Sarita Gattis Schotta

Sarita G. Schotta, Ph.D. passed away in Fort Worth, Texas Wednesday, August 5, 2020, at age 83. She was born July 23, 1937. Sarita was a native of Fort Worth, a graduate of Paschal High School and TCU. She married Charles Schotta on September 9, 1960, and they lived most of their adult lives in Alexandria, Virginia. She was preceded in death by her husband Charles Schotta, parents Lottie and John Gattis, brother Jack Gattis and his wife Carolyn, niece Lana Kay Campbell and brother-in-law Alan Schotta. She is survived by two nieces – Carla Jo Peikoff and husband Nicky of Alvarado, Texas, Lori Ellen Skjong-Nilsen, and husband Stig of Burleson, Texas, sister-in-law Gloria Schotta of Fort Worth, Texas and 10 great-nieces and nephews. No memorial event is scheduled at this time. Any donations in Sarita’s memory can be made to the Alzheimer’s Association or The Animal Welfare League of Alexandria.