Sarah (nee Abbott) grew up in Pennsylvania and Washington, where she graduated from Western High School, studied art at the Corcoran, worked as an executive assistant, and met her German-born husband of 53 years. They lived in Paris, Nairobi and Washington.
Sarah was a very kind and caring person. She loved to paint, travel, read, garden, cook, watch movies, and spend time with family at a summer home in Cape May, NJ.
She is survived by her husband, Reimer O. Carstens, of Chevy Chase, MD, son Karl, also of Chevy Chase, and daughter, Karen, of Washington, DC.
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