In Memory

Kathleen Maag (Stone) - Class Of 1976

Kathleen Maag (Stone)

Kathleen Maag Stone passed away Friday, August 1, 2014 in Evergreen Hospital with her family around her.  Kathleen was born May 6, 1958 in Ontario, Oregon to Warner and Mary K Maag.  She was the 5th of 6 children. 

Her siblings —Father Ron Maag of Hood River, Oregon; Regina Pontarolo-Maag (Steve) of Quincy, Washington; Doug Maag (Terrie) of Vale, Oregon, Maureen Maag of Portland, Oregon and Brian Maag (Kathryn) of Lake Oswego, Oregon.

Kathleen was raised on her family farm at Jamieson, about 20 miles outside Vale, Oregon.  She and her brothers, sisters and cousins worked the farm, taking care of crops and livestock.  They roamed the countryside, riding horses, 4-wheelers, and swimming. 

Every year, their father would take them to the North Fork fishing and camping.  And every summer they looked forward to the Vale rodeo and Suicide race.

Kathleen attended Willowcreek School through junior high, then Vale High School.  She was on the high school volleyball team.  Many of her aunts were nurses, so Kathleen followed them to the University of Portland to nursing school, where she graduated cum laude in 1980. 

Kathleen moved to the Seattle area for nursing jobs.  They started at Group Health Hospital in Redmond.  Kathleen moved to University of Washington Hospital ICU/CCU for a short time, then back to Group Health.  In 1983, she joined Providence Hospital in Everett for 5 years, then 3 years at Providence Seattle ICU.  In 1991, she moved to the CCU, working mostly with heart surgery patients.  She stayed with Providence until 2000, when Providence Seattle Hospital was sold to Swedish Hospital.  She moved to Evergreen Hospital in Kirkland to reduce commute time and advance her nursing career.  Kathleen was selected for excellence in Nursing by the Hospital in 2004.  Then, she was a charge nurse, then assistant director of the recovery room in 2007.  She left Evergreen when her cancer was diagnosed and she was disabled.

While biking the Seattle-to-Portland bike ride in 1986, Kathleen met Roger Stone.  They met again skiing with friends at Mt. Bachelor in Bend in February 1989.  They dated, danced, went through Marriage Encounter, and were married in the midst of a snowstorm February 1990.  They have twin boys, Matthew and Daniel, born in 1995.

Kathleen loves her boys, and one her goals was to see them graduate high school, which they did in 2013.  She changed the goal to seeing them graduate college — Dan from Cal Poly, Matt from the University of Washington.

There will be a Rosary Sunday, August 17 at 7:30 PM at St Patrick’s Catholic Church 690 A St W, Vale, OR 97918.  There will be a funeral Mass for her at St Patrick’s, Monday, August 18 at 10:30 AM, followed by a celebration of life at the Parish Hall.

We’re considering how to best memorialize Kathleen in the Kirkland area — with a park bench, plaque at Evergreen Hospital, or a water feature in the Hospital’s Peace Garden. If you’d like to contribute, please send checks to “Kathleen Stone Memorial”, 2987 SW Fairview Blvd, Portland, Oregon 97205.