Lisa was born May 8, 1965 in Akron, Ohio, the first child of Joyce (Moseley) and Marvin Katz, a schoolteacher and a journalist.
She grew up in Glenshaw, Pa., Worthington, Ohio, and Rockville, Md., developing a love for the
Pittsburgh Steelers, the Baltimore Orioles, Maryland crabs and Nicobolis from Nicola's Pizza in Rehoboth, Del. along the way.A thespian and member of the choir in high school, she returned to Ohio for college, majoring in Telecommunications and then Journalism at Kent State University.
Her career began at the Daily Press in Newport News, Virginia, where she worked as a copy editor and reporter.
She switched gears and headed to Richmond, Va. and served as press secretary to Governor Doug Wilder. Next she was off to Petersburg, Va., taking on the excitement of leading publication relations for Virginia State University.
Lisa was always delighted in new adventures and moved to Durham, N.C. to start anew at the University of North Carolina School of Public Health, Public Relations Department. She was a die-hard Tar Heels fan and enjoyed the company of many dear friends while she lived there.
Lisa left North Carolina to take on a new challenge as a military spouse when she married Major Thomas Pagel on July 4, 2009. With her perky personality, she quickly fit right into the family support groups and scrapbookers.
Lisa and Thomas were at Fort Leavenworth, Kansas when they discovered she had gallbladder cancer. Lisa took the news in stride and maintained her positive attitude throughout. During her cancer treatments she always made a point to learn the names and stories of the folks she met from the other patients, doctors, nurses, technicians and caregivers to the housekeepers and desk staff.
Even on her roughest days Lisa would make sure to say ``hello'' and ask how they were doing, usually asking a question in follow-up to a previous conversation. She knew every person had a story and everyone was special and she could make them feel that way, be it with a word or that smile that could only make you smile back.
Left to cherish her memory is her husband, Major Thomas Pagel of Fort Lewis, Wash.; her parents, Marvin and Joyce Katz of Hendersonville, N.C.; her sister, Susie Katz Bobenrieth; brother-in-law, Rafael; niece, Adriana; nephew, Alex of Portland, Ore.; nieces and nephews, Kirsten, Joshua, Leandra, Jacob, Mallory, Michaela, Suzanne, Peter, Kendra, Hope, and Christopher; her parents; and mother-in-law, Ruth Pagel of Marshall.
Funeral service will be 2 p.m. Sunday, October 2, 2011 at the Zion Evangelical Lutheran Church in Island Lake Township, Minnesota. Burial will be at the Marshall Cemetery. Visitation will be 5 to 7 p.m., with a 7 p.m. prayer service Saturday at the Hamilton Funeral Home in Marshall. Visitation will continue at the church on Sunday, one hour prior to the service.
Condolences may be sent to: www.hamiltonfh.com. Blessed be the Memory of Lisa Katz Pagel. Hamilton Funeral Home, (507) 532-2933
[Akron Beacon Joursnal, Akron, OH, Friday, September 30, 2011, page B5, col. 5]
Lisa's father is Marv Katz, who included the Beacon Journal in his 40-year career. Marv retired in 1998 after a career that included journalism, public relations, freelance writing and PR consulting.
Lisa was Glenn Proctor's first intern at the BJ for the summer of 1987.
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