Katherine Uhry Darr, 79, of Alpharetta

Katherine Uhry Darr, age 79, of Alpharetta, GA passed away on Oct. 25, 2013.

The eldest of three children of Robert and Helen Uhry, Katy was raised in Pound Ridge, New York. She attended New Canaan (Connecticut) Country Day School, New Lincoln School in New York City and Bard College. In 1954 she married Earl Anthony Darr of Rye, New York and subsequently had two children. Sarah Katherine Darr was born in 1955 and passed away in Ft. Lauderdale, FL in 2007. Her son, Thomas Gregory Darr, and his wife, Anne-Marie, live in Alpharetta. They have two daughters, Elizabeth Abt and Mary Rose Darr.

Katy moved to Ft. Lauderdale following her divorce in the early 1960s. She raised her children there, owned the Bookmark (an independent bookstore on Las Olas Boulevard), worked at the Museum of Art of Ft. Lauderdale, and was Associate Curator of Education at the Boca Museum of Art in Boca Raton. While in this position she introduced children from Carver Estates to the arts. Additionally she established educational connections between the Old Dillard Museum and a local magnet school. Katy became a volunteer in the Ft. Lauderdale Beaux Arts Festival and served as its chairman in 1976, the year that the festival returned to Las Olas Boulevard.

Always an eager traveler and keen observer, Katy’s ability to focus on details and her extraordinary memory made her an unusually interesting person. She was an excellent cook and loved her family and her cat.

In addition to her son and his family, Katy is survived by her younger brother Peter, his wife Sydney, and their two daughters, Kate Uhry and Jennifer Yost. She was pre-deceased by her other brother and his wife, Tom and Lani Uhry. Their two children, Matthew and Amanda, live on the west coast.

Donations honoring Katy’s life may be sent to Friends of Secret Woods, 2701 W. State Road 84, Dania Beach, FL 33312.

The family will receive friends at Ingram Funeral Home on Sunday from 2-5 p.m.

Ingram Funeral Home & Crematory, Cumming, GA is in charge of arrangements.