LIFE & TIMES Maryland Will Miss...
Animal welfare activ- ist and co-founder of Days End Farm Horse Rescue,
Kathleen
Schwartz Howe died on March 6. She was born on an Army base in Panama and travelled to many countries with her family as a young child. Along this jour- ney, Howe took her family to a horse stable where she had met a horse named Toby that had been starved and mistreated.
She took
ownership and nursed him back to health. From there, the idea of a facility dedicated to horse rescue was born. In 1989, Howe co-
Kathy Schwartz-Howe, pictured aboard DEFHR equine ambassador Isaac, led the organization for 24 years before handing over the reins to current CEO Erin Clemm Ochoa in 2013, also pictured.
founded (along with Allan Schwartz) Days End Farm Horse Res- cue (DEFHR), a 501(c)3 non-profi t organiza- tion that rescues and rehabilitates neglected and abused horses. Howe wrote a book on the “how-to” of creating a 501(c)3 and shared this with many other horse rescues to assist them in getting their businesses started. She knew that animal abuse was widespread and that rescuers needed partners in their missions. Howe went on to partner with the State of Maryland and tes- tifi ed as an expert in many animal cruelty cases.
Howe was a Maryland Horse Council mem- ber and served on several MHC committees, includ- ing one that spearheaded the creation and adoption of MHC’s Minimum Stan- dards of Care for Equines, setting forth industry ac- cepted standards for what should be the minimum baseline standards for ac- ceptable care. Due to her eff orts, many abused and neglected horses have been loved,
health and placed in new forever
brought back to homes.
Former
Equiery publisher Crystal Brumme Pickett has writ- ten a beautiful tribute to Howe’s work with MHC on page 7 of this issue. Howe leaves behind her
spouse - Jerry Howe, her brothers - Keith (Lin- da) Walter, Kent (Aei) Walter and Kirk Walter, her children - Dawn Tansill, Allan Schwartz, Jr., Shawn Schwartz and Jennifer Rogers, her grandchildren - Megan and Matthew Tansill, Logan Schwartz, Brian and Adyllan Rogers, her nieces, nephews and other extended family members as well as many friends that loved and will miss her.
Jeff Kreimer has been hired as the new Director of Health and Safety for the Maryland Jockey Club. He recently retired as a captain in the Baltimore County Fire Department and had been a member of MJC’s Emergency Medical Services team.
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Stefanie Carstens of Arnold died unexpect-
edly on February 17 at the age of 38. She was born in Darmstadt, Germany and moved to the U.S. in 2018. Carstens had a deep passion and love of horses, including her most recent horse Nu Girl. She often said that horses were her daily therapy. Carstens enjoyed hunter pacing and trail riding and ran her own beauty and makeup company. She boarded at Colebroke in Lothian.
Comings & Goings
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Courtesy of Days End Farm Horse Rescue
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To Jesse, named after my father, and my very best friend. You will rest in my heart forever.
Elizabeth Madlener
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