Katie’s Story

Site created on October 6, 2020

Welcome to our CaringBridge website. We are using it to keep family and friends updated in one place. We appreciate your support and words of hope and encouragement. Thank you for visiting.  Katie has been suffering from intermittent headaches and elevated blood pressure. She went into the ER on Monday October 5th, where they discovered a mass on her brain, which the doctors say has a likelihoodof being cancer. Katie was then transported to Mayo Clinic in Rochester where they performed additional testing to help determine next steps. As part of this testing, she did receive some good news in that the doctors saw no indication of any additional tumors in any other part of her body. Katie will be undergoing brain surgery as soon as this coming Monday and is fortunate to be under the care of some of the best doctors in the world. Following surgery, she will work with her medical team to determine next steps and timing. For anyone that knows Katie, she continues to be her positive, optimistic self! She may be small in stature, but she is tough as nails and will continue to fight this with everything she has! Katie and her family are so grateful for the love and support that they continue to receive. In the many coming days and weeks to come, they will continue to need our love and support. We will update this website with the multiple ways you can help Katie and her family during this difficult time.   We will continue to update this website with additional information as quickly as we can. If you would like to support her in other ways be sure to click on the "ways to help" tab and follow her links to her gofundme link and meal train link!
please follow the link below if you would like to further support Katie! Thank you!

https://www.gofundme.com/f/25rw8oh7s0

https://mealtrain.com/4lydo5

Newest Update

April 25, 2022

Journal entry by Teresa Hermes —

Dear friends, family and supporters of Katie‘s cancer journey. The unimaginable has happened, Katie‘s cancer challenge and journey ended on Tuesday, April 19 at 2:30 PM. As difficult as this news is to write to you, she is now in the most beautiful place. She would want you to know that she appreciates all of you and everything you have done to make her life happy. I know she is completely content and at peace now. She was the joy of our lives and she fueled us with her positive energy. She was an inspiration to so many. It’s assuring to know her strong, feisty and tenacious spirit will always be with us! I will end with one of her favorite mottos: Choose your mood, choose your reaction, choose your happiness.

The visitation for Katie will be on Tuesday, May 3, 4-8 PM at
Willwerscheid Funeral Home
1167 Grand Avenue
St. Paul, MN 55105
The funeral mass will be on Wednesday, May 4, at 10:00 AM visitation at the church,
11:00 AM funeral mass at
The church of Saint Joseph, 1154 Seminole Ave, St Paul.
A lunch will be served after mass at the church.
Read the full obituary that will be published soon at Willwerscheid.com.
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