2009 Holiday Summary
With a couple of pals in Florida  in November.
For a variety of videos about the family, visit YouTube
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Where does a Mermaid swim in the Mountains?
swimmer
Computer enhanced photo, September 2005
At the Roanoke Athletic Club, which is just blocks from my house.
Or, summertime, in the pool at Stonehenge. 
Name on birth certificate: Katherine Nix Norwood
Legal name:  Kathryn N. Koehler
AKA:  Katie Norwood
Place of birth: Little Rock, Arkansas
Date of birth: 31 May 1930

Childhood:  Lived and attended schools in Smackover, Arkansas, New Orleans, Louisiana, Shreveport, Louisiana and Monroe, Louisiana.  Graduate of Neville High School, Monroe, 1947, Northeast Junior College, Monroe (now known as The University of Louisiana at Monroe ), 1949, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge (B.A. Journalism), 1951.

Editor of the Neville High  Sizzler, NJC Pow Wow,  assistant editor of the LSU Daily Revielle, member Delta Gamma sorority, Theta Sigma Phi  and  Wesley Foundation.  Reporter, Baton Rouge Morning Advocate,  editor, LSU Alumni News, Public Infomation Officer, Louisiana State Department of Public Welfare; women's reporter, The Arkansas Gazette, 1953-58,  Assistant Women's Editor, The Arkansas Gazette,  1967-75), syndicated newspaper columnist, A New Leaf, 1976-1979; member, the Society of Professional Journalists-Sigma Delta Chi; Assistant Administrator for Social Services, Beaumont Nursing Home, Little Rock, Arkansas, 1979-1983.  Free lance journalist, author and artist, 1983-)

Member of the American Association of University Women in Arkansas (President, Conway Branch, 1964-65, Little Rock Branch, 1973-75) and in Virginia (State Technology Chair, 1998-2002 and Webmaster. 1998 - 2002, Vice President for Communications, 2002-2004; Co-president Roanoke Valley Branch AAUW, 2004-2008; editor of the Virginia AAUW newsletter, Virginia Vision 2005-; webmaster of AAUW of Virginia.  Named to the Board of Directors of Opera Roanoke, December, 2001-2009 . Webmaster, Raleigh Court Presbyterian Church, 2008-

Married John O. Koehler, June 15, 1957 (deceased April 16, 1996)

Children:

Elizabeth Lacy Koehler, 2 April 1958
married Frank J. Perch III  21 August, 1982
1 daughter Katharine Grace, 5 April 1984 "Katie"

Kathryn Hill Koehler, 22 October 1959
married James B. Yockey  1 May 1999
1 son, John Henry OSCAR Yockey, 15 July 2001

John Stuart Koehler, 11 August 1961
married Guianina "Gia" Santos Endoso 21 April 1990
2 sons Joseph Jung Kyun, 30 March 1997
          David Andrew, 8 August 1999

Present place of residence (since 1996) Roanoke, Virginia
Present church affiliation: Raleigh Court Presbyterian

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Art Work
 Poetry and Prose
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