Katherine R. Lovell of Silverdale, Wash., died April 29 in Silverdale. She was 69.

Lovell was born July 30, 1934 to Edwin and Ruth (Brown) Rowley in Redwood City, Calif. She graduated from Burlingame (Calif.) High School.

Lovell worked for Pan Am Airlines for 26 years until she retired in 1992.

She married her husband Joseph Lovell on Sept. 29, 1961, in Waikiki, Hawaii. She loved knitting and cats, especially her cat Coco.

Lovell is survived by her husband Joseph Lovell of Silverdale; her brothers, Richard Teames and wife Lorena of Cambell River, B.C. and James Rowley of Silverdale; her sister, Marlene Kennedy and husband Doran of Keyport; her neices, Taunya Welch and husband Kevin of Bremerton, and Sherry Cordiner and husband Russell of Hansville.

An online memorial is available at www.lewischapel.com. Donations can be made to the charity of the donor’s choice. Arrangements under the direction of the Stone Chapel at Cherry Grove Memorial Park in Poulsbo.