Kathryn E. (Kitty) Saal
Kathryn E. (Kitty) Saal of Stuart, Florida, passed away on Saturday, June 23, 2018, at her home surrounded by family. She was 74.
Born in East Stroudsburg, Pennsylvania, she resided in Stuart, Florida for 38 years, coming from Oxford, Connecticut, and Warwick, New York.
On Aug. 8, 1964, Kathryn married her high school sweetheart, Karl Saal. They were together for 60 years, married for 54 years.
She was a 1961 graduate of Warwick Valley High School and Orange County Community College in Middletown. She also was a longtime member of First United Methodist Church of Stuart where she once served as president of the Women’s Ruth Circle.
She was an incredibly kind, loving and strong woman. She fought breast cancer for 22 years and lived every moment to the fullest. She was always 100 percent supportive of her children as they pursued their dreams. They knew she was always there to listen, encourage and love them through everything, as she helped them believe that they could do anything they wanted to do.
She adored her grandchildren and went to as many gymnastics and karate competitions, piano recitals and basketball games as she could, and was so excited to be recently introduced to her first great grandchild.
Kathryn is survived by her husband Karl; daughters Kimberly Griffith and her husband Jim of Orlando, Florida, and Patricia Costa and her husband Jeff of Winter Garden, Florida; granddaughters Chelsea Barrows of Woodstock, Georgia, and Brittany Bramwell of Winter Haven, Florida; grandsons Cameron and Ben Costa; great grandson Cohen Barrows; and sisters Mary Demarest of Warwick and Norma Longstreth of Longwood, Florida.
A Celebration of Life Memorial Service was held on June 27 at First United Methodist Church of Stuart, Florida.
For those who wish, contributions may be made to the Breast Cancer Research Foundation, 28 West 44th Street, Suite 609, New York, NY 10036, 646-497-2600, or online at www.bcrf.org.
To send an online condolence, visit www.foresthillspalmcityflorida.com/guestbook/kathryn-saal.