Obituary of Carla L. Gottbehut

Carla L. Gottbehut entered Heaven?s Gates peacefully on April 16, 2007 with her family at her side. Carla was 57 years old and was a great wife and mother. Carla enjoyed spending time with her husband John, at Moose Creek Camp in Stratford, and also assisted her husband with remodeling their home. They worked side by side together building their Adirondack room. Carla enjoyed shopping, decorating her home, gardening in her flower garden, as well as spending time with her family. She was not only Kimberly?s mother, but her best friend and shopping partner. Carla and her family ate dinner together nearly every Friday night and enjoyed great times at Harry?s Pleasant Lake Inn. She always put everyone else?s needs ahead of her own. Carla was courageous, strong and a true fighter of the disease. Carla graduated from Gloversville High School and also attended airline school. She also received her license to sell insurance and worked at the Ringle Agency, the Colonial Agency and Jacksland-Warner Associates insurance agency in Johnstown. Carla is survived by her beloved honey, John, whom she married on July 19, 1969, and by her two children John P. Gottbehut, Jr., and his wife Chrissy and Kimberly L. Gottbehut, and of course her dog Sierra; brothers, Jeff Sherril Ward, Paul Janet Ward, Christopher Sandra Ward, Bart Marge Ward and Michael Ward and by her sisters, Shelly Alan Hinkle and Misty Pallella. She is also survived by her two aunts, Betty Tretola and Marilyn Russ Terrell, by several nieces, nephews and cousins and by her loving extended family Mark and Nancy Clemente. Carla is also survived by her grandpets, Gracie, Elle and Sebastian. Carla is predeceased by her parents, William and Beverly Ward; her brother, Robert Scott Ward; her in-laws John and Ella Gottbehut, who were like parents to her and by her nephew Garrett Ward. A visitation will be held for friends and family from 2-5 pm Friday April 20, at the Walrath & Stewart Funeral Home 51 Fremont Street, Gloversville. A memorial service will be held at 5 pm at the funeral home, with the Rev R.W. Williams officiating. Donations can be made to the Nathan Littauer Foundation, P.O Box 586, Gloversville, NY 12078 or to the James Brennan Memorial Humane Society, 437 Nine Mile Tree Road, Gloversville, NY 12078.