Kathleen Elizabeth Lochli

Kathleen E. Lochli was born on June 21, 1940 to Frank and Elizabeth Kerley Lochli at the Margaret Hague Maternity Hospital in Jersey City, NJ. In 2021, Kathy relocated to Tucson, Arizona until her peaceful passing on June 14, 2025.

She is survived by her nephew, Robert Jova, her niece, Cori (Mosier) Culver, and her nephew, Robert Mosier, her godchildren, Debbie Toth and Kathy (Curry) Farparan. She also has six beautiful grandnieces and nephews: Amanda, Julia, Jenna, Angelina, Alex, and Robert.

She was predeceased by her parents, Frank and Elizabeth (Kerley) Lochli, her sisters, Alice (Lochli) Bernai, Betty Lochli, and Frances (Lochli) Mosier, and her niece Susan Jova, and nephew Frank Jova.

She attended Our Lady of Hungary grammar school and went on to St Mary’s High School, graduating with the Class of 1958. She started her nursing career by attending St Peter’s Nursing School where she graduated in 1961. Her first job was at Perth Amboy General Hospital on the pediatrics floor. After a stint with a pediatrician, she worked at Richmond Memorial Hospital on Staten Island, again in pediatrics. Kathy then worked with the elderly in a nursing home and found one of her true passions after that doing hospice. Her last job was as a pediatric nurse in a school setting, Lakeview School. She adored the special children she was privileged to have in her care. During her nursing career, she obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree in Psychology from St Joseph’s College. While nursing was her lifelong calling which she did for over 50 years, it paled in comparison to her love for God. She was a devote member of Our Lady of Hungary parish, where she was very active as a Eucharist minister both at church and visiting the sick and in altar society preparing for weekly Masses, as well as a being a hospice volunteer. It would be impossible to describe Kathy’s prayer life and her relationship with the Sacred Heart of Jesus, the Blessed Mother and all the saints. When she talked about the saints, every one of them was her favorite. Kathy loved her family and friends; she made everyone feel as they were the most important person alive as her face lit up as they walked in the room. Her favorite way to end a call or visit was ‘love you a million, trillion times’ and when you heard that you felt that it was no exaggeration. A Godchild said of her that she put the “God” in Godmother and loved her like her own daughter. She did this with all her family, nephews, nieces and godchildren, friends, coworkers, and those she was blessed to have in her care.

A special thanks to Casa de La Luz and Aspen Care Home for the amazing care and love given during her last days making them so peaceful.

Her joy and love will be missed, but those who knew and loved her know she is watching over us. Her warmth, laughter and generosity will live on in our memories.