Kathleen J. "Kathy" Sweatman, 84, a longtime Virginia resident, died Saturday, Feb. 22, 2025, at Stonebridge Memory Care in Jacksonville.

She was born Aug. 22, 1940, in Jacksonville, the daughter of William T. and Marguerite (Zieche) Gaines. She married Glenn W. Sweatman Jr. on March 26, 1961, in Bluff Springs and he preceded her in death on Nov. 24, 2019.

She is survived by one daughter, Brenda Sweatman Park of rural Virginia; two grandchildren, Clancy Sweatman and Chapin Sweatman, both of Easton; two sisters, Linda Rogers of Woodson and Mary Watts of Jacksonville; one brother, Tom Gaines of Woodson; and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; her husband; one son, DeWayne Dinker Sweatman; and one daughter, Cheryl Annette Sweatman.

Mrs. Sweatman was a 1958 graduate of Jacksonville High School and then graduated from Passavant School of Nursing. She had worked as Director of Nursing for many area nursing homes and then worked on the Nurse Review Board for the State of Illinois. She was a member of St. John's Lutheran Church in Virginia. She and her family were very active in the cattle business, and she was also a partner with in Sweatman Auction Service with Glenn. Kathy loved flowers and spending her time in the countryside.

A funeral service will be held 10:30 a.m. Tuesday, Feb. 25, 2025, at the Buchanan & Cody Funeral Home in Virginia, with burial at Garner Chapel Cemetery. There will be no visitation. Memorials are suggested to the American Cancer Society, Alzheimer's Association, or Illinois Hereford Junior Association. Condolences may be left at buchanancody.com.