Katherine Amelia Leonard Short

Short, Katherine Amelia Leonard STOUGHTON Katherine Amelia Leonard Short, nee Corlett, age 86, died on Tuesday, March 11, 2008. Known to many as Kay, she was born on Nov. 10, 1921, in Iron River, Mich., and lived her first 40 years in Upper Michigan, then moving to southern Wisconsin. She lived a long and fruitful life, raising a large family while giving to the community, after becoming part of the Stoughton community, she volunteered at Nazareth House and was actively involved with St. Anns Catholic Church. In recent years, health problems forced her to cut back in some areas, but she remained active so far as she was able. She is remembered not so much for her prize-winning poetry nor for her artistic and inspirational floral bookmarks, as for her smile and twinkling eyes. She was stability and strength for her ever growing family and her circle of friends. She was teacher and counselor, she held more power within her than she ever realized. Central to her life were her family and friends, but greater still was her firm and immovable faith. She was one whose confidence in God, whose trust in His promises was unshakeable. No one could doubt that she had no doubt. She is survived by her eight children, Carol Leonard, James Leonard, Douglas Leonard, Margaret Leonard, David Leonard, Frederic Leonard, Brian Short, and Robert Short; two stepdaughters, Beverly Aragon and Linda Reed; 23 grandchildren; and eight great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Rollin Leonard; and her husband, Lloyd Short. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at ST. ANNS CATHOLIC CHURCH, 323 N. Van Buren St., Stoughton, at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, March 18, 2008, with Monsignor Gerard Healy presiding. Burial will be at Oak Hill Cemetery, Janesville. Visitation will be held at GUNDERSON STOUGHTON FUNERAL HOME, Highway 51 North at Jackson Street, Stoughton, from 5 p.m. until 7 p.m. on Monday, March 17, 2008. Her voice, her laugh, her smile will be missed, but she remains a vivid presence in the hearts of the many people whose lives she touched. Numbers 12:6; Philippians 3:13-14.