On Friday April 2, 2010 Kathryn Denise Powell passed away from injuries received in the Tesoro Refinery Explosion. Kathryn, known as K.D. to friends and family, was born in Portland, Oregon on May 3, 1981. She moved with her family to the Skagit Valley in 1984 where she attended school until her graduation from Mount Vernon High School in 1999. Kathryn's delightful sense of humor, contagious smile and never meeting a stranger personality won her a large network of friends. She had an aptitude for refinery work and enjoyed doing things for her co-workers. Kathryn is survived by her parents Ken and Connie Powell, her brother Mike and wife Colleen Powell, niece and nephew Annelise and Chaz Bowen. uncles and aunts Laverne and Jack Jarrard, Lamar and Martha Powell, Grahm Wilson and family, Marlene and Sonny Loper and Mark Wilson, Grandmother Peggy Wilson, and Kathryn's fiancé Kevin Allen, his father Terry Allen and family, his mother Teresa Cary and family and adopted family Jeff and Kathy Chapman and family. A Memorial Service will be held Friday, April 9, 2010, 11:00am at Calvary Baptist Church 324 Avon Ave. in Burlington. A reception will follow the service in the Church's fellowship hall.