Kathryn Louise Pittelkow

May 2, 1941 - February 7, 2021

Kathryn Louise Pittelkow, 79, of Alexandria, Virginia passed away on Sunday, February 7, 2021. She had bravely fought diabetes and kidney disease and the debilitating complications of these diseases for many years. Kathy is survived by her loving husband of 57 years, Stan Pittelkow; children Lisa Bainer (Scott), Kelly Pico (Mark), and Michelle Bond; and grandchildren Evan Bainer and Sarah Kathryn Pico. In death, Kathy is reunited with her parents Esther and Lindley Seltzer, her sister Florence Thompson, her father-in-law Stanley Pittelkow, Sr. and her mother-in-law Genevieve Pittelkow. Kathy lived a wonderfully full life of nearly 80 years. She was born on May 2, 1941 in Middletown, Pennsylvania and graduated from Middletown High School in 1959. After graduation, Kathy worked as a Secretary at Olmsted Air Force Base where she met Stan, an Air Force Airman. Kathy and Stan were married on December 28, 1963 and moved to Wiesbaden, Germany where Stan served as an Air Force Computer Specialist and Kathy worked as a Secretary. In 1965 Kathy and Stan moved to Alexandria, Virginia where they raised three daughters and spoiled two grandchildren. Kathy ran a home-based floral design studio specializing in weddings for more than 15 years. She enjoyed traveling in the United States and Europe, singing in her church choir, sewing, crafting and reading. Kathy was an avid fan of dance and piano recitals, school band and orchestra performances and Little League baseball games. A private service will be held on Friday, February 26, 2020 at 11AM. This service is private and available in person by direct invitation only due to COVID-19 restrictions. To view the service stream and recording please come back to this obituary website. We will be streaming directly to this obituary’s tribute wall. The video will display as a post on the tribute wall when we start the service. Please click play when the video is posted and available. If you are having technical difficulty you can view this service later as the video is recorded and will remain on this page. We appreciate your understanding during these extremely difficult times. Friends are invited to pay their respects beginning at 10 a.m. Burial will take place at Quantico National Cemetery at 1 p.m.(https://www.cem.va.gov/CEM/cems/nchp/quantico.asp) As COVID-19 restrictions will be observed at the service, please let someone in the family know if you plan to attend. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be made to the Wounded Warriors Project (woundedwarriorproject.org/); the Muscular Dystrophy Association (mda.donordrive.com); or the American Diabetes Association (diabetes.org)