Kathleen Juergens (née Smith) is the the current wife of George Juergens, the mother of Grace Kathleen Bowman , the adoptive mother of Tom Juergens , the step-mother of Amy Juergens and Ashley Juergens, and the step-grandmother of John Underwood . She is also the stepmother of Jacob Bowman Gudina. She is a Christian, and believed (at the start of the series) that pre-marital sex is wrong. She is just now getting back into church.