Katherine Ireland Purves' Obituary
Katherine “Kathy” Ireland Purves, age 50, went home to be with her Lord and Savior on Tuesday, March 2. She was born in San Diego, CA and moved to MD when she was two. While growing up, she attended the First Baptist Church of Edgewater. She graduated from Camp Springs Christian Schools in 1988 and the University of Maryland at College Park in 1995. Kathy taught in the Charles County public school system for several years including a three-year stint as an exchange teacher in Japan. In 2003 she became the Director of Children’s Ministry at South Potomac Church in White Plains, MD. As a result of some short term mission trips to Guatemala, she began teaching at the Christian Academy of Guatemala in August 2019, fulfilling her dream of teaching missionary’s children. She is survived by her parents, Jack and Carole Purves, her sister, Ginger Schollenberger, brother-in-law, Scott Schollenberger, nieces Emily, Anna, and Karis, and two first cousins. A memorial service will be live streamed from South Potomac Church (www.southpotomac.org) on Thursday, March 11 at 7 PM. In lieu of flowers donations the Kathy Purves Memorial Scholarship Fund at the Christian Academy of Guatemala. https://rceinternational.givingfuel.com/christian-academy-of-guatemala
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