Catherine died in 2017 in Palo Alto, CA at age 75 or 76. Her burial is in Alta Mesa Memorial Park. She was born 3-6-1941. Catherine was last on our website 3-18-2016. The rest of this obituary is from her profile on our website. Catherine graduated from St. Mary's of Notre Dame with a degree in English Lit. Then went on to get a B.S. in nursing from The University of Pittsburgh. Then got an MSM in psychiatric nursing from Boston University. Married, and spent a few years teaching at Georgetowm University. Then was a psychotherapist with an HMO in the DC area for many years; later was the administrator for one of their medical centers. Divorced a long time ago, but moved to California in 1994 to be with her partner, whom she known for 40+ years. She has 5 children and 2 grandkids. She worked in research for a pharmaceutical company until Catherine retired in 2008 due to health Issues.
Catherine had a rough time in high school. She dated Scott Redding, who died in an auto accident when she was about 16. It took a long time to get over that. Her junior and senior years were a blur to her. She remembers her friendships with Nancy Kaufman and Dot Fitch and others.
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