Kathleen Walter Zerbetz Goertz

Kathleen Walter Zerbetz Goertz, age 91, died January 2, 2015 in Ketchikan, Alaska. She was born Kathleen Rose Walter to John C. and Lillian Clark Walter on August 11, 1923 near Athena, Ore., she served during World War II in Seattle as a Navy WAVE.

She attended Whitman College in Walla Walla where she met her husband, Gordon Zerbetz. They married on June 19, 1948. They made Ketchikan their home until 1973 when they divorced, and she moved to Seattle.

On December 29, 1981 she married Paul Goertz, and they lived at Leisure Estates in Renton. Paul died in February of 2008. She was a member of Saint Anthony Catholic Church. She moved back to Ketchikan in October 2014 after 33 years in Renton.

She is survived by her three children, all of Ketchikan: Michele M. Scott (Randy), Gregory M. (Harriet) and Evon M. Zerbetz, and her brother Frank A. Walter (JoAnn) of Portland, Oregon, dozens of nieces and nephews and step-grandchildren Jim and Nathan Hoff and their families.

Services were held in Ketchikan, January 7, 2015. Burial will be at Mountain View Cemetery, Walla Walla in the family plot at a later date. The family suggests donations in her memory to Holy Name School Scholarship Fund, 433 Jackson Street, Ketchikan, AK 99901. Condolences: 10773 N. Tongass, Ketchikan, AK 99901.