It is with profound sadness that we announce the loss of our beloved mother, Grammi, great-Grammi, sister, aunt and friend, Kathi Lorraine Owl (née Sault), who passed away peacefully at her home on Wednesday, September 9, 2026.
Kathi was a loving woman whose family was the centre of her world. She was accepting and supportive, welcoming people as they were and making everyone she loved feel that they belonged.
Kathi was born in Ohsweken, Ontario, and grew up as one of eight children. She spent the first 11 years of her life there, surrounded by a large extended family and especially close to her cousins, aunts and uncles. Those early years gave her a strong sense of family and connection that stayed with her throughout her life. When her dad found work as a welder in Detroit, the family moved to the Motor City, beginning a new chapter together.
Music was an important part of Kathi’s childhood. She grew up singing with her siblings and travelling with her parents as they ministered in different communities. Those experiences nurtured a gift that remained with her throughout her life. Kathi passed that love and talent for music on to her own daughters, and singing became one of the ways her family connects, celebrates and supports each other, even to this day.
In many ways, the importance of family that surrounded Kathi in her childhood carried through the rest of her life. Growing up as one of eight children, she would later become the mother of eight children herself and create a large, close family of her own. She loved her family and friends deeply and stayed connected to them in ways that meant so much. She would text to check in, send a message to say she was thinking of them, or simply make sure they knew they were loved. The loss of her daughter Myrna in 2025 brought a profound sadness to Kathi’s life. She missed Myrna deeply, and even as she carried that grief, her love for her family remained constant.
Her passing has left an emptiness we can’t fill. We will miss her voice, laughter, smile, stories and the comfort of knowing she was there. Alongside our grief, we’re grateful for the years we shared, the family she created and the enduring love she gave us.
We take comfort in knowing that Kathi is now in the arms of her Lord and Saviour, free from the pain and sorrows of this life. We believe she has been reunited with her beloved daughter Myrna and with the loved ones who went before her, surrounded once again by love and peace.
She leaves behind her children Ramona, Christine (Warren), Noella (Hoby), Charles, Jordan (April), Katrina (Jordon), and Alex (Sera); 18 cherished grandchildren; Haley, Christian, Jayden, Claudia, Madeline, Devon, Sarah, Ariyanna, Destiny, Naomi, Kiara, Isaiah (Tayshawn), Daniel, Bailee, Morris, Louis, JJ, and Trinity, three great-grandchildren; Skyler, William, and Amora Nicole, and her siblings Helen, Charlene, Beverly, Sue and Andrea; and many more family members and friends who will carry her memory forward.
Kathi was predeceased by her parents, Helen and Charles, her sister Leah Elizabeth Alvord (Chickie), her brother Jimmy Brant, her daughter Myrna and by Mervyn, the father of her children. Although Kathi and Mervyn had been separated for many years, they remained friends and continued to share the connection of the family they had built together.
Her life will live on in the stories we tell, the songs we sing, the lessons she taught us and the generations of family she leaves behind.
Family and friends will gather to honour and celebrate Kathi’s life on Wednesday, September 16, 2026, at the Sagamok Multi Ed Centre.
Visitation will take place at the Sagamok Pentecostal Church on Monday, September 14, 2026 at 4 pm and Tuesday, September 15, 2026 at 4 pm.
The funeral service will be held at the Sagamok Pentecostal Church on Wednesday, September 16, 2026 at 11 am, with interment to follow at the Sagamok Cemetery.
Family and friends will gather afterwards at the Multi Ed Centre for feast and fellowship.
Arrangements entrusted to Menard Funeral Home.