Kathryn L Senor

Kathryn L. Senor
July 24, 1914 - Dec. 8, 1993
[The newer Re-2 Elementary in New Castle is named for her. She also taught at Rifle High]
Kathryn Louise Senor of New Castle died of a heart attack Wednesday in Valley View Hospital in Glenwood Springs. She was 79.
Visitation will be until 5 today in Sowder Funeral Home in Rifle. Services will be at 1 p.m. Saturday in the Congregational United Church of Christ with the Rev.
James Warn officiating.
Mrs. Senor was a school teacher for more than 34 years. She was a longtime resident of New Castle.
She was born July 24, 1914, to Theon and Kathryn Deckrow in Sunlight. She attended schools in New Castle and Glenwood Springs, graduating as valedictorian of Glenwood Springs High School.
After graduating from the University of Northern Colorado in Greeley, she began a teaching career that took her to Upper Cattle Creek, Harvey Gap, New Castle, Rifle and Alaska. She tutored students after retiring.
She married Leon F. Senor on March 16, 1934, in Aspen. He died Sept. 23, 1993.
Mrs. Senor was a member of Congregational United Church of Christ and worked with many charity fund raisers in numerous community organizations. She enjoyed gardening and dancing.
Survivors include a son and daughter-in-law, Jerry and Judy Senor of New Castle; 'two daughters and sons-in-law, Frankie and Bob Schesser of Banning, Calif. and Kathleen and Bob Kuersten of Chugiak, Alaska; a brother, Theon Deckrow of Kent, Wash.; two sisters, Elinor Kemp of Granada Hills, Calif, and Lucille Nettingham of San Bernardino, Calif.; nine grandchildren and nine great-grandchildren. A sister, Fran, and a brother, Orville, are deceased.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Kathryn Senor memorial fund, P.O. Box 397, New Castle 81647. The money will be given to several charitable organizations and projects that were of interest to Mrs. Senor.

 

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