Katherine Frances Schatzle died peacefully at Ochsner Hospital Saturday, March 16, 2024, at the age of 71. She was predeceased by her parents Joseph Florenz and Margaret Katherine Klein Schatzle; her grandparents - Martin amp; Frances Louise Schneider Schatzle; Leonard and Katherine Isenberg Klein. She is survived by one brother, Reverend Michael Joseph Schatzle of New Roads LA. A Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 11:00 am Thursday, April 4, 2024, at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Fr. John Edmunds of New York will be officiating for the services. The family is requesting a rosary to be recited at 9:30 am with a visiting hour to be held from 10:00 am to 11:00 am on Thursday at Immaculate Heart of Mary Catholic Church. Inurnment will be in Woodlawn Cemetery. Kathy was a 1970 graduate of Notre Dame High School in Crowley LA and 1975 graduate of the University of Southwestern Louisiana in Lafayette LA. In 1982 she earned a Master of Social Work from LSU in Baton Rouge and became a board-certified licensed social worker (BCSW). She also earned a Master of Pastoral Studies from Loyola University of New Orleans.
As an LSU student, Kathy was a member of the “Awakening Community” on campus at the Catholic Student Center. Kathy was a devoted member of the Loyola University New Orleans Ignatius Chapel Community which shared in her deep Catholic faith. After 36 years of service as a social worker for the State of Louisiana, Kathy retired in 2012 and began traveling in earnest. As an avid traveler she visited more than 13 countries around the world and innumerable cities and states within the USA. She was a true “Road Scholar”.
Kathy loved being with people and spent much of her free time as a volunteer for agencies in metro New Orleans. Among which are the New Orleans Museum of Art, the Aquarium, Ochsner Hospital, Second Harvest and her final position as an MSY Airport Lagniappe KREWE Volunteer. Over the years, Kathy adopted three rescued cats. The most recent her dear companion, “Hope”, was rescued during the COVID pandemic. In lieu of flowers memorial donations may be made in her name to Second Harvest Food Bank, 700 Edwards Ave., New Orleans, LA 70123. Arrangements have been entrusted to Geesey-Ferguson Funeral Home of Crowley. 301 N. Ave F Crowley, LA 70526. 337-783-3313 www. geesey-ferguson.com
