DURHAM – Kathy Harder, 62, passed away peacefully on Sunday May 28, 2017 under the care of the Duke Homecare & Hospice in North Carolina. She was a longtime resident of Butler, Pa until her retirement in 2009. Kathy worked as a speech therapist in the Karns City School District for many years. Upon retiring, she moved to North Carolina to reside with her sister, Amy.
Kathy will be remembered for her kind and gentle spirit, and her devotion to family. She was preceded in death by her parents, Jacob and Yvonne Harder.
Kathy is survived by her sister, Amy Harder of Durham, NC; sister, Lyn Sullivan and husband, Bob of Pittsburgh, Pa; nephew, Dylan Sullivan and wife, Lisa of Long Island, NY; nephew, Jacob Sullivan and wife, Erin and daughter, Sydney, of Carnegie, Pa; niece, Mariah Chynoweth and husband, Matt and daughters, Madison and Makenzie, of Pittsburgh, Pa; and her aunt, Erin Harder Pressley of East Stroudsburg, Pa.
The family would like to thank all the staff of Duke Hospice, inpatient and home care, and private caregivers Jackie and Angela for helping to make Kathy’s last month’s so comfortable.
If anyone wishes to donate in memory of Kathy, please donate to your local Hospice or Humane Society.
The Harder family is under the care of Hall-Wynne Funeral Service. Online condolences: www.hallwynne.com; Select obituaries
Dave and Sue Roth
June 7, 2017 at 1:13 pmKathy will be remembered and missed.
May God give you comfort, and may He gradually replace your sorrow with good memories.
Amy
June 10, 2017 at 9:45 amThank you both for helping me through this sad time.
Priscilla Pirozzolo
June 8, 2017 at 5:30 amTo the Harder family — I have been praying for all of you since heard of Kathy’s death. She must have been a special person not only to you but to the lives of the people she touched. I am a long time friend of Erin Pressley. May God send you his peace. With my deepest sympathy, Priscilla Harder Pirozzolo
Amy
June 10, 2017 at 9:47 amThank you Priscilla for your kind words. Kathy was a special sister, and I will miss her.
Connie Fleeger
June 9, 2017 at 7:22 pmI am so sorry to hear about Kathy. I first met her in high school and later reconnected at Karns City. She was always so friendly and ready to laugh. I’m glad she was with family because I know how important you were to her.
Deepest sympathies.
Connie Fleeger
Butler
Amy
June 10, 2017 at 6:39 pmThank you, Connie
Doreen Heitzer
June 10, 2017 at 9:48 amI was so sorry to read the news about Kathy in last night’s BUTLER EAGLE. I was the librarian at Karns City High School for 35 years, and many years ago Kathy worked from one of the library rooms when she was at the school. I saw and spoke with her often and remember what a friendly and easygoing person she was. My sympathies to all of her family.
Amy
June 10, 2017 at 6:40 pmThank you, Doreen