Kathryn Reif

Kathryn Ann Reif, 80, of Sheboygan, passed away Monday, September 3, 2018, at Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center. Kathryn was born April 3, 1938, in Sheboygan, to the late Harold and Olga Harder. After her father passed, she was later raised by her mother and stepfather, Ed Wilke. Kathryn graduated from Sheboygan Central High School and was employed by Grant School as an educational assistant in the library for 37 years. When she was younger, she was a gymnast with Turner's Gymnastics. Kathryn enjoyed puzzles, crossword puzzles and knitting. She also took great pride in being a grandmother and enjoyed time spent with her grandchildren.
Survivors include her three children, Lori Verhagen, New Jersey, Steve (Lauri) Reif, Sheboygan and Robin (Ann Marie) Reif, New Holstein; three grandchildren, Nick (Amy) Verhagen, Andrea (Jeremy) Crego and Jaden Reif; five great-grandchildren; one sister, Jackie (Gilbert) Keyes, Sheboygan.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by one sister, Ardith (Paul) Fleischmann and one granddaughter, Serena Reif.
A funeral service will be held on Saturday, September 8, 2018, at 11:00 a.m. at Ballhorn Chapels Funeral and Cremation Care Center (1201 N. 8th Street, Sheboygan) with Rev. DuWayne Hanke officiating. Friends may call on Saturday, at the funeral home, from 10:00 a.m. until the time of service. Interment will follow at Greenlawn Memorial Park. Please visit www.ballhornchapels.com to sign the guestbook.
The family would like to extend a special thank you to the girls at Pine Haven Nursing Home and the staff of Aurora Sheboygan Memorial Medical Center and Aurora at Home Hospice for their care.