Kathleen D. Blakeman

Kathleen Jayne "Merricat" Blakeman passed away Thursday March 6, 2025 at Albany Medical Center Hospital after a short illness. Born Kathleen Doetsch on October 21, 1948 in Albany, NY, she was raised in Selkirk, NY by her parents William F. Doetsch and Geraldine (Thiessen) Doetsch. She was a graduate of the Academy of the Holy Names in Albany, Ny and D'Youville College in Buffalo, NY. A Medical Coder for Albany Memorial Hospital, she had just retired on December 31,2024 after 50 years of service. She was also the owner of Fine Feathers, a jewelry design and manufacturing company for 38 years.

She is survived by her husband Stanley Blakeman of Knox, NY; Sister-in-Law Anita Allen of Laramie. Wyoming; Sister-in-Law Kellie Southards and her husband Jim and their children Gregory and his wife Mandy and their children and Kourtney and her Husband Jim and child.

Friendship and love surrounded her all her life.

A mass of Christian burial will be celebrated for Kathleen in St. Lucy/St. Bernadette Church on Grand Street in Altamont on Thursday March 13th at 10am. Family and friends are invited and may call in the Fredendall Funeral Home, 199 Main Street, Altamont on Wednesday March 12th from 5-7pm. Interment will be in Knox Cemetery, Knox in the spring.