Kathleen Ann Ceurvorst

Kathleen Ann Ceurvorst, age 73, of Bettendorf, passed away on Saturday, July 21, 2018 at her home after an extended illness. A memorial mass to celebrate her life will be held at 10:300 am, Wednesday, July 25, 2018 at St. John Vianney Catholic Church, 4097 18th Street, Bettendorf. The family will greet friends from 4:00 to 7:00 pm Tuesday, July 24th at Weerts Funeral Home, Kimberly and Jersey Ridge, Davenport. Additional visitation will be from 9:30 am until service time at the church on Wednesday. Memorials may be made to the Quad City Veterans Outreach Center or the Honor Flight of the Quad Cities.

Kathy was born on October 2, 1944 to Arthur and Janet (Harms) Claeys and grew up in Eldridge. She was a 1963 graduate of North Scott High School and then graduated with a nursing degree from St. Anthony’s School of Nursing in Rock Island. Kathy was united in marriage to Richard Ceurvorst on July 9, 1966, and worked for the next 20 years for Franciscan Hospital while raising their three daughters, Amy, Ann, and Jill. To support her love of jewelry, she worked for many years for Howard Jewelers. However, her favorite and last job was taking care of her four grandchildren, Josette, Jackson, Ethan, and Carter. She cherished the time she spent with the kids and was a significant part of their lives. The trip to Disney World with her husband and all of her children and grandchildren was her favorite vacation of all.

After 52 years of marriage, Kathy leaves behind her devoted husband, Richard; children, Amy Ceurvorst, Ann (Todd) Smith, and Jill VenHorst; grandchildren, Josette, Jackson, Ethan, and Carter; a brother, Ted (Pat) Claeys.

In addition to her parents, Kathy was preceded in death by a brother.

Over the past nine years, many friends, family, and medical staff were there to help Kathy’s family and they are grateful for all of the support. They would like to give special thanks to Unity Point Hospice for assisting with Kathy’s last days.

Online condolences may be left for Kathy’s family by visiting this obituary at www.weertsfh.com