Kathryn Spencer

Kathryn M. Spencer, 89 of Valparaiso, IN passed away Saturday, July 7, 2018. Visitation will be held Monday, July 16 from 9-11 a.m. at Immanuel Lutheran Church, 1700 Monticello Park Drive in Valparaiso, IN with a Funeral Service beginning at 11 a.m. Burial will follow at Arlington Cemetery in Elmhurst, IL. In lieu of flowers, memorials are requested to be made to the Alzheimer’s Association.

Kathryn was born April 23, 1929 in Oak Park, IL to George Otto and Marie Elizabeth (Keller) Ehlers, Sr. Kathryn was a homemaker who supported her family by working at Sears, Patton Tractor and Mirror Reflector Service. She was a member of Immanuel Lutheran Church, which is located in Valparaiso, IN.

Kathryn is survived by her husband, Hubert S. Spencer; her children, Judith (Dwight) Nuest, Jerry (Anne) Karl and Karen (William) Bertram; her grandchildren, Jennifer and Kyle Nuest, Justin and Theresa Karl, Amber (Peter) Bayguinov and Caroline, Kurt and Samantha Bertram; and her great-grandchildren, Emery Nuest and Nicolai and Luca Bayguinov. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husbands, Howard E. Karl in 1961 and Robert F. Blazek in 2004; and her brother, George O. Ehlers, Jr.