Kathryn Marie Starkey, 88, of Marquette/McGregor, passed away on Wednesday, May 7, 2025, at the Great River Care Center in McGregor. Kathryn was born the eldest child and only daughter to Johanna Kathryn (Hartke) and Irvin Louis Becker on April 26, 1937, at home in Giard. She was baptized in 1937 at the United Methodist Church in Giard. Growing up on a farm, she was an avid cat-lover.