Kathleen P. Landblom

Kathleen Elliott (Peeples) Landblom died at the age of 60, after her Battle with Grade 4 – Glioblastoma Multiforme, an Incurable Brain Cancer. She was first diagnosed on March 26, 2017 in Fargo, ND. Memorial gathering will be held on Friday, March 2, 2018, from 1:00 – 2:00 p.m., followed by the memorial service at 2:00 p.m., in First Lutheran Church, Fargo, ND with Burial at Maple-Sheyenne Lutheran Church Cemetery, Harwood, ND.

Kathleen Elliott Peeples was born on September 26, 1957, in Barnwell County Hospital, in Barnwell, South Carolina; the daughter of James Bryson and Anita Kathleen (Quattlebaum) Peeples.  Kathleen had two brothers, her oldest brother, James Bryson Peeples, Jr., and her youngest brother, Thomas Claude Peeples.  “Kathy” was raised in Barnwell, SC where she attended public school.  She grew up and was very active in her church, “The First Baptist Church, Barnwell, SC.” She taught Sunday school, Piano and Music, and Vacation Bible School.  Kathy was very involved in her music, playing at various public events and programs, and competing every summer in State Competitions. The family purchased a vacation home on Bennett’s Point in Jan. 1961 near Walterboro, SC.  We would swim, fish, crab, and play with my brothers in the water and head off in the boat to Edisto Island for a day at the beach.  In 1968, our family purchased Tradewinds Resort at Edisto Island, SC as a vacation home directly at the beach.  We continued to spend tremendous times together at the beach as we grew up. My time each summer was also spent with 3 girl cousins my age. We would spend our time between our 4 homes and Lake Homes, with wonderful experiences shared at each other’s homes, visiting the various Uncles, Aunts and Cousins.  Kathy graduated from Barnwell High School in May 1975.  She entered the University of South Carolina in August 1975, and majored in Music and Piano for two years.  Her father died August 2, 1978. After her Dad’s death, Kathy returned home to help her Mother run the family Jewelry Store and to help raise her younger brother Tommy. She returned to school a year later, and changed her major to Accounting and graduated from The University of South Carolina in Dec. 31, 1981, with a Bachelor of Science Degree in Business Administration and Accounting.   After College Kathy lived in Columbia, SC, working in Banking, later moving to Fargo, ND in May 1984.  Kathy accepted employment in May 1984, at the Ivers-Landblom Funeral Home and Ivers-Landblom Properties. Kathy was the Business Administrator, Manager and Accountant for both the Funeral Home and Property Management Business. Kathy was active in the funeral home business in multiple activities: Business, Accounting, Helping Bereaved Families, Funeral Service Planning, and Pre-Planning as a Licensed Life Insurance Agent.  Kathy was active in the management of the apartment rentals, parking lot rentals, and the everyday management of a Commercial Properties Business. Kathy was very dedicated to her funeral service families and wanted to support them in their loss of their loved ones. Kathy gave many dedicated hours of service to our apartment rental families to provide nice homes for our cliental. Kathy later married Roger W. Landblom on Dec. 31, 1993, in Maui, Hawaii. Kathy continued to work at the funeral home and properties business in Fargo, ND until 2005. In 2005, Kathy made a career change, and began to work with The Village Family Service Center in Nov. 2005 as a temp, and later employed full time in May 2006. Kathy continued to work with The Village Family Service Center in their Business Office as an Accountant. She was responsible for accounts receivables and deposits and other various accounting projects and responsibilities.  Kathy’s dedication to helping her families was a continued aspect of what she did to help with their insurance claims, payments, deposits and billings. Kathy’s commitment to helping her families be successful was always a benefit for the Village as well as a success for the families they served.

Kathy enjoyed her vacation time with her family at Leech Lake, MN, at their year round home, sailing in the summer, and in the winter, snowmobiling with their Arctic Cat Snowmobiles with their family and friends in The Paul Bunyan National Forrest. The family also went cross country skiing in the Chippewa National Forrest. Kathy and her family were all certified scuba divers. On winter vacations with her family, Kathy and her family scuba dove in many of the Tropical Oceans, the Virgin Islands, the Grand Caymans, Bahamas and Hawaii, learning to discover and enjoy as a family together, the amazing world under the ocean together.  Kathy also enjoyed learning to target shoot. She and Roger belonged to the R.R.R.M.C. where her husband Roger taught her to shoot target pistols. Roger also taught her to shoot trap, which she really excelled at, Kathy shot trap in the Shooting Park League, Horace, ND, with her girlfriends at R.R.R.M.C., winning in their division in 2016. Kathy also enjoyed cross stitching and reading for enjoyment.

Kathy is survived by her husband, Roger W. Landblom, Fargo, ND; two step-daughters: Robin Nicole (Landblom) Wisniewski (Steve, husband), Rochester, MN and their two sons, Philip S. and Noah S. Wisniewski; Daughter: Shannon Marie (Landblom) Leach, (Tom, husband), Edina, MN and their daughter, Addison Marie Leach.  Also surviving are one brother, Thomas Claude (Pam, wife) Peeples, Barnwell, SC and their son, Canaan T. Peeples; one sister-in-law, Sue G. Peeples, Murrieta, CA; two aunts, Claudette (Peeples) Critz, Little River, SC and Katherine “Kat” (Quattlebaum) Brabham, West Columbia SC. Also surviving in ND and MN is an Aunt and several Cousins thru marriage. She was preceded in death by James Bryson Peeples, father died on Aug. 2, 1978; Anita Kathleen (Quattlebaum) Peeples, mother died on Aug. 23, 2009; James Bryson Peeples, Jr., brother died on, April 5, 2015.

Memorials will be given to the First Lutheran Church Building Fund, Fargo, ND, and the American Cancer Society.