Obituary of Kathleen N. Yanasak

KATHLEEN N. YANASAK Kathleen N. Yanasak Sanders passed away in Washougal on February 17, 2010 at the age of 62. Kathy was born in Vancouver, WA on July 19, 1947, the third of four children to Constance and Buford Sanders. She was raised in Camas and graduated from Camas High School in 1965. She put herself through school at the University of Washington and completed a Sociology degree. While living in Seattle she married and had two sons. With unfailing love and devotion, Kathy achieved the greatest success in this world as a mother to her boys. Kathy moved to Washougal in 2000 and worked with her sister as a real estate agent in Camas. She was always surrounded by family and friends, always giving her best to her clients and the community. Behind her calm nature and quiet charm Kathy harbored a fierce intellect. She was an avid reader, a brilliant solver of crossword puzzles, and a reflective thinker with a passion for exploration and self-improvement. Kathy inherited her mother's skill in the kitchen and her dishes were always a hit at every potluck gathering. She liked to travel and experience new things, and although she never made it to Paris she reveled in memories of her trip to South Africa and other vacations in exotic locales. She loved to have fun and was always watching the calendar for the next local Jimmy Buffet concert. In recent years Kathy took up the game of golf and was grateful for the many new friends she made out on the course. When her first grandchild was born in 2004 Kathy was overjoyed to be a grandma. She went on to be blessed by three grandchildren whom she adored. Kathy was preceded in death by her parents and her older brother Bob. She is survived by her brother, Buford of Camas, sister JoAnn of Washougal, sons Adam and Ryan and daughters-in-law Jenny and Kirsten, grandchildren Nicole, Dylan, Sawyer and Grace, her companion Dennis, an extended family of aunts, uncles and cousins, and countless friends. To all she leaves behind she wished them to know that she "loves them all very much." A memorial service and celebration of life is planned for Saturday February 27, 2010 at 1pm at St. Matthew's Lutheran Church in Washougal. Private inurnment will be at the Elim Cemetery in Hockinson. In lieu of flowers memorial donations can be made in Kathy's name to the American Liver Foundation by logging on to www.liverfoundation.org. To send condolences or to sign the online guestbook visit www.straubsfuneralhome.com.