Kathleen  Chapman

Obituary of Kathleen H. Chapman

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Kathleen H. “Kathy” Chapman, age 73, resident of Cream Ridge, formerly of North Hanover, went to Heaven on Friday, October 18, 2024 at Jersey Shore University Medical Center in Neptune. She was born on November 9, 1950 in Ocean, NJ to the late LeRoy and Helen Duncan. Kathy attended the First Baptist Church of Southard in Howell. She was a loyal pastor’s wife for many years. Kathy enjoyed reading and bird watching. She loved hummingbirds, turtles, and butterflies. Kathy liked watching Days of Our Lives and loved the color purple. She loved everyone she encountered. Her favorite sayings is, “I love you more.” Kathy was a loving wife, mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister, cousin, and friend that will be deeply missed. Kathy is predeceased by her parents, LeRoy and Helen (nee Garon) Duncan. She leaves behind her beloved husband of 55 years, Paul Chapman; her five children, Vickie Jameson, Greg Chapman and wife Joey, Jennifer Velivis and husband Chris, Lorri Brown and husband Howard, and Steven Chapman; her grandchildren, Jal’aia Hill, Cierra Lee and husband Rashard, Timothy Jameson and wife Tatianna, Lee-Anne Chapman, Leslie Chapman, Bianca Velivis, Nicholas Jameson; great-grandchildren, Mia Ford, August Cole, and two blessings on the way; her brother, Barry Duncan; and her cousins, Phil Davis, and Mike and Ginny Manson. Family and friends are invited to attend a visitation for Kathy on Saturday, October 26, 2024 from 9:30 AM to 11:00 AM at the First Baptist Church of Southard located at 31 Hilltop Road, Howell Township, NJ 07731. A funeral service will begin at 11 AM at the church. Interment will take place on Monday, October 28, 2024 at 10:30 AM at BGWCD Veteran’s Memorial Cemetery located 350 Province Line Road, Wrightstown, NJ 08562. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Chapman Family. Please make checks out to “James Chapman.” If you are planning to attend the graveside service on Monday, October 28th, please arrive at Tilghman Funeral Home located at 52 Main Street New Egypt, NJ 08533 at 9:45 AM God hath not promised skies always blue. Flowers strewn pathways all our lives through; God hath not promised sun without rain, joy without sorrow, peace without pain. But God hath promised strength for the day, rest for the labor, light for the way, grace for the trials, help from above, unfailing sympathy, undying love.