Queen鈥檚 community remembers student Kathryn Stewart
April 7, 2022
Share
The Queen鈥檚 community is remembering student Kathryn Stewart who died Saturday, April 2 at the age of 19, following a lengthy battle with cancer.
Kathryn, a first-year student in the Faculty of Arts and Science, had battled cancer for most of her life after being diagnosed 14 years ago with neuroblastoma. At Queen鈥檚 it was her goal to earn her degree in psychology.
Attending Queen鈥檚 was a lifelong dream for Kathryn as she followed in the footsteps of her grandfather Murdoch Robertson (Sc鈥62), aunt Sharyl Robertson-Cole (Con-Ed鈥88), uncle John Robertson (Artsci 鈥85, MDiv鈥87), cousin William Robertson (Sc鈥19) and her mother Heather Stewart (Artsci鈥92).
When her family helped move her into residence at Watts Hall Kathryn kept saying 鈥淚 can鈥檛 believe I am here and I made it.鈥
A family obituary describes Kathryn as refusing 鈥渢o be defined by her diagnosis and prioritized living a full life, having as many experiences with her family and friends as she could. She graduated high school with honours, earning numerous awards on the way.鈥
Kathryn was a proud ambassador for the SickKids Foundation, sharing her story and helping raise much-needed funding to support childhood cancer research and established her own fundraiser 鈥揔athryn鈥檚 Krop 4 a Kure.
A visitation will be held Friday, April 8, 6-9 p.m. at Jones Funeral Home (11582 Trafalgar Rd), in Georgetown. A celebration of Kathryn鈥檚 life will be held at the Norval United Church (14015 Danby Rd.) in Georgetown on Saturday, April 9 at 2 p.m.