Kathleen Diane Fritchie, 67, of Prairieville, Louisiana, passed away Friday January 14th, 2022 in hospice care after a brave and arduous battle with breast cancer. She spent her final days basking in love and peace, surrounded by her friends, children and grandchildren.
Kathleen Diane Fritchie (née Craney) was born on March 15th, 1954 in Jasper, Indiana to Mary Helen Craney (née Doyle) and Victor Joseph Craney, and was baptized in St. Martin’s Church in Whitfield.
Kathleen (Kathy) was born into a loving home full of seven sisters and three brothers. She was the youngest of eleven children and adored her older siblings. She often shared fond memories of her early life on the homestead in Loogootee with her children and friends. It wasn’t an easy life, but it taught her the importance of family and hard work. It also ingrained in her a love of animals which she carried throughout her life.
In addition to her professional pursuits, Kathy loved to sing and dance. In her adolescence, she enjoyed her time as a cheerleader, and majorette, and she maintained a life-long love of gymnastics. She loved live plants and enjoyed growing roses, hibiscus, ferns and Devil’s Ivy. She thrived competing Hunter Jumpers before growing a love for training horses. Kathy loved doting upon her children, and grandchildren, and feeding anyone that looked hungry. Her specialties included chicken and noodles, vegetable beef stew, pumpkin bread, pumpkin pie, peach cobbler, banana pudding, and cherry delight. Kathy was a pie and ice cream enthusiast with an indomitable sweet tooth.
Despite her strengths, her hobbies reflected her weaknesses, which included horses, dogs and McDonald’s Cokes. Kathy was a vibrant personality, full of life, and her last request was that her family host “a big Irish party”, meant not to mourn her death, but to celebrate her rich, colorful life. Her firm belief that she would see her parents, Rosie, Eddie, Eula, and John in heaven one day carried her through life and removed any fear she might have had.
Please visit Kathy’s Obituary for more information on her full and wonderful life.
BURIED WHERE BAPTIZED:
A BRIEF CHURCH HISTORY.