Obituary of Katharine Annesley Partridge

Dr. Katharine Annesley Partridge 12 September 1945 - 5 March 2018 Kate died very peacefully at home in London, after a long illness, with her family at her side. She was the daughter of the late David and Tibs Partridge, the wife of Dr. Burkhard Spangenberg, mother to Birgit Jannsen (Hans-Joachim) and Anke Spangenberg (Dirk Polakowski) and grandmother to Mattis, Anna and Jördis Jannsen. Kate was also the sister of John Partridge (Molly Blyth) and the sister-in-law of August-Wilhelm Spangenberg (Ilse). A memorial service will be held at 2:00 p.m. on Sunday, 11 March 2018 at WESTVIEW FUNERAL CHAPEL, 709 Wonderland Road North, London. At 1:00 p.m., friends may join the family in the chapel to listen to a recent recording of Johannes Brahms’ Ein Deutsches Requiem, performed in London with Burkhard singing in the chorus. For those who wish, donations may be made in Kate’s memory to London Health Sciences Foundation, designated to Ovarian Cancer Research, or Nature Conservancy Canada.