Kathleen Rae "Kathy" Lafferty 1954 - 2017

LAFFERTY, JENSEN, KLEINSCHMIDT

Posted By: Connie Swearingen-Volunteer (email)
Date: 2/8/2017 at 13:00:01

Sioux City Journal
31 January 2017

SIOUX CITY | Kathleen Rae "Kathy" Lafferty, 62, of Sioux City, passed away Sunday, Jan. 29, 2017, at Westwood Specialty Care.

Services will be 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be 4 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a vigil service at 7 p.m., all at the funeral home. Online condolences may be sent to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Kathy was born on May 3, 1954, in Yankton, S.D., the daughter of Mathew R. and DeLoris (Jensen) Kleinschmidt, Jr. Kathy came to Sioux City as a child and grew up in Sioux City. She graduated from West High School.

On May 12, 1994, Kathy married Larry Lafferty in Elk Point, S.D. Kathy enjoyed traveling with Larry who was an over-the-road truck driver. Larry passed away on April 25, 2014, in Sioux Falls, S.D.

Kathy enjoyed motorcycle riding, fishing, playing bingo and doing ceramics.

Survivors include her mother, DeLoris Kleinschmidt of Sioux City; her brothers and sister, Mathew J. Kleinschmidt III (Connie) of Sioux City, Vicky Behrens (Jerry) of Merrill, Iowa, and Jeremy L. Kleinschmidt (Dawn) of Sioux City; her daughter, Heather Lafferty of Vermillion, S.D.; two stepsons, Jason and Kevin Lafferty, both of Sioux City; and several nieces and nephews.

Kathy was preceded in death by her father, Mathew; her husband, Larry; and a stepgranddaughter.