Kathern Ann Bell
Aug. 26, 1937-Nov. 19, 2013
Pleasanton, California

Kathern passed away peacefully at her Pleasanton home Nov. 19, after a long battle with Parkinson's.

Kathern Archer was born in Dalton Arkansas, and grew up in Pontiac, Michigan where she met Jimmy Joe Bell. After giving birth to her twin daughters in July 1958, she left Michigan for the SF Bay Area, raising her family in Fremont after the death of Jimmy in 1998.

Kathy met and is survived by her loving partner Robert Lovell. Together they were active in the Oakland A?s boosters, Pleasanton Senior Center, Parkinson Network of Mt. Diablo.

Kathy will be forever missed by her surviving family: sisters Jessie Wilcox and Donna Taylor; children Tammy Bell-Sanchez, Sandi Bell, Michael and Susanne Schaaf, Mark and Chris Lovell and Paul Lovell; grandchildren Cylena Deak, Dino Moschetti Jr. and Ryan Rice; and great grandchildren Austin Brown, London Deak, Mason Rice, Amanda and Dylan Schaaf.

A celebration of life will be held at her Pleasanton home at 1 p.m. on Saturday, Dec. 7. For further info, contact Robert Lovell at 461-5332. To share memories go to www.fremontchapeloftheroses@yahoo.com. In lieu of flowers donations can be made to the Parkinson Network of Mt. Diablo www.pnmc.net.