Kathryn Bott

Kathryn Bott, 82, of Malden, Mo., died Saturday, May 17, 2008, at Missouri Southern Healthcare in Dexter, Mo.

Born June 16, 1925, in Crab Orchard, Ky., daughter of the late Charles and Ethel Stapleston Johnson, she was a member of the Christian Church in West Port, Ind., and the Order of Eastern Star in North Vernon, Ind.

Survivors include two daughters, Donna Faye Wolff and husband, Walker, of Batesville, In., and Rita Ritchie and husband, David, of Malden; two sisters, Christine Wilson and Doris Asher, both of West Port; two grandchildren, Tom Wolff, of Osgood, Ind., and Tammy Roell, of Batesville and four great-grandchildren, Andrew and Duncan Wolff, of Osgood and Abigail and Avery Elizabeth Roell, both of Batesville.

She was preceded in death by one daughter, Patricia Padgett; one sister, Mary Margaret Speer and three brothers, Robert, Bill and Charles Johnson.

Visitation will begin at 6 p.m., today, Tuesday, May 20, at the Bradshaw Funeral Home in Malden.

Funeral services will be held a the Pickett Funeral Home in North Vernon, Ind.

Burial will follow in the West Port Cemetery.