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Kathleen “Moody” Haley, 73, of Tahlequah, Okla., died May 27, 2019.
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Memorial services will be held at Green Acres Mortuary and Cemetery in Scottsdale at a date yet to be determined.
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She was born in Loma Linda, Calif., on July 5, 1945, and was the youngest daughter of Homer and Carmen Moody. Her early childhood was spent in Winslow, Heber-Overgaard and Williams. where her father worked for the U.S. Forrest Service and later moved to Holbrook.
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Kathleen graduated with honors from Holbrook High School and received a college scholarship to Arizona State University. Kathleen wanted to be a school teacher, but spent only one year at ASU before returning back to Holbrook, where she met her husband Robert Joseph Haley III.
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After her daughter graduated high school, she and her husband moved to Scottsdale and later Mesa. After her husband’s death in 1994 she relocated to Wagoner, Okla., and finally Tahlequah, Okla.
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She is survived by her only daughter, Kimberly Haley-Bravo and son-in-law Frank; granddaughters, Haley Bravo of Sand Springs, Okla., Marisa Bravo of Tulsa, Okla., and Megan Bravo of Norman, Okla. She has one surviving sister June Petersen of Scottsdale.
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Kathleen loved books and reading, children, flowers and all living creatures. She always had beautiful gardens of flowers and vegetables.
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She was genuinely kind to everyone, and a good-hearted mother, grandmother and person, who was truly loved by many.
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The Cremation Society of Oklahoma handled arrangements.
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