In Loving Memory: Joyce Kathan – Northern Light Funeral Chapel

Surrounded by family, Joyce Kathan peacefully passed away on August 24, 2023 at the age of 88 years.  She was born on April 20, 1935 in Cold Lake, Alberta to her parents Joseph and Ada Lingrell and was raised in the Rangeland District along with her five siblings, Laurence, Alfred, Eunice, Phyllis and Lyle.

In 1955 she married Art Kathan and moved 12 miles south of Beaverdam on the road to Frog Lake where they ranched and raised their 6 children.  In the 1990’s she moved to Edmonton to work before moving back to Bonnyville to be closer to her children and grandchildren whom she dearly loved.

She will be sadly missed by her six children Alan Kathan, Larry (Mary) Kathan, Shirley McEwen, Murray (Robin) Kathan, Karen Kathan and Myles (Annette) Kathan; 14 grandchildren, Justin, Daniel, Ashley (Brennan), Leah, Ryan (Jennifer), Clarissa, Kara, Nolan, Cassie (Cody), Callie (Dimitri) Keana, Aimie, Tristan (Cam), Jacqueline (Ryan); and eight great grandchildren, Xavier, Ada, Roxanna-Lea, Amelia, Isabele, Sierra, Hanna and Kael.   She will be remembered for her love of God and always being there to lend a helping hand or a listening ear.

Funeral service, Saturday, September 2, 2023, at 11:00 a.m., Ardmore Community Hall with interment to follow at Duclos Memorial Cemetery, Ardmore, Alberta.