Kathryn La Monte Roark

Kathryn L. Roark of Whittier, California passed away on the morning of April 12th, 2013. She was in her home and passed peacefully, surrounded by loving family.



Kathryn is survived by her son from her first marriage, Jeffrey Deckner, his wife Gisele, and their children Christopher, Colin, and Hilary. She is also survived by her step-daughter Kathy Cervantes, her husband Richard, and their four children, Robert, Phillip, Richard Jr, Cheryl, and their beautiful progeny of 11 children and 1 grand child.



Born Kathryn LaMonte Clapham on July 20th, 1922 to Waldo and Carrie Clapham in Mutual, Oklahoma. She was one of four siblings who accompanied by their parents, would venture west to California as refugees from the great dust bowl. They settled in the Los Angeles area.



Known by most as Kae, she attended Plymouth Congregational Church with her husband Robert and volunteered weekly at Presbyterian Inter-community Hospital. Accompanied by Robert and a number of their close friends from the Lions Club and the Shrine Club, she traveled widely and saw lands far from her humble beginnings. And through it all, her greatest joy was always being back home with her family where her devotion and energies were boundless. She belonged to the Daughters of the American Revolution, and continued her many Masonic acquaintances even after Roberts passing in 2004.



A viewing will be held on Monday, April 22, 2013 from 6-8pm at White Emerson Mortuary in Whittier, a funeral service will take place on Tuesday, April 23, 2013 at Plymouth Church in Whittier followed by the interment at Rose Hills Memorial Park. White Emerson Mortuary Assisting the Family 562-698-0304.