Katelyn was born in 1991 and raised in Reading all her life. She attended the Reading Baptist Day School, Birch Meadow Elementary, Coolidge Middle School and Reading Memorial High School class of 2010. She was an Honor student and three sport, four year varsity athlete and two sport Captain who loved everything about sports. She played soccer, lacrosse and hockey at RMHS. Her passion was lacrosse. She was a fierce competitor and cherished her RMHS teammates, coaches and athletic experiences. She experienced some thrilling league championships and MIAA tournament games, which she loved. She learned so many essential life skills from her athletic and academic experiences at RMHS that helped her be so successful in college and beyond.   She was recruited to play lacrosse at Quinnipiac University and enrolled in a 6 year Occupational Therapy Program graduating in 2015 with a Masters in OT. She furthered her education at Tufts University Graduate School for the Hand and Upper Extremity Certificate Program and became a licensed Certified Hand Therapist in 2019. Katelyn worked at Excel Orthopaedic Specialists in Woburn as an OT/CHT since 2015, a career she was so passionate about. She touched the lives of so many patients and loved the reward of helping them heal. She loved her job! She also traveled to the Dominican Republic with an Excel team to treat patients in need of medical care. She worked as a Teaching Assistant for the Tufts University Graduate OT Program. She also worked per diem at Spaulding Rehabilitation Center in Boston on the brain injury floor from 2017 to 2019. She worked with patients who suffered from brain injury which she ultimately suffered herself.

Katelyn had a real passion for life. She had boundless determination with everything she did. She spent all her summers in Gloucester at her family’s summer home. Her favorite place to be, she loved the beach, boating and being with all her friends and family on the endless summer days she loved. She was passionate about fitness and running. She was an amazing snowboarder, who loved the sport and apres ski as well. She loved to travel and plan her next trip.  Her adventures took her to Iceland, Ireland, Caribbean, Park City, Nantucket and so much more. Her favorite places were the British Virgin Islands and St John’s USVI.  She loved getting her friends and family together for a day or night of great food, drinks and fun.  She had so many different groups of friends that she was always bringing together. She worked hard and played hard. She also loved cooking and baking. She had endless love and friendship with her cousin Lauren and lifelong Reading friends who she cherished dearly.  

Katelyn had recently purchased her first home in Reading with her fiance Brett. They were so excited to marry in May and raise a family in Reading. Life was great then tragically on December 28, 2022 during a morning work out, Katelyn suffered a catastrophic ruptured brain aneurysm.  After a very courageous battle, she passed away peacefully surrounded by her family on January 9, 2023. There really are no words to describe how devasting her loss is to our family, her fiance, her friends and coworkers. 

We want to continue her legacy and honor her by giving back to others in her name.  She touched so many lives in so many positive and fun ways. She will be forever missed. Her passion for life and her beautiful spirit and smile would light up anyone’s day!