Karen A. Foote, 67, of 219 LeRay St., Black River, passed away June 27, 2021 at her home.
Born on April 26, 1954 in Watertown, daughter of Lloyd E. and Annette (Torrance) Foote, Karen graduated from Carthage Central High School in 1972. She then received her Associateâs Degree in Accounting from Jefferson Community College in 1974.
Karen worked for the Department of the Army serving in various positions during her 37 years of government service, culminating as a Budget Officer, Resource Management Division, United States Army Medical Department Activity. She began her career on December 30, 1974 at Fort Drum, and she served at various Army bases throughout the US during her career before retiring from Fort Drum on November 11, 2011.
Ruth Irene Robl, 96, a lifetime Black River native, passed away peacefully with her daughter by her side on May 16, 2021 at the Samaritan Summit Nursing Home, where she had resided since July of 2015.
Ruth was born on October 4, 1924, in Watertown, NY, the daughter of Arthur Charles Carroll and Clara Helen (Gates) Carroll. Ruth graduated as Valedictorian of the class of 1942 from Black River High School.
After graduation she worked at JJ Newberry and Pine Camp Post Exchange (now Fort Drum) where she met a young soldier from Oshkosh, Wisconsin. On October 14, 1943 Ruth was united in marriage to Harold Wenzel Robl, son of Wenzel Robl and Violet (Poeschi) Robl at Chapel 2, Pine Camp, NY (now Fort Drum). Their brief marriage would welcome 4 children before the untimely death of Harold on June 13,1952. She never remarried.
Catherine J. Kasulke, 72, of Clinton Street, Watertown, passed away May 5, 2021, at the home of her beloved caregivers, Sarah and Matt Marino.
She was born March 11, 1949, in Queens, NY, the daughter of Maurice and Theresa (Godich) OâConnell.
Catherine graduated from The Academy of Mount St. Ursula in the Bronx in 1967. She then attended Thomas More College (now Fordham University), where she received her Bachelor of Science in Biology and Education. She received her Bachelor of Science in Nursing (BSRN) at Columbia Universityâs College of Nursing in New York City and her Master of Arts in Nursing (MAN) from New York University in 1976.
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