Katharine Gebo Shackley, 97, passed away Friday evening, Nov. 11, 2011 at the St. Regis Nursing Home in Massena. Services will be announced and held at a later date; arrangements are entrusted with the Hammill Funeral Home in Winthrop. She was born on August 3, 1914 in Winthrop, daughter of the late Carl and Ethel L. McGee Richardson. She attended Brasher Stockholm High School, graduated from Massena High School in 1932 and then graduated from Potsdam State Teachers College. Katharine taught Fourth Grade at St. Lawrence Central in Brasher Falls, retiring in 1972. On June 16, 1937, she married Albert Kenneth Gebo, who died on September 8, 1965 and then married Victor Shackley on July 19, 1979, who died in 1999. Katharine is survived by one son, Richard and Eileen Gebo of Massena and Indiana, daughter in law, Rita Gebo of Winthrop; one sister, Norma Burns Topping of Florida; several nieces and nephews. One son, David "Huffer" Gebo, one brother, Robert Richardson and one sister Carol Monahan, predeceased her. Those wishing to do so, please consider donations in her memory to Brasher Winthrop Volunteer Fire Department or Tri Town Rescue Squad. Memories and condolences can be shared with her family at www.hammillfh.com.