Katherine Loarie Obituary
Katherine Loarie
February 14, 1978 - March 11, 2023
On Valentine's Day 1978, Katherine Loarie came into this world with a loving heart that never stopped beating for herself and others until she was instantly killed in a tragic automobile accident on Saturday, March 11, 2023 in Joshua Tree, California. Family and friends are in shock and disbelief that such a vibrant, caring and talented woman's life was catastrophically cut short. Katherine is survived by her adoring parents, Connie and Robert Loarie of Atherton, CA, her dearly beloved sister, Cina Boitnott (Chris Boitnott), her cherished niece and nephew, Fiona and Tyson Boitnott of Redwood City, CA and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
While growing up, Katherine attended Bing Nursery School, Phillips Brooks School, Castilleja School and Menlo School. Katherine did not need to work very hard to get great grades, thus, her attention turned to reading for fun, listening to music, becoming a movie connoisseur and the developing sport of water polo. In four years at Menlo School playing varsity water polo, she turned into an excellent goalie. In 1996, Menlo School won the Central Coast Section Championship in woman's water polo with Katherine as the goalie. She had been accepted at University of California at Berkeley, but when Cal's water polo coach discovered that Katherine had played on the winning CCS team, she was immediately recruited to play Division 1 NCAA water polo for Cal.
At Cal, Katherine also joined Chi Omega Sorority and volunteered at the HIV/AIDS center in Oakland. While volunteering at this center, she learned the value of donating blood. Despite a hectic schedule, Katherine began a life-long endeavor to donate blood wherever she lived. Recently, Stanford Blood Center credited Katherine with 57 visits or more than 7 gallons of donated whole blood. In her junior year, Katherine combined her love of the water with her love of academics by joining Semester at Sea on an educational trip around the world. Katherine graduated from UC Berkeley in 2000 with a double major in Economics and Mass Communications. Not ready to settle down, as a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity and fascination with languages and art, she spent one more year learning Italian in Florence and French in Paris while also enjoying the museums and culture in both cities.
Trying out a variety of jobs over the following few years, Katherine found that working for Morgan Stanley as a team analyst and sales associate enabled her to apply her many skills. Eventually, she decided that an MBA was needed. In 2009, she graduated from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth with an MBA and honors recognition in digital strategies. She enjoyed her two years at Tuck so much, she became involved with and was elected president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association Silicon Valley, where her expertise, positive attitude and personal warmth enabled her to be re-elected as president of DAASV for the next twelve years.
After business school, Katherine held a number of different jobs in digital media, marketing, business operations and product management, most recently working with Meta in technical program management. Those with whom she worked agreed she had a unique perspective and skillset and her dedication, integrity, empathy, creativity, and enthusiasm were infectious. She always went above and beyond to help her team succeed.
Katherine lived her values. In the work world, she was often the only woman in the room. Within the companies for which she worked, she created opportunities and conferences for women to enter the field and to advance within their fields. She also volunteered as treasurer and technology lead for WIRE (Women who Identify, Recruit & Elect), a nonpartisan organization, working to promote women in government. Additionally, she applied her knowledge and talents by volunteering on two Palo Alto city council campaigns.
Katherine adored her Australian Labradoodle, Teddy. In her neighborhood, she was informally known as the mayor of Downtown North Palo Alto because she walked her beloved Teddy three times a day greeting everyone with smiles, infectious laughter and enthusiasm. She is credited with increasing the number of Labradoodles in the area because Teddy is such a delightful dog and their devotion to one another was so touching.
Katherine loved the outdoors. She often would go up to the Lake Tahoe area with Teddy, family and/or friends for fun hiking and skiing in the mountains or boating on The Lake. She lived her life responsibly serving as a model citizen who could discover pleasure in small moments, joy in accomplishments and happiness in the world around her. She deeply cared about the well-being of others and was a loyal and faithful friend. She cared about the environment, even patiently teaching her parents the subtleties of recycling. Katherine was one of a kind representing the best of us, her impact on this earth will long be remembered because she was loved and admired by so many.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Katherine Y. Loarie T'09 Memorial Fund at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Gifts can be made online at dartgo.org/katherineloarie or sent to: Dartmouth College, Gift Recording Office, 6066 Development Office, Hanover, NH 03755, denoting on the check "Katherine Loarie T'09 Memorial Fund." Katherine would be so proud if you volunteered at a charity you love or went for a long hike in the hills. A celebration of Katherine's life will be held on May 24th. Please contact her family for details.
Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Apr. 25, 2023.
Sponsored by Alta Mesa Funeral Home - Palo Alto.
KATHERINE LOARIE PRONOUNCED DEAD, THREE OTHERS INJURED IN TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON STATE ROUTE 62 [PALO ALTO, CA]
Pickup-SUV Collision Near Sunview Road Kills 45-Year-Old Woman
PALO ALTO, CA (April 17, 2023) – Katherine Loarie was killed and three others sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Palo Alto. The fatal collision happened around 12:20 p.m. on eastbound State Route 62, just east of Sunview Rod. According to the CHP, a 2023 Nisan Rouge yielded on the right shoulder just before turning left. However, a 2018 Ford F-250 pickup going east collided with the driver's side of the Nissan. Unfortunately, the Nissan driver, identified as 45-year-old Katherine Loarie sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene. Her 47-year-old male passenger from Switzerland was rushed to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs for treatment of major injuries. Meanwhile, the 68-year-old male Ford driver from Muskego Wisconsin and his 67-year-old female passenger sustained moderate injuries. Paramedics transported both to Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The California Highway Patrol claimed that drugs or alcohol did not play a role in the incident. Palo Alto Officials continue to investigate the State Route 62 two-vehicle crash.
Katherine Loarie
February 14, 1978 - March 11, 2023
On Valentine's Day 1978, Katherine Loarie came into this world with a loving heart that never stopped beating for herself and others until she was instantly killed in a tragic automobile accident on Saturday, March 11, 2023 in Joshua Tree, California. Family and friends are in shock and disbelief that such a vibrant, caring and talented woman's life was catastrophically cut short. Katherine is survived by her adoring parents, Connie and Robert Loarie of Atherton, CA, her dearly beloved sister, Cina Boitnott (Chris Boitnott), her cherished niece and nephew, Fiona and Tyson Boitnott of Redwood City, CA and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
While growing up, Katherine attended Bing Nursery School, Phillips Brooks School, Castilleja School and Menlo School. Katherine did not need to work very hard to get great grades, thus, her attention turned to reading for fun, listening to music, becoming a movie connoisseur and the developing sport of water polo. In four years at Menlo School playing varsity water polo, she turned into an excellent goalie. In 1996, Menlo School won the Central Coast Section Championship in woman's water polo with Katherine as the goalie. She had been accepted at University of California at Berkeley, but when Cal's water polo coach discovered that Katherine had played on the winning CCS team, she was immediately recruited to play Division 1 NCAA water polo for Cal.
At Cal, Katherine also joined Chi Omega Sorority and volunteered at the HIV/AIDS center in Oakland. While volunteering at this center, she learned the value of donating blood. Despite a hectic schedule, Katherine began a life-long endeavor to donate blood wherever she lived. Recently, Stanford Blood Center credited Katherine with 57 visits or more than 7 gallons of donated whole blood. In her junior year, Katherine combined her love of the water with her love of academics by joining Semester at Sea on an educational trip around the world. Katherine graduated from UC Berkeley in 2000 with a double major in Economics and Mass Communications. Not ready to settle down, as a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity and fascination with languages and art, she spent one more year learning Italian in Florence and French in Paris while also enjoying the museums and culture in both cities.
Trying out a variety of jobs over the following few years, Katherine found that working for Morgan Stanley as a team analyst and sales associate enabled her to apply her many skills. Eventually, she decided that an MBA was needed. In 2009, she graduated from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth with an MBA and honors recognition in digital strategies. She enjoyed her two years at Tuck so much, she became involved with and was elected president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association Silicon Valley, where her expertise, positive attitude and personal warmth enabled her to be re-elected as president of DAASV for the next twelve years.
After business school, Katherine held a number of different jobs in digital media, marketing, business operations and product management, most recently working with Meta in technical program management. Those with whom she worked agreed she had a unique perspective and skillset and her dedication, integrity, empathy, creativity, and enthusiasm were infectious. She always went above and beyond to help her team succeed.
Katherine lived her values. In the work world, she was often the only woman in the room. Within the companies for which she worked, she created opportunities and conferences for women to enter the field and to advance within their fields. She also volunteered as treasurer and technology lead for WIRE (Women who Identify, Recruit & Elect), a nonpartisan organization, working to promote women in government. Additionally, she applied her knowledge and talents by volunteering on two Palo Alto city council campaigns.
Katherine adored her Australian Labradoodle, Teddy. In her neighborhood, she was informally known as the mayor of Downtown North Palo Alto because she walked her beloved Teddy three times a day greeting everyone with smiles, infectious laughter and enthusiasm. She is credited with increasing the number of Labradoodles in the area because Teddy is such a delightful dog and their devotion to one another was so touching.
Katherine loved the outdoors. She often would go up to the Lake Tahoe area with Teddy, family and/or friends for fun hiking and skiing in the mountains or boating on The Lake. She lived her life responsibly serving as a model citizen who could discover pleasure in small moments, joy in accomplishments and happiness in the world around her. She deeply cared about the well-being of others and was a loyal and faithful friend. She cared about the environment, even patiently teaching her parents the subtleties of recycling. Katherine was one of a kind representing the best of us, her impact on this earth will long be remembered because she was loved and admired by so many.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Katherine Y. Loarie T'09 Memorial Fund at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Gifts can be made online at dartgo.org/katherineloarie or sent to: Dartmouth College, Gift Recording Office, 6066 Development Office, Hanover, NH 03755, denoting on the check "Katherine Loarie T'09 Memorial Fund." Katherine would be so proud if you volunteered at a charity you love or went for a long hike in the hills. A celebration of Katherine's life will be held on May 24th. Please contact her family for details.
Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Apr. 25, 2023.
Sponsored by Alta Mesa Funeral Home - Palo Alto.
KATHERINE LOARIE PRONOUNCED DEAD, THREE OTHERS INJURED IN TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON STATE ROUTE 62 [PALO ALTO, CA]
Pickup-SUV Collision Near Sunview Road Kills 45-Year-Old Woman
PALO ALTO, CA (April 17, 2023) – Katherine Loarie was killed and three others sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Palo Alto. The fatal collision happened around 12:20 p.m. on eastbound State Route 62, just east of Sunview Rod. According to the CHP, a 2023 Nisan Rouge yielded on the right shoulder just before turning left. However, a 2018 Ford F-250 pickup going east collided with the driver's side of the Nissan. Unfortunately, the Nissan driver, identified as 45-year-old Katherine Loarie sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene. Her 47-year-old male passenger from Switzerland was rushed to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs for treatment of major injuries. Meanwhile, the 68-year-old male Ford driver from Muskego Wisconsin and his 67-year-old female passenger sustained moderate injuries. Paramedics transported both to Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The California Highway Patrol claimed that drugs or alcohol did not play a role in the incident. Palo Alto Officials continue to investigate the State Route 62 two-vehicle crash.
Katherine Loarie Obituary
Katherine Loarie
February 14, 1978 - March 11, 2023
On Valentine's Day 1978, Katherine Loarie came into this world with a loving heart that never stopped beating for herself and others until she was instantly killed in a tragic automobile accident on Saturday, March 11, 2023 in Joshua Tree, California. Family and friends are in shock and disbelief that such a vibrant, caring and talented woman's life was catastrophically cut short. Katherine is survived by her adoring parents, Connie and Robert Loarie of Atherton, CA, her dearly beloved sister, Cina Boitnott (Chris Boitnott), her cherished niece and nephew, Fiona and Tyson Boitnott of Redwood City, CA and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
While growing up, Katherine attended Bing Nursery School, Phillips Brooks School, Castilleja School and Menlo School. Katherine did not need to work very hard to get great grades, thus, her attention turned to reading for fun, listening to music, becoming a movie connoisseur and the developing sport of water polo. In four years at Menlo School playing varsity water polo, she turned into an excellent goalie. In 1996, Menlo School won the Central Coast Section Championship in woman's water polo with Katherine as the goalie. She had been accepted at University of California at Berkeley, but when Cal's water polo coach discovered that Katherine had played on the winning CCS team, she was immediately recruited to play Division 1 NCAA water polo for Cal.
At Cal, Katherine also joined Chi Omega Sorority and volunteered at the HIV/AIDS center in Oakland. While volunteering at this center, she learned the value of donating blood. Despite a hectic schedule, Katherine began a life-long endeavor to donate blood wherever she lived. Recently, Stanford Blood Center credited Katherine with 57 visits or more than 7 gallons of donated whole blood. In her junior year, Katherine combined her love of the water with her love of academics by joining Semester at Sea on an educational trip around the world. Katherine graduated from UC Berkeley in 2000 with a double major in Economics and Mass Communications. Not ready to settle down, as a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity and fascination with languages and art, she spent one more year learning Italian in Florence and French in Paris while also enjoying the museums and culture in both cities.
Trying out a variety of jobs over the following few years, Katherine found that working for Morgan Stanley as a team analyst and sales associate enabled her to apply her many skills. Eventually, she decided that an MBA was needed. In 2009, she graduated from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth with an MBA and honors recognition in digital strategies. She enjoyed her two years at Tuck so much, she became involved with and was elected president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association Silicon Valley, where her expertise, positive attitude and personal warmth enabled her to be re-elected as president of DAASV for the next twelve years.
After business school, Katherine held a number of different jobs in digital media, marketing, business operations and product management, most recently working with Meta in technical program management. Those with whom she worked agreed she had a unique perspective and skillset and her dedication, integrity, empathy, creativity, and enthusiasm were infectious. She always went above and beyond to help her team succeed.
Katherine lived her values. In the work world, she was often the only woman in the room. Within the companies for which she worked, she created opportunities and conferences for women to enter the field and to advance within their fields. She also volunteered as treasurer and technology lead for WIRE (Women who Identify, Recruit & Elect), a nonpartisan organization, working to promote women in government. Additionally, she applied her knowledge and talents by volunteering on two Palo Alto city council campaigns.
Katherine adored her Australian Labradoodle, Teddy. In her neighborhood, she was informally known as the mayor of Downtown North Palo Alto because she walked her beloved Teddy three times a day greeting everyone with smiles, infectious laughter and enthusiasm. She is credited with increasing the number of Labradoodles in the area because Teddy is such a delightful dog and their devotion to one another was so touching.
Katherine loved the outdoors. She often would go up to the Lake Tahoe area with Teddy, family and/or friends for fun hiking and skiing in the mountains or boating on The Lake. She lived her life responsibly serving as a model citizen who could discover pleasure in small moments, joy in accomplishments and happiness in the world around her. She deeply cared about the well-being of others and was a loyal and faithful friend. She cared about the environment, even patiently teaching her parents the subtleties of recycling. Katherine was one of a kind representing the best of us, her impact on this earth will long be remembered because she was loved and admired by so many.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Katherine Y. Loarie T'09 Memorial Fund at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Gifts can be made online at dartgo.org/katherineloarie or sent to: Dartmouth College, Gift Recording Office, 6066 Development Office, Hanover, NH 03755, denoting on the check "Katherine Loarie T'09 Memorial Fund." Katherine would be so proud if you volunteered at a charity you love or went for a long hike in the hills. A celebration of Katherine's life will be held on May 24th. Please contact her family for details.
Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Apr. 25, 2023.
Sponsored by Alta Mesa Funeral Home - Palo Alto.
KATHERINE LOARIE PRONOUNCED DEAD, THREE OTHERS INJURED IN TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON STATE ROUTE 62 [PALO ALTO, CA]
Pickup-SUV Collision Near Sunview Road Kills 45-Year-Old Woman
PALO ALTO, CA (April 17, 2023) – Katherine Loarie was killed and three others sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Palo Alto. The fatal collision happened around 12:20 p.m. on eastbound State Route 62, just east of Sunview Rod. According to the CHP, a 2023 Nisan Rouge yielded on the right shoulder just before turning left. However, a 2018 Ford F-250 pickup going east collided with the driver's side of the Nissan. Unfortunately, the Nissan driver, identified as 45-year-old Katherine Loarie sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene. Her 47-year-old male passenger from Switzerland was rushed to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs for treatment of major injuries. Meanwhile, the 68-year-old male Ford driver from Muskego Wisconsin and his 67-year-old female passenger sustained moderate injuries. Paramedics transported both to Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The California Highway Patrol claimed that drugs or alcohol did not play a role in the incident. Palo Alto Officials continue to investigate the State Route 62 two-vehicle crash.
Katherine Loarie
February 14, 1978 - March 11, 2023
On Valentine's Day 1978, Katherine Loarie came into this world with a loving heart that never stopped beating for herself and others until she was instantly killed in a tragic automobile accident on Saturday, March 11, 2023 in Joshua Tree, California. Family and friends are in shock and disbelief that such a vibrant, caring and talented woman's life was catastrophically cut short. Katherine is survived by her adoring parents, Connie and Robert Loarie of Atherton, CA, her dearly beloved sister, Cina Boitnott (Chris Boitnott), her cherished niece and nephew, Fiona and Tyson Boitnott of Redwood City, CA and a number of aunts, uncles and cousins.
While growing up, Katherine attended Bing Nursery School, Phillips Brooks School, Castilleja School and Menlo School. Katherine did not need to work very hard to get great grades, thus, her attention turned to reading for fun, listening to music, becoming a movie connoisseur and the developing sport of water polo. In four years at Menlo School playing varsity water polo, she turned into an excellent goalie. In 1996, Menlo School won the Central Coast Section Championship in woman's water polo with Katherine as the goalie. She had been accepted at University of California at Berkeley, but when Cal's water polo coach discovered that Katherine had played on the winning CCS team, she was immediately recruited to play Division 1 NCAA water polo for Cal.
At Cal, Katherine also joined Chi Omega Sorority and volunteered at the HIV/AIDS center in Oakland. While volunteering at this center, she learned the value of donating blood. Despite a hectic schedule, Katherine began a life-long endeavor to donate blood wherever she lived. Recently, Stanford Blood Center credited Katherine with 57 visits or more than 7 gallons of donated whole blood. In her junior year, Katherine combined her love of the water with her love of academics by joining Semester at Sea on an educational trip around the world. Katherine graduated from UC Berkeley in 2000 with a double major in Economics and Mass Communications. Not ready to settle down, as a life-long learner with an insatiable curiosity and fascination with languages and art, she spent one more year learning Italian in Florence and French in Paris while also enjoying the museums and culture in both cities.
Trying out a variety of jobs over the following few years, Katherine found that working for Morgan Stanley as a team analyst and sales associate enabled her to apply her many skills. Eventually, she decided that an MBA was needed. In 2009, she graduated from Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth with an MBA and honors recognition in digital strategies. She enjoyed her two years at Tuck so much, she became involved with and was elected president of the Dartmouth Alumni Association Silicon Valley, where her expertise, positive attitude and personal warmth enabled her to be re-elected as president of DAASV for the next twelve years.
After business school, Katherine held a number of different jobs in digital media, marketing, business operations and product management, most recently working with Meta in technical program management. Those with whom she worked agreed she had a unique perspective and skillset and her dedication, integrity, empathy, creativity, and enthusiasm were infectious. She always went above and beyond to help her team succeed.
Katherine lived her values. In the work world, she was often the only woman in the room. Within the companies for which she worked, she created opportunities and conferences for women to enter the field and to advance within their fields. She also volunteered as treasurer and technology lead for WIRE (Women who Identify, Recruit & Elect), a nonpartisan organization, working to promote women in government. Additionally, she applied her knowledge and talents by volunteering on two Palo Alto city council campaigns.
Katherine adored her Australian Labradoodle, Teddy. In her neighborhood, she was informally known as the mayor of Downtown North Palo Alto because she walked her beloved Teddy three times a day greeting everyone with smiles, infectious laughter and enthusiasm. She is credited with increasing the number of Labradoodles in the area because Teddy is such a delightful dog and their devotion to one another was so touching.
Katherine loved the outdoors. She often would go up to the Lake Tahoe area with Teddy, family and/or friends for fun hiking and skiing in the mountains or boating on The Lake. She lived her life responsibly serving as a model citizen who could discover pleasure in small moments, joy in accomplishments and happiness in the world around her. She deeply cared about the well-being of others and was a loyal and faithful friend. She cared about the environment, even patiently teaching her parents the subtleties of recycling. Katherine was one of a kind representing the best of us, her impact on this earth will long be remembered because she was loved and admired by so many.
Donations in lieu of flowers can be made to the Katherine Y. Loarie T'09 Memorial Fund at the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth. Gifts can be made online at dartgo.org/katherineloarie or sent to: Dartmouth College, Gift Recording Office, 6066 Development Office, Hanover, NH 03755, denoting on the check "Katherine Loarie T'09 Memorial Fund." Katherine would be so proud if you volunteered at a charity you love or went for a long hike in the hills. A celebration of Katherine's life will be held on May 24th. Please contact her family for details.
Published by San Francisco Chronicle on Apr. 25, 2023.
Sponsored by Alta Mesa Funeral Home - Palo Alto.
KATHERINE LOARIE PRONOUNCED DEAD, THREE OTHERS INJURED IN TWO-VEHICLE CRASH ON STATE ROUTE 62 [PALO ALTO, CA]
Pickup-SUV Collision Near Sunview Road Kills 45-Year-Old Woman
PALO ALTO, CA (April 17, 2023) – Katherine Loarie was killed and three others sustained injuries in a two-vehicle accident in Palo Alto. The fatal collision happened around 12:20 p.m. on eastbound State Route 62, just east of Sunview Rod. According to the CHP, a 2023 Nisan Rouge yielded on the right shoulder just before turning left. However, a 2018 Ford F-250 pickup going east collided with the driver's side of the Nissan. Unfortunately, the Nissan driver, identified as 45-year-old Katherine Loarie sustained fatal injuries and died at the scene. Her 47-year-old male passenger from Switzerland was rushed to Desert Regional Medical Center in Palm Springs for treatment of major injuries. Meanwhile, the 68-year-old male Ford driver from Muskego Wisconsin and his 67-year-old female passenger sustained moderate injuries. Paramedics transported both to Hi-Desert Medical Center in Joshua Tree. The California Highway Patrol claimed that drugs or alcohol did not play a role in the incident. Palo Alto Officials continue to investigate the State Route 62 two-vehicle crash.
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