Kathleen Anne

LaDouceur

Kathleen Anne LaDouceur of Lake Orion passed away on November 11, 2026, at the age of 82, surrounded by her loving family. Kathy was the beloved wife of 41 years of the late Edward LaDouceur; cherished mother of Rochelle (Richard) Baird; proud grandmother of Cameron Baird; treasured sister of Sandra Bradow; dear sister-in-law of Frieda LaDouceur; adored cousin of Laurie Cunningham (Rick) Fields; and special aunt to Wendy (John) Aichner, Lisa (James) Borgmann, Mike (Manon) Spadaro, Joseph (Cynthia) Spadaro, Sarah (Steven) Sella and Stephen Spadaro and her many great nieces and nephews.

Kathy was born on August 11, 1944 to Steve and Janis (née Baum) White, Jr. and grew up a "horse crazy" suburban girl in Waterford, Michigan. After graduating from Waterford Township High School in 1962, Kathy attended the Pontiac Business Institute where she met her future husband, Edward LaDouceur. Married in September 1963, they settled in Oxford, Michigan. By the late 60's, they had built a home, had their daughter, Rochelle, and Kathy was able to fulfill her lifelong dream of owning horses. Kathy and Ed soon realized they needed more space for their horse activities and purchased a 10 acre "fixer upper" in Ortonville, christened Windfall Farm, where they bred, raised and showed Pony of the Americas (POAs) through the mid 1980's. She was especially proud of the state, national and world championship accolades won by the POAs she bred or raised. 

While Kathy was an at-home Mom during that time and took care of all aspects of the horse business, she also enjoyed many other activities, including flower gardening, canning tomatoes and jams, baking, sewing cool Halloween costumes, volunteering at school, including running Bingo for the Oxford Band Boosters for several years, and spending time laughing with family and friends. After their daughter went off to college, Kathy and Ed decided to disperse their horse herd, which allowed them to go on vacations without a horse trailer attached and spend more time working on their home and land. Kathy also began working as a legal secretary and continued to do so for the next 30 years, retiring from her cousin Laurie Cunningham's firm in 2016. Ever busy, she also managed the billing and accounting for her husband's process serving business until his untimely passing in 2005. 

After several years of handling the small farm on her own, Kathy decided to downsize and moved to her current home in Lake Orion in 2012. This change allowed her to spend more time with her family and friends. She especially enjoyed going to lunch and playing cards with "the ladies" and continued to travel with her sister Sandra and brother-in-law Jerry. Kathy maintained her love for flower gardening and added a few new hobbies, including diamond art, serving as an election poll worker and reading voraciously, particularly British mysteries. 

Kathy also loved holidays and truly enjoyed spoiling her extended family at Christmastime with love, food and presents In addition to her love of horses, Kathy also had a special fondness for cats, particularly Siamese cats, which she owned throughout her life and even bred and sold for a short period of time. Her most recent feline companion, Hamlet, will surely miss her loving presence. Those who knew Kathy will remember her for her sense of humor, her many opinions, and her unmistakable personality. She was never short on something to say and brought her own special spirit to the lives of those around her. 

Kathy was preceded in death by her parents, Steve and Janis White, her husband of 41 years, Edward, brother-in laws Henry G. LaDouceur, Jr., Gerald Bradow and Carmen Spadaro, sister-in-law Kay Spadaro, nephew Timothy Bradow and very special aunt Joan Cunningham.Kathy will be dearly missed by her family and all who had the pleasure of knowing her. Her memory will live on in the many lives she touched and in the things she loved so dearly. 

Funeral service will be held Monday, November 16, 2026 at 11 AM at COATS FUNERAL HOME-CLARKSTON, 8909 Dixie Hwy. Family will receive friends Sunday, November 15, 2026 from 2-7 PM. Those wishing to make a lasting contribution in her memory can do so to one of her favorite charities, the Tunnel to Towers Foundation (dogood.t2t.org). To post a tribute, visit www.CoatsFuneralHome.com.