Memorials › Catherine Mary "Cathie" Didner
11 Apr 1921 – 21 Feb 2018
| Birth | 11 Apr 1921 |
| Death | 21 Feb 2018 |
| Cemetery | Saint Mary's Cemetery Westphalia , Falls County , Texas , USA |
| Added by | Rozz on 28 Nov 2024 |
| FaG | https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/187545877 |
Catherine Mary Didner, 96, of Westphalia, died on February 21, 2018, at Park Place Manor in Belton. Burial will be at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Westphalia. Cathie was born in Westphalia, Texas, one of seven children, born to the late Andrew Thadeus and Gertrude Rabroker Didner. She attended St. Mary’s Catholic School in Westphalia and graduated from Lott High School in Lott. Cathie attended Providence Hospital School of Nursing in Waco and after graduating as a registered nurse she worked at Providence Hospital. Cathie completed anesthesia training at Charity Hospital in New Orleans and worked as a nurse anesthetist at Providence Hospital in Waco and from 1949-1971 at McClosky General Hospital (now Olin Teague General Hospital) in Temple. After her retirement, Cathie lived on her family farm in Westphalia with her sisters, Elizabeth and Helen, where she enjoyed gardening, cooking, reading, drawing, painting, craftworking, rock, fossil, and arrowhead hunting, tending animals, fishing, being with her family, and being out in nature. Cathie was a member of the Church of the Visitation and the Altar Society. Survivors include her brother, Al Didner, of Victoria; nieces: Pat Didner, of New York, NY, Kay Huggins, of Chester, TX, Jo Didner, of Egypt, TX, and Babs Didner, of Austin, TX, and their families.
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