Katherine Jaqueline Love, age 72, of Nashville passed away unexpectedly on Wednesday, Jan. 20, 2021 at her home. Katherine, more commonly known as Jackie was born in Eaton Rapids, on November 24, 1948, the daughter of the late Sherwood and Ruth (Ewing) Stanton. She was raised in the Lansing area and attended local schools graduating from Everett High School. Shortly after completing high school Katherine married Philip Leinhart and the couple made their home together in the Lansing and Nashville areas where they raised their children. They had been married 29 years when Philip passed away. Katherine spent her working career as a forklift operator at Oldsmobile in Lansing until 1978 when an accident on the job forced her early retirement. When Katherine was a young lady, her father gave her a guitar, and she became an accomplished guitarist over the years. With the same guitar Katherine taught her children and grandchildren how to play. In her free time, she enjoyed reading, Sudoku books, and putting together Charles Wysocki puzzles of old Americana. She attended Maple Grove Bible Church and loved to talk about Jesus to anyone who would listen. Katherine is survived by her two sons, Thomas P. Leinhart, Carl (Melissa) Leinhart; two sisters, Shirley Love and Ruth Ann Hair, her brother, Jerry (Brenda) Stanton; six grandchildren, Christopher, Cory, Amber, Kat (Jim), Cody, Makenzi (Nasser), and seven great grandchildren. She was preceded in death by her husband, Philip; sisters, Eva and Joanne; and brothers, Sherwood Jr., and Samuel. Funeral services will be held at the Wilcox Cemetery at 4 p.m. on Saturday, Jan. 30, 2021. Funeral arrangements have been entrusted to the Daniels Funeral Home in Nashville. For further details please visit our website at www.danielsfuneralhome.net