Funeral&Cremation Services for Kathy Toler
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*If you could please help by donating any amount you can, it would be greatly appreciated!
All funds will be used to help with her cremation, a memorial service, an urn, floral arrangements, for food to be catered, etc.*
*A little about Kathy and her legacy"
Her birthday was June 21, 1957 and she was a Cancer.
She was born in the town of Jacksonville, Florida and moved around often as a small child, as she had a rough life growing up and losing her father as an infant no more than 6 weeks old.
She was born weighing only 1lb 7oz with several different health complications one of such bring a heart murmur.
Her mother was an alcoholic and would often abuse her.
Sadly she had a hard life but learned how to make the best of it and learned to begin to surround herself with those who truly loved, supported, helped, and cared for her.
Two of those people people her older brothers, Bill and Calvin.
Kathy went from a rough childhood to later becoming a loving wife, mother, and a successful and presperous woman.
She met and later married Ruben Rochelle whom she eventually went on to have 4 children with (Jason, Jeremy, Tiffany, and Brittany) which were her whole world and the light of her life.
Her children were all spoiled, well taken care of, taught loads of important and valuable life lessons, and loved beyond measure.
Kathy was an amazing woman with a heart of gold.
Anybody she came into contact with instantly became friends with her and grew to love her.
She was a kind, gracious, loving, funny, smart, talented, honest, trustworthy, hard-working woman.
Any task she set out to accomplish would be completed in full with and passed with flying colors.
She loved hard and deep.
Any time someone was in need whether it be a helping hand, an ear to vent to, a shoulder to cry on, or financially she was always quick to do the best she could with what all she had.
This woman had the heart of a lion.
She fought bravely and fiercely for not only herself but for those she truly loved and cared for.
Kathy had alot of love to give and was very helpful when it came to advice and pointing either her children or friends in the right direction.
As a woman of God, she was devoted to Christ and lived by the Bible.
As an active member of the church from an early age she loved God and led others to follow his word and the Bible.
She raised her children in the church as well.
Kathy was talented and loved making crafts not only for family but also for friends as well which she would often sell at times.
She grew up working on a farm at the tender young age of 12, porceeded by working on the water helping the men in her family with commercial fishing, following that working at the Next Shop, selling Avon off and on throughout the years, babysitting, occasionally bringing other children in the home and becoming a foster parent temporarily throughout the years, finally she spent her last years working as a manager at the convenience store Handy Mart.
Following retiring from the Handy Mart she left to raise her oldest daughters 3 children.
Those boys were her heart and soul, the apple of her eye.
Some of her hobbies including but were not limited to; crafting, boating, fishing, sunbathing, traveling, visiting with family/friends, going to the beach, occasionally bowling, she loved going to different fairs/festivals, reading the Bible to learn all she could about the Lord through the word of God, playing with, and teaching her grand children, etc.
Fundraising team: Fundraising team (2)
Brittany Rochelle
Organizer
Kinston, NC
Jamie Coulter
Team member