Freestone County, Texas
Obituaries



From Capps Funeral Home website:

Kathleen (Malone) Badertscher
October 9, 1928 - May 18, 2012

BIOGRAPHY
Kathleen (Kathy) Badertscher, 83, of Fairfield, died Friday, May 18, 2012 in 
Fairfield. Memorial services will be 1:00 p.m. Saturday, May 26, 2012 at St. 
John’s Episcopal Church in Corsicana with the Reverend Canon Edward R. Monk, 
SSC, officiating. 

Kathy was born October 9, 1928 in Dallas County; to parents Allen Bent and 
Charlotte Marinda Loper Malone. As a child she spent many summer vacation days 
staying with family and friends in Fairfield and Freestone County. Kathy had 
been a Freestone County resident since 1994 having moved from Dallas. She 
retired from Parkland Memorial Hospital in Dallas after 23 years of service as 
a benefits officer. She married Jack Badertscher on December 1, 1972 in the 
Oak Cliff section of Dallas. Kathy was well known for her sewing skills. She 
was the founder of the Sew & Sew Sewing Circle of Kirvin and made lap quilts, 
bibs and other items that were donated to area nursing homes as well as the 
State School in Mexia. She was an avid “42” player and was a member of the 
“42” Club of Kirvin and St. Elmo. She was also a member of the Metro Texas 
Sam’s Travel Club. In addition to her parents she was preceded in death by a 
half sister and a half brother. 

Left to cherish her memory is her husband Jack of Fairfield; five children, 
Allen Gene Riddle and wife Carol; Margaret Rea and husband Bob of Granbury; 
Thomas Wesley Riddle and wife Danette of Kemp; Laura Lee Gutowski of Ft. Worth;
Gary Riddle and wife Martha of Arlington; a sister Margaret Jean Parton of 
Pico Rivera, CA; eight grandchildren; 7 great-grandchildren and 2 great-great-
grandchildren. 

MEMORIAL SERVICE
Saturday May 26, 2012, 1:00 p.m. at St. John's Episcopal Church, Corsicana, 
Texas