Date of death: 7/4/2021
Saint Meinrad Class: GTP
Ingrid G.M. (Kaan) Gaither, McAllen, Texas, formerly of Kokomo, passed away Sunday, July 4, 2021.
She was born Aug. 29, 1947, in Amsterdam, Netherlands, to Jan Gordon Kaan and Anna Maria (DeVries) Kaan.
She married Gary Ray Gaither on April 26, 1981.
Ingrid graduated from Rensselaer High School, followed by earning her associate degree at Saint Joe College. She moved to Kokomo in 1968. She began working at St. Patrick’s School teaching. Ingrid then worked for Dr. K.O. Ridgeway’s office in Greentown. Ingrid then became a traveling examiner for insurance companies. Ingrid and Gary moved to McAllen, Texas, in 1991, where she became a realtor. They moved back to Kokomo in 1995.
Ingrid went back to serving the church by taking a role at St. Joan of Arc as the director of religious education (DRE). While in this role, she earned her degree in theology from St. Mary of the Woods. She became the DRE for the Diocese of Lafayette. She then became a chaplain, first at Howard Regional Health, then at Ascension St. Vincent, until she retired in 2019.
Survivors include four sons, Damon (Dawn) Ashburn, of Fishers, Aaron Ashburn, of Kokomo, Matthew Gaither, of Washington, Indiana, and Colin (Melissa) Ashburn, of Palmhurst, Texas; and daughter, Amy (Chad) Graber, of Montgomery, Indiana; daughter-in-law, Kelly Gaither, of Washington; brother, Robert Kaan, of Glendale, Arizona; sisters-in law, Penny Gaither (Steve Pritchard), of Bloomington, and Peggy Gaither (Ben Sturbaum), of Owensburg; five nieces and nephews; 22 grandchildren; and three great-grandchildren.
Along with her husband, Ingrid was preceded in death by her parents; and two sons, Richard Gaither and Devon Gaither.
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