Karen Dutkowsky, 59; Active In Catholic Church, Cotillion – All Otsego

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IN MEMORIAM

Karen Dutkowsky, 59; Active 

In Catholic Church, Cotillion

Karen Dutkowsky and her husband at the 2012 Cotillion at The Otesaga. The Dutkowskys taught ballroom dancing to young Cotillion participants for 12 years. (AllOTSEGO.com photo)
Karen Dutkowsky and her husband, Dr. Joseph Dutkowsky, at the 2012 Cotillion at The Otesaga. The Dutkowskys taught ballroom dancing to young Cotillion participants for 12 years. (AllOTSEGO.com photo)

COOPERSTOWN – Karen Lynn Sluder Dutkowsky, 59, who was active in the affairs of the Catholic church, and with her husband, Dr. Joseph Dutkowsky, taught hundreds of local pupils ballroom dancing for the annual Cotillion, passed away Saturday, March 5, 2016, at New York-Presbyterian/Columbia University Medical Center in New York City.

Born June 26, 1956, in Ardmore, Okla., Karen was the daughter of Lawrence ("Lefty") and Mary (née Fisher) Sluder. 

A devout believer in our Lord Jesus Christ, Karen began practicing her faith as a young child in the pentecostal Protestant tradition.  Her faith journey took a turn leading to her reception into the Roman Catholic Church during the celebration of Easter in the Jubilee Year 2000.  Karen retained an evangelical zeal to share the Love of Christ and the Truth of the Church in a gentle way.

In November 2009, Karen was invested as a Dame of Malta in the Sovereign Military Hospitaller Order of St. John of Jerusalem of Rhodes and of Malta.  With her husband Joseph, she hosted malades during the 2013 and 2015 Order of Malta Pilgrimages to Lourdes, France.  

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