Kathleen Ann (Kathy) Roberts McClenahan, a 40-year resident of Los Altos, died Feb. 2 after a 13-year battle with breast cancer. She was 61.
Mrs. McClenahan was a third-generation Californian raised in Piedmont. She graduated from San Jose State University, where she was a member of Delta Gamma Sorority.
She married Timothy Joseph McClenahan, and together they raised four children in Los Altos. She was an active member of St. Simon Parish.
A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, Mrs. McClenahan supported her husband, the CEO of J.W. McClenahan and Company. She volunteered as a coach for St. Simon and Los Altos community sports and served as a Cub Scout den mother.
She was an avid sports competitor and fan. She was a member of Menlo Country Club and its 18-Hole Women’s golf group. When cancer robbed Mrs. McClenahan of the use of her right arm, she learned to play and compete at golf and tennis with her left arm.
Mrs. McClenahan walked 60 miles from San Jose to San Francisco with her family and friends as part of the three-day Avon Breast Cancer Walk. Friends and family said that no matter what the prognosis, her glass was always more than half-full, and that her courage and faith during her long 13-year battle have been a great inspiration and example to those who knew her.
Mrs. McClenahan is survived by her husband of 40 years, Timothy; her children, Kathleen (James McCauley), Kevin, Molly (Justin Miller) and Brian; her grandchildren, Abigail and Quinn McCauley and Owen and Brady Miller; and her brothers, James and Stephen Roberts.
Services are scheduled Thursday at St. Simon Catholic Church, 1860 Grant Road, Los Altos. Visitation will take place at 9 a.m., recitation of the Holy Rosary at 10 a.m. and Mass of the Resurrection of Life at 10:30 a.m. Final resting place is Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Los Altos.
In lieu of flowers, the family requests that contributions be made to the Avon Breast Cancer Foundation, 180 Montgomery St., Suite 925, San Francisco 94104. For more information, visit www.info.sanfranciscoavonwalk.org.
