This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: marcenath158 Surnames: Tobey, Stroud Classification: obituary Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.newmexico.counties.donaana/5301/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Kathryn "Kitty" Stroud Tobey was born in Douglas, Georgia on December 14, 1925 and she passed away on March 15, 2011, 86 years of age. She graduated from Douglas High School in 1942. She spent a year at South Georgia College before enrolling at Georgia State Woman's College (now Valdosta State University) in Valdosta, Georgia. Kitty was a member of the Glee Club and was voted as one of Ten Outstanding Seniors. She was also co-editor for the college yearbook. Upon graduation in 1946, Kitty moved to Atlanta, Georgia and trained to become a laboratory technician at Emory University and Grady Hospital. Kitty met her husband, Robert W. Tobey, in January 1946 and they married on August 31, 1946. The couple left Georgia for good later that year and lived in Austin, Corpus Christi and Brownfield, Texas before moving and settling in Deming, NM in 1953 where they established the Luna County Broadcasting Company and KOTS radio. The radio station began commercially broadcasting on March! 10, 1954 and at the time there was only one house and the radio station south of Florida Street. The radio station's telephone number was 911. Kitty was active in the day to day operation of the station selling advertising, writing commercials and news reports, preparing the daily log and performing accounting functions. Through their association with the Associated Press and the National Association of Broadcasters, the couple traveled to Russia, China, Japan, Hong Kong, Greece, Italy, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, Iran, England and Mexico representing United States broadcasters. The Tobey's sold the radio station in 1989 ending 35 years of broadcasting in Luna County. Kitty was very active within the community. She served on the Board of Trustees of the Deming Public Library for 28 years, the Deming City Parks and Recreation Committee for 18 years and was a member of the Deming Book Review Club for 38 years. She was a Charter Member of the Chapter AT, P.E.O. Sisterhood and a m! ember of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She was an active m ember of the First United Presbyterian Church and served as Deacon, Elder, Clerk of the Session and choir member. She later joined the United Methodist Church. Her hobbies were needlepoint, playing bridge, giving book reports and being a grandmother. Kitty is survived by her brother Thomas Stroud and her three children Emily, Bob Jr. and his wife Lorraine and Terry and his wife Josie. She is also survived by her grandchildren Sandra Hunt, Stephanie, Sheana, Rachel, Robert III, and John Terry Tobey; nieces and nephews, David and Tommy Tobey, Deborah Morton, Beth Knittel, Tommy, Fred, and Brad Stroud, and godson, Kerwin Gober. Funeral arrangements have been scheduled at the First United Methodist Church in Deming, NM on Saturday, March 26th at 1pm, burial to follow at Mountain View Cemetery. The family requests that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Lillian, Kitty and Emily Tobey PEO Scholarship fund, c/o Carol Krum, 3012 Wedge Rd. SE, Deming, NM, 88030. Entrusted to the care of Baca's Funeral Chapels. Exclusive provider for "Veterans & Family Memorial Care". To sign the online guest book or to send a card, please visit our website at www.bacasfuneralchapels.com. 811 S. Gold Ave., Deming, NM 88030. Phone: 575.546.9671 Published in Las Cruces Sun-News on March 24, 2011 Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.