
Funeral Services were held at 10:00 AM on Friday, February 6, 2015, in the Chapel of Hampton Vaughan Funeral Home. Interment followed in the Garden of Memory at Crestview Memorial Park.
Kathy was born March 18, 1947 in Wichita Falls, Texas to James and Olive (Farrell) Blanton. She graduated from Rider High School in 1965 where she was an honor student and a state championship tennis star. She graduated from Midwestern State University in 1989 and was a licensed social worker. She was very involved with Special Olympics. Kathy married Frank Rexrode in 1969 and they have two children, Whitney and Dylan. They have been together for 45 years. Kathy loved gardening and planting all kinds of flowers and plants. She was a gourmet cook and was also an interior decorator and loved showing off her beautiful home. She will be missed by everyone who knew her for being such a lovely, caring special person.
Kathy is survived by her husband, Frank; daughter, Whitney Ethridge and husband Tracy; son, Dylan; mother, Olive Blanton; sister, Patsy Walls; nephew, Ryan Walls; brothers, Steve Blanton, Mike Blanton and wife Shirley; sister-in-law's, Shirley Dunn and husband Bob, Betty Rexrode, Clay Parsons, Joy Stewart, Peggy Bigham and husband Kenneth and Janice Downing; brother-in-law, Ron Rexrode and wife Desiree'; cousin, Don Gee and many nieces, nephews and cousins.

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