Kathryn Marie Booth

Kathryn Marie Booth, 80, of Dalzell pass away at 6:04 pm, on Tuesday March 10, 2009 at Marietta Memorial Hospital.

She was born on September 23, 1928, in Lowell, to Clarence and Frieda Lauer Payne.  Kathryn was a graduate of Salem-Liberty High School in May 1946.  She was a member of the Waxler Church.

She was married Lloyd Booth on June 20, 1946 at Marietta, by Rev. H.H. Myers.  After her marriage she lived her entire life in the Dalzell Community.

Kathryn is survived by her children: Lloyd Booth, Jr. and his wife Diana, Jacqueline Eddy and her husband Max, Marilyn Boston, Judy Mercer and her husband Larry, and Vaughn Booth and his wife Kay.  Also surviving are grandchildren Jerry, Jamie, Justin and Joshua Booth, Chris Eddy, Traci McKitrick, Heather Cook, Bryan and Stephanie Boston and Casey Mercer; and great grandchildren Kourtney, Tanner and Brayden Booth, Jessica and Cameron Booth, Rodney and Andee Cook, Mikal and Gabriel Booth, Ariel McKitrick, Shelby Eddy, Madison and Megan Booth and Mattie Boston.

In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband on March 6, 1999, and her only sister Geraldine Handschumacher.

Funeral services will be held 1:30 pm Friday, March 13th at McClure-Schafer-Lankford Funeral Home with Pastor Lou Verde officiating.  Burial will follow in Waxler Cemetery.  Friends may call at the funeral home from 2 pm on Thursday until the hour of service; the family will be present from 2 to 4 and 6 to 8.

Memorial contributions may be made to Marietta College Department of Music, C/O Marshall Kimball, 215 Fifth Street, Marietta, Ohio 45750 or to the Lower Salem United Methodist Church Food Pantry, P.O. Box 67, Lower Salem, Ohio 45745.