Kathleen Ariel Cherish was born Kathleen Mae Ryder in Brockport, New York 3/19/1947 to Roy Ryder and his wife Flora Mae “Rote” Ryder.

She fell asleep in death at Tempe st. Luke’s hospital in Tempe, Arizona 9/24/2022.

She lived in many places throughout her lifetime, like New York, Georgia, Florida, Michigan and Arizona.

She was the baby in the family with three older siblings that preceded her and sleep Janet Flora DeMeyer 1931-1985, Roy Edward Ryder 1933-2022 and Ellen Virginia Erway 1945-2007.

On 6/15/1962 she got baptized as one of Jehovah’s Witnesses in a trough in a barn in New York. She pioneered on and off throughout her life and even held Bible study and Service meetings out of her home at different times. She was proud to be one of Jehovah’s Witnesses and on the day went by that she did not say his name and thanked him for his ransom sacrifice. John 3:16,17

She met her husband Robert Alan Aldred in New York at a Friends wedding. They married 4/4/1970 becoming Kathleen Mae Aldred. The two had a son Eric Eugene Aldred born 5/8/1972 -1999. Whom she was told would not live past nine months and to give them up. She did not and he still chose to raise for the sake of Jehovah , and he lived to be 26, almost 27 yrs old. They also have a daughter Lacey Cheyanne Lynn Cherish born 2/18/1983 Whom she was very close to. The couple divorced in 1985. She continue to raise him as a single parent.

She also had 2 spiritually adoptive daughter’s Heidi Homan - Wisdom born 1970 and JJ Currier born 1974.

As well as being loving Nana to 6 adoptive Grandchildren, Cat La Voie born 5/3/2003, Quinton Wisdom born 5/13/2003, Michael Compton born 8/16/2004, Colin Compton born 9/23/2006, Zoe Wisdom born 5/13/2008 and Isaiah Compton born 11/7/2008.

When her son was very young, she was one of seven mothers who were chosen to go in front of Congress to ask to have handicap parking spaces and ramps put into businesses on behalf of the disabled and won.

She was an Artist, drawing, painting an even illustrating a cook book. She love to draw people and life. She got her bachelors degree in commercial art.

She also like to cook and bake. On many occasions she had people tell her she should have her own restaurant or bakery. She baked and decorated cakes for friends weddings and parties. She love to cook for them as well. She was not afraid to try new things.

She was a seamstress, sewing for not only herself and for her kids but friends. She also made cloth dolls, stuffed animals and baby blankets for baby showers.

She love to whistle while she worked and she love to sing and dance. She also love to ham it up and laugh a lot, which her laugh was quite contagious. she also loves plants and planting things. In which she had a pretty green thumb.

Favorite flowers or lilacs and peonies but she loves roses too. And her favorite color was lavender and light green.

She love to collect Snow globes and music boxes and she loved to collect all animals but elephants and butterflies held special meaning to her.

She will be missed by all that loved her and we can’t wait to see her and her big smile in Paradise. Psalms 37:10,11, John 5:28,29 and Revelation 21:4,5