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" Kathy Maloney Ormsby (58) passed away on May 6th, 2019 surrounded by family and friends at Baylor Medical Center in Grapevine, Texas. Kathy had a passion for people. Being a mom, wife and nurse were her favorite things in the world. She had a unique way of making every day special for her family, patients and friends.

She was born on January 10th, 1961 in Burlingame, CA to MaryAnne and Patrick Maloney. She attended Presentation High School in San Jose where she excelled in athletics, specifically tennis. She graduated from Presentation in 1979 and went on to San Jose State Nursing School to pursue her dream of becoming a registered nurse, graduating in 1984. While at SJSU, Kathy joined Army ROTC and became an Army nurse where she met her husband John and they were married in San Francisco on August 31st, 1985. She served in the Army Reserve as a Captain until 1992. She continued her nursing career as a nursery nurse at Kaiser Permanente San Jose, Harris Methodist HEB, Medical City Dallas, and as a pediatric home care nurse.

After her diagnosis in 2011, Kathy made the difficult transition from being a nurse to a patient. With the help of medical professionals at UT Southwestern Medical Center, Kathy lived for 7 years with stage IV cancer.

Kathy was preceded in death by her father, Patrick Raymond Maloney. She is survived by her mother, MaryAnne (Christnacht) Maloney of San Jose, CA; her husband John Francis Ormsby; her children, Kathleen Ormsby, Shannon Ormsby and Kerry Ormsby (17); her stepson Kevin Ormsby; her brothers Martin Maloney (sister-in-law Jibi Maloney, nephew Matthew Maloney and niece Mindy Maloney); John Maloney (sister-in-law Elizabeth Maloney and nieces Bridget Maloney and Siobhan Maloney); James Maloney (sister-in-law Jennifer Maloney, niece Amanda Polupan, nephew Duncan Maloney and niece Louise Maloney), and brother Michael Maloney. Her mother-in-law, Beatrice (McCabe) Ormsby of Glen Oaks, New York; brother-in-law Terence Ormsby (sister-in-law Anne Ormsby, niece Mary Ormsby and nephew Timothy Ormsby). A memorial service will be held at White's Chapel United Methodist Church in Southlake, Texas at 1 p.m. on Friday June 7th, 2019. A reception will immediately follow in Evans Hall.

In lieu of flowers, the family requests memorial donations be made to their late friend Candace Netzer's charitable organization, Stupid Strong. Candace was a fellow cancer warrior and church friend. https://www.stupidstrong.org/ "