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Leigh Pankonin, best known as Phatima Rude, aka Sister Phatima la Dyke Van Dick/Sister Hateful Sow of the Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence Inc., died May 18 while sleeping in their Portland, Oregon apartment. They were 55.
Phatima also performed as reTarded Panda and Taffi 3.14, according to the Sister Kitty Catalyst, the former mistress of archives who wrote an obituary.
Born in 1966, they grew up in Fergus Falls, Minnesota, a small city in the mid-western part of the state. Their mom, Cleo Rude, worked at a state mental hospital, so they grew up at the institution and studied the people there later using them as the basis for drag characters. Phatima treasured Cleo Rude, saying she had a wicked sense of humor and swore like a sailor. By the late 1980s the two moved to San Francisco and Phatima was introduced to the art of drag in 1989, by drag mother MichaelAngelo. Phatima said, Once you do drag it s in your blood . It became my medium, and my dialect, for what I wanted to convey
December 12, 2020
Kathryn Louise “Kitty” Oliver, 78, of Georgetown was born May 16, 1942, to the late Lawrence and Theda Spencer Williams in Belvedere. Kathryn departed this life Tuesday, Dec. 8, 2020, surrounded by her loved ones at home. Kathryn obtained and maintained her education through the Wilmington Public School system.
Kathryn was predeceased by her parents; her sisters, Yvonne Blue and Theda Grasty; and her husband of 25 years, Charlie Oliver. Kathryn, originally from Wilmington, retired from St. Francis Hospital. She then relocated to Georgetown in 1998, retiring for a second time from Harrington Raceway and Casino. Her final and most rewarding employment was with Telamon as a foster grandmother.