Kathleen G. Waldron, 82, of Hanover Township, formerly from the Hudson Valley in New York, died Sept. 26, 2026, at Traditions of Hanover, Bethlehem, Pennsylvania. She was born in Hackensack, NJ, to the late Thomas L. and Jean (Hamilton) Gleason, and was the wife of the late John G. Waldron.

She graduated from Douglass College in New Brunswick, NJ, with a BS in English Education and later got a master’s in library science from Simmons College in Boston, MA.

Inspired by the words of a priest from Covenant House in New York City, she left her teaching career and volunteered to serve the runaway youth in that community for three years. She was committed to nonprofit groups; Catholic Near East Welfare Association, The New York Botanical Garden and Scenic Hudson. She finished her career in the New York prison system as head librarian, serving the incarcerated with love and respect.

She is survived by; her stepdaughters, Margaret Adler and husband Richard, Geraldine Quinones and husband Stephen, and Kathleen Donohue and husband William; stepson John and the late Phyliss Waldron; sisters, Constance J. Pojanowski and husband Paul and Nancy L. Berchtold and husband John; nieces Erin (Pojanowski) Groel, Meghan (Pojanowski) Donovan, Allison (Berchtold) Tirpak and her nephew Bryan Pojanowski; grandnieces and nephews she was Nanny to her step-grandchildren and great-grandchildren; her beloved cat, Puff. In addition to her husband, she was predeceased by and her beloved cat, Lovey Dovey.

In lieu of flowers memorial donations in Kathleen’s name may be sent to Covenant House, 460 W. 41st Street, New York, NY 10036, or SOAR (Starting Over Animal Rescue), Peaceable Kingdom, 1049 MacArthur Road, Whitehall, PA 18052.

Arrangements were made by Pearson Funeral Home.