Kourtney, as her family describes her, was happy and full of life. She was an active 20 year old who loved to fish, camp,
swim, ride four wheelers and go boating. She loved to get dressed up or just wear a ponytail and help her dad and her husband
Brent fix a motor. Kourtney and Brent had been married only nine months before she was diagnosed with
a brain tumor on November 4, 2007.
On November 15, 2007 Kourtney's tumor burst and she had to have several
surgeries. She was treated at a medical center in Oaklahoma City, where her family never left her side. From there Kourtney
went to a nursing home and within three weeks she contracted pneumonia and was sent back to the medical center. After her
pneumonia cleared up she was sent to another nursing home in Warner Oklahoma where she was loved and cared for. Kourtney was
later diagnosed with a brain hemorrhage. The bleeding could not be controlled and Kourtney was dying. She fought
a very tough fight and endured more than anyone could imagine. She suffered through radiation, tube feedings, vomiting,
daily blood work and even shedding a tear. She also had to be put on a breathing machine.
Kourtney wanted her pain
and suffering to end but, most of all she didn't want her family to suffer anymore. She always thought about the
well being of others before her own. On Tuesday June 17, 2007 Kourtney's family made one of hardest decisions of their
lives, and she was removed form the breathing machine. To the surprise of her medical team, Kourtney held on and passed
away peacefully on Tuesday June 17, 2007.
Kourtney's mother Lorrie Boatright, says this in remembrance
of her daughter: " She was my baby daughter, my best friend and my little shadow. I don't know how I will get by
without her. So when I breakdown and pray to God and Kourtney I ask them to keep me strong and to get me through this.
It work sometimes but, mostly I just cry. Our Monty, Kimberly and Kody's (kourney's siblings) lives
will never be the same our little family of five is now four on Earth and one in Heaven. The whole family hurts. It makes
me smile,because I know that when God called her home June 17th, all the angels were singing and everyone was happy because
he truely brought home the big catch that day. Rest in peace my angel. I love you Kourtney. Forever loved and always missed".
