Kathleen A. Hill

Kathleen A. “Kat” Hill 54 of Sioux City died Thursday, November 17, 2011 at a Sioux City Hospital after a long battle with lymphoma. A Memorial Service celebrating her life beginning at 5:30 P.M. Sunday, December 11 will be at the Siouxland Center for Active Generations, West 4th and Cook Streets in Sioux City. Becker – Hunt Funeral Home in South Sioux City is assisting the family with the arrangements. Kathleen was born July 14, 1957 in Sioux City and graduated from Burke High School in Omaha, Nebraska. She attended Kansas State University and Wayne State College. Kat, as she was known to her friends, was profoundly creative. She founded the Siouxland Writer’s Guild, edited the e-zine Fantasy, Folklore, and had poems published in the Briar Cliff Review and two Siouxland For Active Generations anthologies, which she also edited. She was character development chair for the Rivercade’s Renaissance Faire and was named Rivercade Volunteer Of The Year in 2010. She created costumes for many of the Riverssance troupe members, sewed the gypsy encampment tent from old shower curtains and sheets that she recycled from a local hotel. She coordinated troupe participation in parades, wrote skits and created Renaissance presentations for schools in Siouxland, and recruited new troupe members wherever she went. Kat was involved as a volunteer at the Siouxland Center For Active Generations, teaching creative writing for fourteen years and producing short story workshops called “Bookworms”. She is survived by two children, Rebecca Hill of Staten Island, New York and Charlie Hill of Sioux City, a sister, Sandy Townsend of South Sioux City, a brother, Bill Sund and his wife Linda (Schleuter) Sund of Kearney, Nebraska, one nephew, two nieces, five grand nieces and two grand nephews, cousins, aunts and uncles. Her parents, Bill and Fern (Madison) Sund of South Sioux City preceded her in death. Memorial donations will be used to cover final disposition expenses.