{"id":2043,"date":"2025-01-31T15:13:34","date_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:13:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thexradio3.com\/news\/?p=2043"},"modified":"2025-01-31T15:14:39","modified_gmt":"2025-01-31T21:14:39","slug":"kathryn-kathy-sue-boone-72-formerly-of-altamont","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/obits\/2043-kathryn-kathy-sue-boone-72-formerly-of-altamont\/","title":{"rendered":"Kathryn (Kathy) Sue Boone (72) formerly of Altamont"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"pdfprnt-buttons pdfprnt-buttons-post pdfprnt-top-right\"><a href=\"javascript: window.print()\" class=\"pdfprnt-button pdfprnt-button-print\" target=\"_self\" ><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.thexradio.com\/news\/wp-content\/plugins\/pdf-print\/images\/print.png\" alt=\"image_print\" title=\"Print Content\" \/><span class=\"pdfprnt-button-title pdfprnt-button-print-title\">Print<\/span><\/a><\/div><p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; background-color: initial;\">Kathryn (Kathy) Sue Boone died on December 27, 2024 after a long and courageous battle with cancer.&nbsp; <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt; background-color: initial;\">Kathy was born May 13, 1952, in Vandalia, IL the daughter of Fred and Donna (Cheshier) Camp.&nbsp; Kathy grew up in Altamont and graduated from Altamont Community High School.&nbsp; After marrying, she moved to Indianapolis, IN.&nbsp; She worked for Indiana Bell Telephone which is now AT&amp;T for thirty-three years.&nbsp; Prior to Kathy\u2019s retirement she had numerous jobs including chief steward for CWA 4900.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Surviving are her beloved children, sons Matthew (Kathy) Boone and Monty (Cassie) Boone, daughter Kristie (Mark) LeMasters, and bonus daughter Renee (Kirk) Kruenegel and adored grandchildren and great-grandchildren.&nbsp; Her siblings Becky Rippetoe, Tim (Nancy) Camp, Cindy (Brian) Blome, Dave (Kay) Camp and Mark (Lori) Camp. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Preceding her in death are her husband of almost 50 years, Kennith (Ken), her parents, and her parents-in-law, Darell and Charlotte Shadwell. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Kathy was proud to say she was a member of Marwood Baptist Church and wishes to thank Pastor Bill Marshall and congregation for all the help and prayers.&nbsp; She was comforted and at peace in her final months resting on her faith in Jesus Christ her Savior.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 10pt;\">Forest Lawn Funeral Home in Greenwood, IN assisted with arrangements.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Kathy died on December 27, 2024<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_lmt_disableupdate":"no","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[21],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2043","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obits"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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