Kathleen Nye

Kathleen "Kathy" Huggett Nye passed peacefully, surrounded by her family, into the arms of Jesus after a very brief illness on November 6, 2014. She rejoiced to re-join her husband, Ralph, who also went to be with their Lord and Savior just six months prior.

Kathleen was born on May 5, 1935, at the family home in Convis Township to Harry A. and Myrtle A. (Ranger) Huggett. She attended country school at Cleveland School. She attended school at Marshall High and was a member of the graduating class of 1953. She graduated from Western Michigan University in 1957 with a degree in Education. She worked for several years as the Assistant Director of the Camp Fire Girls of Battle Creek and was also on the staff at Camp Kitanniwa in Hastings Michigan, a place she always held dear. On December 10, 1960, she was married to Ralph G. Nye at the Convis Union United Methodist Church. The couple built their home on the Nye family farm in Bedford (Barry and Calhoun County) where she and Ralph raised their two sons. She was an amazing wife and homemaker to her husband and sons. After her sons were grown, she worked for seven years at the Lantern Book and Bible Store in Urbandale, where she worked as a bookkeeper and was a friend to both staff and customers. She was active for many years in Bible Study Fellowship. She thrived on the fellowship of others and was always quick with an encouraging word, a warm smile, and an offer to help. She was an avid knitter in her earlier years, a veracious reader, a lover of wildlife, and an inspiration to her many family and friends. Her quick wit and warm spirit drew many to herself and to her Lord. She was active at Calvary Baptist Church while serving in the Mothers of Preschoolers program along with her husband, and was a member of the Koinonia Senior Saints Sunday School Class.

She is survived by her sons and wives, Kevin and Angel Nye of Battle Creek and David and Debbie Nye of Augusta, Georgia; 9 grandchildren: Josh and Lauren Nye, Kayla Nye, Benjamin Nye, Katie Nye, Erin Nye, Chris Case, Greg Case, Nick Nye, Logan Nye, and a great-grandson, Peyton Nye, her sister-in-law, Elizabeth Woods Huggett , as well as nieces and nephews on the Huggett and Nye side, and many cousins and dear friends. She was preceded in death by her husband, Ralph, on April 14, 2014; her father, Harry A. Huggett, in 1944; her stepfather, Laurence Randall, in 1983; her mother, Myrtle A. Huggett Randall, in 1996; her brothers, Harley W. Huggett in 1987 and George A. Huggett in 2003; and her sister, June Huggett Crandall, in 2011.

A visitation will be held 6:00 to 8:00 p.m., Thursday, November 13, 2014, at the Farley-Estes & Dowdle Funeral Home. Funeral services will be held 11:00 a.m., Friday, November 14, 2014 at the Calvary Baptist Church, Battle Creek. In lieu of flowers, gifts and donations may be made to Calvary Baptist Church in remembrance of her life. Personal messages for the family may be placed at www.farleyestesdowdle.com.