It is with a very heavy heart that I make the world aware that Cathy Kraft is now flying with the angles.

Cathy passed away at Mount Hood Medical on February 8, 2022 with her beloved son Michael at her side, unable to have the rest of her family with her due to COVID restrictions. Cathy was stolen from all of us too soon.

Cathy had just retired from her successful real estate career in Gresham where she made magic happen for all buyers and sellers and left every transaction with new-found friends. She was planning the next chapter of her life.

She leaves behind her only son, daughter-in-law, grandchildren and great-great-grandchildren. Cathy has always told me how proud she was of all of her family and how amazed it was to have grandchildren who were also her best friends. She will always be watching out for all of them from above.

Many of us considered Cathy part of our being, as if we were one, the center of our universe. She brought us all together as friends as we shared a special bond with a very special person. I have been blessed to call Cathy my best friend for the past fifteen years and have a huge hole in my heart.

Rest in peace, my friend!

Jan St. Germaine

 

 

From Michael Reisen:

Cathy Lee Kraft

June 22 1952 – February 8, 2022

 

Born June 22 1952 to: Lyle & Jeanette Mann, raised in Portland, OR.

Departed to join the Angels, February 8, 2022.

Cathy leaves behind her loving son, Michael Reisen, and daughter-in-law, Trish; 3 grandchildren, 4 great grandchildren, 3 nieces, 2 nephews, and a lifetime of friends who she loved unconditionally.

Cathy loved life to the fullest, she was a great server of people and always strived to make everyone’s life better that she knew or came in contact with. She was an amazing realtor with a super patient and loving heart, always doing what was in the best interest of her clients and friends. Cathy was straight forward and would not hold back; she would tell it like it is, even if it was something you didn’t want to hear. She loved to laugh and be around people; she really lit up the room with her positive mind.

Not only was she the Greatest Mom in the world, she had to wear the Dad shoes and raise me to be a kind, loving, and patient man and to always treat people with love, respect, and honesty.

She is now out of pain, which she has endured for the last 15 years, and will now be resting in her favorite place, watching sunrises and sunsets and hunting for treasures at the beach.

This is not goodbye Mom, this is only till I see you again.

I Love you Infinity.