| Bio | Kathleen Myda Smith (née McFarling), 55, passed away at University Hospitals, Columbia, MO, March 23, 2011, of cancer.
Kathleen was born on Nov 9, 1955 in Kansas City to Robert and M. Myda Hutinger McFarling. She married Danni Smith July 24, 1976 and was a homemaker for 15 years.
Kathleen was a professional artist who opened and managed The Artful Hand Gallery in Kansas City, where she sold her ceramics, in the 1990s. After its closing, she went on to study programming languages to develop and maintain websites, specializing in the emerging field of search engine optimization. She moved to Las Vegas in 2004 where she managed the family-owned McFarling Law Group.
After spending a year in California, she returned to Missouri in 2010. Kathy loved the Loose Park Rose Garden (Kansas City) and the Las Vegas Bird Preserve for quiet walks and bird watching.
Survivors include her son Dylan Smith, daughter Tara Duncan and granddaughter Charlotte of San Francisco, CA; sister Paula McFarling of Columbia, MO; brother Steven McFarling of Ashland, OR; brother Denis McFarling of New York City, NY; nephew Aaron Johnson and children of Columbia, MO; nieces Molly Johnson of Austin, TX, and Emily McFarling and sons Alex and Lucas of Las Vegas; and a special cousin, Sharon Calkin of Pasadena, CA. |
