Kathy Vadas Obituary - Visitation & Funeral Information

February 10, 1950 – February 1, 2016 Kathryn Ann Kocurek Vadas rode into the sunset on February 1, 2016. Kathy was born in Austin, Texas, on February 10, 1950 to Rudolph and Helen Kocurek. She graduated from McCallum High School, where she was a member of the National Honor Society and was in the Beauty Review. Kathy studied Music and received a degree in Mathematics from the University of Texas with a focus on Computer Science. During her career as a computer programmer she worked for Espey-Huston Engineering and Whole Foods and she wrote the original program for the National Domestic Abuse Hotline. Kathy loved her family, her friends, and her many well cared-for animals and will be so missed by all of them. She enjoyed many happy bar-b-ques with her family and friends, trail rides with her horses, and trips in the Gator with her dogs. Kathy is survived by her soul mate of 40 years, her husband, Roy Vadas, and her sister, Carol McGhee and brother-in-law Grover, mother-in-law Joyce Vadas, sister-in-law Carol Leonard, nephew Scott Leonard, nieces Kimberly Judd and Kelly Schwartz and her husband Offir, and great-nephews Judah, Jett, and Jacob Schwartz. She is preceded in death by her parents, Rudy and Helen Kocurek, and many well-loved animals, too numerous to name but including Bismarck, Feather, Manny, Woody, Wahina, Smokey, and Strider. A celebration of Kathy's life will take place at their ranch near Cedar Creek on the 4th of July In lieu of flowers the family requests that donations be made to Bastrop Animal Rescue at http://www.bastropanimalrescue.org/

Kathy Vadas

February 10, 1950 - February 1, 2016