Mary Kastle, 91, of Miami Lakes, passed away on Tuesday, July 21 at Jackson North Medical Center, Vitas Hospice in North Miami Beach, Florida after a 4 month illness.
Kastle was born on December 10, 1923 in New York City, New York to Athanasios and Matina Foskolos who emigrated from the Island of Tinos in Greece. At the age of 15, she lost her mother and as the oldest daughter was responsible for her younger siblings while her father ran their family restaurant business. Through the many hardships Kastle faced in her life, she remained strong and devoted to her family. During WWII, Kastle worked in the Confidential Master Files for Gibbs & Cox in New York City, a designer of United States military ships.
In 1948 she met the love of her life, Bob Kastle, at Wagner Tool & Supply Company (Watsco) where she worked as a bookkeeper and executive secretary. After a long courtship, they were married in New York on June 26, 1953. Kastle loved her family and New York but made the decision with her husband to move to Hialeah in March 1956 with his job as a tool and die maker for William Wagner.
The Kastles loved the Hialeah and Miami Lakes area where they raised 5 children, Dora, Evelyn, Bob, Richard and Lisa. After 52 years of marriage, Bob passed away on September 10, 2005. Kastle had a wonderful 10 years with her children, grandchildren and great grandchildren until her passing on July 21, 2015. Kastle was interned on July 25 with her beloved Bob at Vista Memorial Gardens of Miami Lakes, Florida.
Kastle was the mother of Dora Marie (Bob) Schultz of Marietta, Georgia; Evelyn (Gilbert) Zuback of Lake Worth, Florida; Bob (Chely) Kastle of Pembroke Pines; Richard Kastle (Mike Caffey) of New York City; Lisa (Mike) Hunadi of Pembroke Pines; and grandmother (Nana) of Bobby Schultz of Alpharetta, Georgia; Michael (Staci) Schultz of Cummings, Georgia; and Joshua Kastle of Pembroke Pines.
Kastle is also survived by her sister, Bess Herzog of Los Angeles, Californi; brothers John Foscolos (Kim) of Broad Brook, Connecticut; and Stamatios Foskolos of New York City.