RICHFIELD SPRINGS - Kathleen Howard, age 51, passed away peacefully on May 6, 2012 in Basset Healthcare Cooperstown. She was born on August 19, 1960 in Millville, NJ, a daughter of the late Paul and Margaret Lettie Dare McCully. For the past six years she has lived in Richfield Springs with her nephew John Wood. She had worked as a caregiver in Rosewood Terrace and more recently as a cashier at Price Choppers. In her leisure time she enjoyed fishing and crabbing and spending ding time with friends and family, especially her grandchildren.Her willingness to do anything for her family, reminding them to listen to their heart, her kind spirit, and always putting a smile on their face when it was needed most are memories that will live on.She was loved and will be greatly missed. Surviving are two daughters, Sharon an Tina, a son, Walter, three sisters and three brothers, Paula, Edie, Patty, Donald, William and Robert, twenty-one grandchildren, Brianna, Jenna, Nick, Sebastian, Corbin, Jacob, Johnny, Emily, Shane, Josh, Sabrina, Jazymn, Cheyenne, Daniel, Valerie, Autumn, Walt, Ellis, Katlyne, Lilly, and Elizabeth.Funeral arrangements are with J. Seaton McGrath Funeral Home, Richfield Springs. There are no calling hours. Services will be private and at the convenience of the family