Kathryn Rose Wood - Ayala |
| Posted 2009-02-06 by Judy Wight Branson |
| The Daily Courier, Prescott, Arizona Thursday, February 05, 2009 Katherine Rose Wood-Ayala was born at Chilton Memorial Hospital, Pompton Plains, N.J., on Jan. 28, 1965. She passed away on Feb. 4, 2009, in Prescott, after valiantly fighting cancer since 2003. She resided in Wayne, N.J., until 1978, when the family moved to Prescott, Ariz. Kathy attended Wayne, N.J., elementary schools and St. Andrew's Episcopal Church, serving as acolyte. In Prescott, she was a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church where she served as acolyte for many years. She also attended the Church of the Nazarene. She was a student at Granite Mountain Middle School and at Prescott High School, graduating in May 1983. Kathy was very active in sports, YMCA gymnastics, local 10K races, high school cross-country and gymnastics teams, winning many awards and varsity letters in both cross-country and gymnastics. She was active in Hazel Swensen Rainbow Girls Assembly #29 through high school. After attending Yavapai College and Northern Arizona University, Kathy received a dental assistant certificate from Crestwood Academy in Phoenix. She was married to Jose Ayala in North Hollywood in 1990 and lived in Southern California for many years. Kathy returned to Prescott often, but her favorite place was California and its beaches. Survivors include husband Jose of Lancaster, Calif.; son Rockie of Lancaster, Calif.; daughters Tahra and Sonia of Prescott Valley, Ariz. and Prescott; parents Bette and Edward Wood of Prescott; brothers Edward J. of Prescott Valley and Daniel of Prescott; aunts, K. Frances Greene of New Jersey and Arizona, E. Joan Greene of New Jersey, Elsie Cole of Wyoming, and Roseanne Bjork of Pennsylvania; grandmother Rose Wood of Pennsylvania, and many cousins. Services will be 3:30 p.m. Sunday, Feb. 15, 2009, at St. Luke's Episcopal Church. In lieu of flowers, the family suggests that donations be made to the Arizona Pioneers Home and/or Hospice Family Care on Sheldon St. in Prescott, Ariz. Hampton Funeral Home has been entrusted with the arrangements for the family. Please visit www.hamptonfuneralhome.com to sign Kathy's guestbook and to leave a message for the family. Information provided by survivors. |
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