Kathy Ann Kawamoto Ravenscraft, 75, died March 17, 2020 with her family by her side at her Atlanta home. She died after a long struggle with kidney disease.

Kathy was born November 28, 1944 in Elgin, Illinois to Akio and Nobu (Katagiri) Kawamoto. She graduated from Prospect Heights High School and the Ray-Vogue School of Fashion Merchandising, both in Illinois. 

After marrying, Kathy dedicated herself to being a homemaker, volunteer, and mother. During this time, she enjoyed travel, including a few years spent living in Japan that she always recalled fondly. Later in life, after moving to Florida from Illinois, she took pride in building a second chapter in her life as a single mother and working woman. She started a career of administrative support, including as a receptionist in senior living communities. In retirement, she moved to Atlanta to start another part of her life with her family there. Throughout her life, Kathy was passionate about many things: reading, collecting antiques and toys, cheering her favorite sports teams, paper crafts, and learning about history and royalty. She always had a fact to share from an article she had read or television show she watched about her loved ones' interests. She enjoyed nothing more than going out to eat with friends to whom she liked to gift homemade cards. Her generosity, love for having fun, and ability to get through tough times will be the things remembered about her most. She was stronger than she knew and a source of light to many.

She is survived by daughter Dawn White of Spring Hill, FL, and daughter Jamie Ravenscraft and son-in-law Aaron Cobb of Atlanta, GA. She is also survived by the source of her greatest joy, her three grandsons: Zachary White, Zeke Ravenscraft, and Toby Ravenscraft.

Her family will grieve privately until such time that it may be safer for a public celebration of life. Until that time, we would like to thank the many people who helped her live her life as independently as she wished, including her caregiver, Sherbra Shomefun.

Donations may be made to Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta or to Weinstein Hospice, organizations that served her in her recent life and death.

Jewish Family & Career Services of Atlanta
(Kathy benefitted from Alterman/JETS Transportation and Ben Massell Dental Clinic in particular.)
http://jfcsatl.org/tribute

Weinstein Hospice
https://www.jewishhomelife.org/weinstein-hospice/get-involved/make-a-tribute-donation/

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A Prayer

Blessed are those who give meaning to our lives;

Holy and precious is the example they leave behind.

We pray: May our sorrows diminish as we recall their strength.

May their wisdom protect us and help us to live.

Let our grief be transformed into tenderness for those who are still with us.