Katherine Diane (Ottow) Sallee, 57, passed away on Saturday, May 26, 2012 at her home in Starke County after a long fight with cancer.
      
       Kathy was born in Fort Mead, Maryland to Charles T. and Velma R. (Samuels) Ottow on September 30, 1954. She graduated from Plymouth High School with the Class of 1972.
      
       Her husband Vince Sallee of Knox, Indiana has been her lifelong partner since the age of fifteen.
      
       Kathy drove a bus for Starke County Schools for 17 years. She loved to scrapbook, ride horses and motorcycles with her husband.
      
       Surviving is her husband Vince, a son Derek J.W. Sallee of Knox, her father Charles of Plymouth, two brothers; Ronald Ottow of Knox, Michael (Lisa) Ottow of Plymouth and two sisters; Virginia (Barry) Beaman of Carrollton, Georgia and Darlene Bickel her best friend of Knox.
      
       Kathy now enjoys the reunion with her mother Velma, infant sister Barbara and a host of family and friends.
      
       In accordance with Kathy?s wishes a simple family service will take place.