Kathy Funston lived in Bakersfield, California, a long drive from Los Angeles/Long Beach where So. California/Nevada held its bi-annual Area Conferences. Kathy was a Group Leader before becoming involved with the Conference Department. She was a website developer for a firm in the Kern County/Bakersfield area and shared her talents with LLL. She was active in a local LLL Group and continued with the Conference Department and maintained the So. California/Nevada website for many years until she retired as a Leader. Kathy’s daughter Erin informed local Leaders that Kathy had cancer and passed away on October 5, 2021. Erin wrote that she was with her mother when she passed away peacefully and will arrange for on a celebration of life service at their local church. —history submitted by Sandy Patton and Sue Garcia, past Area Conference Supervisors, and Fran Dereszynski, past Area Publications Coordinator for LLL of So. California/Nevada |

