Kathleen M. Rinehart

December 21, 1934 - June 29, 2019

Kathleen M. Rinehart, age 84, of Huntington, died at 4:02 p.m. Saturday, June 29, 2019 at Lutheran Hospital in Fort Wayne. Visitation will be from 10 – 11 a.m. Friday, July 5, 2019 at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 860 Cherry Street, Huntington, Indiana. A Mass of Christian Burial will immediately follow at 11 a.m. Friday at the church with Father Tony Steinacker officiating. Burial will be in Mt. Calvary Cemetery in Huntington. A celebration of life will be held from 2 – 4 p.m. Sunday, July 21, 2019 at SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church Gallner Hall, 860 Cherry Street, Huntington. Preferred memorials are to Cancer Services for Huntington County, Alzheimer’s Association, or SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church, in care of Bailey-Love Mortuary, 35 West Park Drive, Huntington, Indiana, 46750. Kathleen was born on December 21, 1934 in Huntington, the daughter of Paul and Leona (Schmitt) Kline. She graduated from Huntington Catholic High School in 1953 and married Leroy R. “Lee” Rinehart on August 31, 1968. She loved taking care of her family as a stay-at-home mom and also worked in the mailing department at Our Sunday Visitor from 1966-1977. She was a member of SS Peter and Paul Catholic Church in Huntington and was a lifelong high school and college basketball fan. She enjoyed shopping, traveling, and her weekly lunch bunch girls. She is survived by her husband of 50 years, Leroy R. Rinehart and a daughter, Cynthia Rinehart, both of Huntington, and several nieces and nephews. She is preceded in death by her parents and a brother, Paul Kline Jr.