Kathleen was born in Scotland and emigrated to Canada with her family in 1948. She is predeceased by her father, James Henry Copeland, her mother, Wilhelmina Dutch, brother Robert Copeland, and sisters Valerie Paul and Patricia Hampton and husband, Bruce Nyberg.
Kathleen was a gifted educator in Home Economics and Fine Arts in Calgary, Toronto and Peterborough. Kathleen was also the proprietor of the Gingham Dog in Peterborough, where she continued teaching while developing a line of sewing patterns under the ‘A Garden of Smocking’ label. She was admired and consulted by many other needle art experts.
Upon retiring with her late husband, Bruce Nyberg, they settled in Cirencester in the United Kingdom. In Cirencester, Kathleen indulged in her love of gardening, heirloom sewing and quilting, and travel.
Kathleen will be sadly missed by her stepsons, Dalton and Marc Nyberg, her brother Neil Copeland and her sister Heather Copeland Corbin, nieces, nephews and friends.