Carol Oblath

I am terribly saddened to hear of Katie's passing. May her memory be a blessing. 

Claude Zachary

I remember Katie as one of the brightest lights in our classes in Horace Mann and BHHS, and picture her with her flute to her lips displaying her virtuosic talent.  May her memory be a blessing, and my condolences to the McCormick family.

Louis Sorger

Wow, that hit me like a brick.  So many of my colleagues and friends and now a Hoarace Mann friend have died recently.  Katie and I were in the orchestra together. She played flute, and I played the violin. We were part of the same crowd of friends through grammer school and high school.

Claude said it best, as that is how I remember her as well.  She was a very kind soul, and a pleasure to be around, one of the nicest people I have every known.  It's coincidental that I have been thinking of my Hoarce Mann classmates a lot lately, wondering how they are doing and where they are.  It's shocking that so many women that I have known and treated are having recurring mets from breast cancer after they were in complete remission, as apparently Katie was as well. 

We are seeing so much breast cancer now.  Many of my colleagues and friends are wondering what the cause is? Some blame Covid, some blame the vaccine for Covid or the Paxlovid, but no one really knows.  We are just looking for a pattern without any really science behind it. It's just so sad.  So many bright stars, whose light no longer shines in this world, but certaining are shining in the next.

Katie, in heaven, blessed to be there, playing for the best audience now.  It  brings tears to my eyes, just thinking of what you and your family must have gone through.  I wish only the best to your family that you have left behind, It's a wonderful life, and you touched so many that I know this world is a better place because you were in it for a short while. I certainly appreciated you for the time we spent growing up together.

So so sorry 

Louis Sorger, MD

Marey Barthoff

Marjorie Buck (Larsen)

My sentiments are the same - it was hard to read of Katie's passing.  I remember her as being kind, friendly, an excellent student and first chair flute player in our orchestra at Horace Mann.  She will be missed by many.  My condolences to her family.

Gage Mace

My family lived upstairs from Katie's family, her brother Neill and their parents, in a duplex on LaPeer Drive. I didn't know Katie well though we were the same age. I didn't go to Horace Mann, I went to El Rodeo because I'd started there when we lived with my grandmother who was in the El Rodeo district. I just kept on there. But I'll always remember Katie because I loved hearing her practice the flute. She practiced a lot and played on what to me sounded like a professional level. Her music would come drifting up into the room I shared with my brother while I drew pictures or did my homework. Sometimes I'd just lie in bed and listen to her play. It was a little island of relief in the midst of the tensions brewing in our household, my parents' imploding marriage, and some other difficult things going on at that time. She was also whip smart and so was quite out of my league in high school where we were never in the same class together. But we'd pass each other in the halls or on the stairs and she always said 'Hi!' to me. Thank God for her flute playing, it helped me get through some tough times! Bless you, Katie.

Wendy Gluck (Nunn)

I've been wracking my brain for a clearer picture in my head ... I remember accompanying Katie on the piano for a flute performace or rehearsal for an upcoming audition she had scheduled. I know it was during our high school years since I had attended El Rodeo, not Horace Mann, so I didn't meet Katie until we were at BHHS. I just can't retrieve the details, except for this intense sense ... Katie was, and I'm sure still is, a gentle and kind soul. Rest in peace sweet lady and continue sharing your gifts.

Jeremy Halbreich

Katie had a decided impact on anyone and everyone who met her.  We met at BHHS since I attended Beverly Vista.   We attended many, many classes together over those four years.  Katie always exhibited a quiet and modest brilliance and she was always admired and highly respected.  Her strong confidence and always superb performance served to bring out the best in those around her.  Yes it was somewhat competitive but with Katie it was more striving to be one's best and to be like her.  We all already knew she would excel in everything during her life and it certainly sounds like she did and more.  Pmease rest in peace dear friend.