Kathryn “Kathy” (Ware) Harris
FALMOUTH – Kathryn “Kathy” (Ware) Harris, passed distant peacefully astatine the location of her girl connected Friday, Nov. 4, 2022 astatine the property of 77 aft a abbreviated crab recurrence.
She was calved connected July 17, 1945 successful Orange, N.J. to her beloved parents John Herbert Ware Jr. and Jane Dickie Ware and enjoyed her puerility successful Chatham, N.J. with her brothers Peter and David.
After graduating from Chatham High School, Kathy proved that it is not however you commencement but however you finish. She failed retired of her archetypal effort astatine college, earlier graduating from Parsons College. After marrying her assemblage sweetheart, James Harris and starting a household with the commencement of daughter, Amy, she went backmost to schoolhouse and received a grade successful Respiratory Therapy from Northwestern University Medical School. She went connected to pb respiratory attraction teams astatine Loyola University Medical Center and Massachusetts General Hospital. In 1989 she was appointed to the module of Harvard Medical School arsenic an Associate successful Anesthesia successful designation of her research, publications and enactment successful the field.
She was drawn to Maine and was fortunate to onshore astatine Maine Medical Center wherever she worked for 22 years. For the archetypal 10 years she served arsenic the Administrative Director of Pulmonary Medicine. She was highly engaged successful the healthcare satellite and drove to Boston aggregate nights a week to implicit her master’s grade successful Public Health astatine Boston University graduating with honors, an acquisition she cherished. She played a captious relation successful making Maine Medical Center a smoke-free campus. She concluded her vocation astatine Maine Medical Center arsenic the Trauma Program Manager and was instrumental successful Maine Medical Center achieving its archetypal Level 1 Trauma Center certification.
She brought large enthusiasm to beingness and her adventurous tone was good known to those who knew her. She was a prolific scholar having work thousands of books successful her lifetime. She loved to some springiness and get publication recommendations. She was a lensman who brought large joyousness to radical with the acquisition of her images.
She was a sailor who was connected the women’s unit astatine the Vineyard Haven Yacht Club. She enjoyed windsurfing truthful overmuch arsenic to brave windsurfing successful the Charles River portion surviving successful Boston, Mass. successful the ’80s, and aboriginal added kayaking and paddleboarding to her emotion of watersports. She was a runner and ran her favourite roadworthy race, the Beach to Beacon, 10 times. She loved euphony and was a ukulele enthusiast who was progressive successful the Portland ukulele scene. She had a large emotion of sneakers that was calved from her constricted prime of white, reddish oregon bluish Keds arsenic a child. A person bought a brace of Chuck Taylor sneakers for her astatine a clip erstwhile that broke societal norms and these formed the opening of her formidable sneaker collection.
She had a life-long transportation to Martha’s Vineyard wherever she enjoyed spending clip with household and friends and being connected the ocean. She was a loving parent to her beloved child, Amy, and a fantastic grandma to her cherished granddaughters Avery and Elliott, who knew her affectionately arsenic “KK.” She made predominant visits to their location crossed municipality with her treasured cavapoo Emerson whom she considered a acquisition from the universe.
Kathryn faced a diagnosis of pancreatic crab with a tremendous grace. She was grateful for a lengthy remission that allowed for much memories to beryllium made with household and friends. As an progressive subordinate successful the crab community, she made galore precise peculiar friends done the Dempsey Center. She considered these friends and this assemblage to beryllium the metallic lining of having cancer.
She was predeceased by her parent and father, John H. Ware Jr. and Jane Dickie Ware; and her brother, David Taylor Ware.
She is survived by her daughter, Amy, son-in-law, Jeff; her granddaughters Avery and Elliott; her brother, Peter, his wife, Diane; her nephew, Jared, his woman Jenn, their 2 boys, Harlem and Davis; her erstwhile husband, James Harris; and her treasured dog, Emerson.
She would emotion her representation to beryllium honored by wearing a brace of your favourite sneakers oregon playing connected opus connected the ukulele and reasoning of your ain peculiar times with her.
A solemnisation of beingness volition beryllium held connected Dec. 11 astatine 2 p.m. astatine the HopeGateWay Church located astatine 509 Forest Ave. successful Portland.
To stock memories of Kathryn oregon to permission the household an online condolence delight visit, http://www.athutchins.com.
In lieu of flowers, delight see donating to the
Dempsey Center
in her honor.
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