[Congressional Record Volume 164, Number 66 (Tuesday, April 24, 2018)]
[Extensions of Remarks]
[Page E523]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




            REMEMBERING THE LIFE OF KATHRYN LIEBERTH LYTTON

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                             HON. TIM RYAN

                                of ohio

                    in the house of representatives

                        Tuesday, April 24, 2018

  Mr. RYAN of Ohio. Mr. Speaker, today I rise to remember the life of 
Kathryn Lieberth Lytton who passed away on April 1, 2018, age 37.
  Born Kathryn Moffat Lieberth, Kate Lytton died two weeks shy of her 
38th birthday following a year-long battle with breast cancer, a fight 
that she waged until the very last hour with her unyielding wit and 
incomparable stoicism.
  Kate was an accomplished young teacher of classical and modern 
ballet. She first started dancing at the age of three after seeing a 
Summer Festival performance of Ohio Ballet in Forest Lodge Park. She 
began her study at the University of Akron Dance Institute under Gina 
Carroll. She continued her pre-professional training under Nan Klinger, 
performing for eight seasons with the Cuyahoga Valley Youth Ballet. She 
also danced in the 1992 International Children's Festival in Taiwan. 
After graduating with honors from Our Lady of the Elms, Kate continued 
her education at the University of Utah where she was a member of the 
Utah Ballet and a trainee with Ballet West. Feeling that she was 
``getting old,'' she left college to become an apprentice at Richmond 
(Virginia) Ballet. For the next 12 years, she performed with various 
ballets including Ballet Memphis, Oakland Ballet, and Company C 
Contemporary Ballet.
  Kate later returned to school to further her education in anatomy and 
kinesiology through multiple dance and fitness certification programs. 
In 2011, Kate became the Dance Program Manager at Google Headquarters 
in Mountain View, CA. She grew the employee dance program from a few 
social dance classes a week to a comprehensive dance training program 
across multiple disciplines, eventually overseeing programming at 50 
Google offices globally, and supervising 200 dance instructors 
worldwide.
  Kate returned to Akron in 2014 to raise a family with her husband 
Alec. She joined the faculties of the University of Akron Dance 
Institute, the Excellence in Dance studio in Cuyahoga Falls, and the 8-
count dance studio in Green. She also served as the administrator for 
Ballet Excel Ohio's Reach Out and Dance program that gave many students 
in the Akron Public Schools their first exposure to dance, and she 
especially loved working with students with disabilities. Kate also 
taught many barre classes throughout the community. Kate is the 
daughter of David Lieberth, one of Akron's prominent community leaders 
who served as Deputy Mayor.
  She is survived by her husband, Alec Lytton, a fellow dancer and 
teacher of dance at the University of Akron; by her daughters, 
Genevieve, 3, and Paige, 2; by her parents Lynne and Dave Lieberth; by 
her sister, Emma Lieberth and brother-in-law, Nathaniel Osborn; her 
mother-in-law, Joy Lord of Houston; and uncle, Joseph Lieberth of 
Barberton.
  I know Kate is dearly missed by her family, her friends, and all her 
students. I extend my deepest and sincerest condolences.

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