Buffalo County NeArchives Obituaries.....Carpenter, Kathy H. Rhode November 7, 2009
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Lexington Clipper-Herald Nov. 11, 2009
Dr. Kathy H. Carpenter, 67, of Kearney, died Saturday, Nov. 7, 2009 at the Good
Samaritan Hospital.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Wednesday, Nov. 11 at the O’Brien
- Straatmann Funeral Home in Kearney with the Rev. Gary Main officiating.  
There will be no visitation. 

She was born Nov. 30, 1941 in Omaha to Earl and Edna (Pilster) Rhode.  Her
father died shortly before her birth, and when she was four, her mother married
Thomas C. Walters, who adopted her and raised her as his only child.  

On Nov. 26, 1960, she married Walter W. Carpenter, a marriage which lasted 35
years.  

Survivors include two sons, Waco Wayne of Kearney and Shad Scott of Johnson
Lake.  Additional survivors include three grandsons, Wryan, Elijah and Trey, and
step-granddaughter, Misean; great-grandson Maximillian and great-granddaughter
Savannah; very special friend Melvina Mattley, all of Kearney; and her companion
of eight years, Scooter.

She grew up in Albion, moving to Valentine in 1958 and graduated from high
school there.  She attended the University of Nebraska at Lincoln for one year
before marrying, and raised her children in Valentine until 1973, when the
family moved to Kearney.  She attended the University of Nebraska at Kearney,
receiving her bachelor of arts in education in 1975 and her masters of science
in counseling in 1977. 

In 1975 she joined the faculty of UNK as director of the learning center and
tutor program coordinator and served on the Faculty Senate and many other campus
organizations and committees.  In 1985, she received her Ph.D. in postsecondary
education from the University of Nebraska Lincoln and attained the rank of full
professor.  She lived at Johnson Lake from 1985 to 1995, commuting to teach, and
was treasurer of the local school board before returning to live in Kearney. 
She was a life-long member of the Methodist Church.

She was very active in her international professional organization, the College
Reading and Learning Association (CRLA), organizing and serving as first
president of the Heartland Regional Chapter in 1987, treasurer of the national
organization from 1990-92, chair of the national conference in 1996 and national
president in 1997.  In 2001, she was inducted as a Fellow of Learning Assistance
(one of only 12), elected by her peers.

She retired from teaching in 2001 and traveled extensively in her RV, including
a three-month tour of western Canada and Alaska.  She joined Loner on Wheels
(LoW), an international group for single RVers, and served as national
vice-president of the organization from 2005-2008.  She enjoyed gardening, her
plants, reading and Nebraska football.


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