Rash's Surname Index
Notes for Katherine V. THOMPSON
Katherine T. Paxson, 96, of the Lima section of Middletown, died April 4 at Lima Estates, her home for 18 years.
A Philadelphia native, Mrs. Paxson lived in Lansdowne for many years before moving to Lima.
She was a graduate of The Westtown School in Chester County and briefly attended the University of Pennsylvania.
Mrs. Paxson was active with various auxiliary committees, fundraising efforts and volunteer patient support services at Delaware County Memorial Hospital and later at Hahnemann Medical College, where her late husband was an administrator.
She served as a staff member on several hospital teaching projects organized by her husband to Peru, Columbia and Saudi Arabia in the 1950s.
She was a member of the Twelfth Street Friends Meeting and Lansdowne Friends Meeting and attended Middletown Friends Meeting in recent years.
She was involved in numerous Quaker activities for most of her life, including the American Friends Service Committee, Pendill Hill, the FUM Ministry to Kenya and many others. She visited many Quaker ministries abroad, including Sri Lanka, Kenya, Japan, China and South America and provided financial support for those organizations for many years afterward.
Mrs. Paxson was a writer and published four volumes of poetry. She was a member of the St. David Christian Writer’s conference and served on its board. She was a founding member of the Delaware Valley Poetry Society and active in various workshops for poets and writers. She mentored many beginning poetry students and spent time in writer’s projects and study groups.
Mrs. Paxson was a member of the Twentieth Century Club, the Girl Scouts of America, the International House of the University of Pennsylvania and hosted numerous foreign exchange students in her home over the years.
She was a member of the Westtown Alumni Association and was involved with its fundraising activities.
At Lima Estates, Mrs. Paxson participated in numerous community organizations, poetry and writers group and counseling services.
She was the widow of Charles S. Paxson, Jr., who died in 1999,
Survivors: Sons, Dr. Stephen G. Paxson of Greensburg and Charles Paxson of Plymouth, Mich.; four grandchildren.
Service: 11 a.m., Saturday, April 25, Middletown Friends Meeting, 435 Middletown Road, Lima.
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