Edith H. Cathcart

Edith Cathcart went to be with her Lord on Friday, June 26, 2015, at her home in Alsea, Oregon, surrounded by her family. Edith came into this world on November 10, 1922, at her family home in Lobster Valley, Oregon. She was delivered by her father Charles Oliver Hendrix and mother Lura Ann (Wilson) Hendrix. She attended Lobster Valley School (1st – 8th grade) where her Uncle George was the school house teacher. She transferred to Alsea School to complete her education (9th-12th grade) graduating on May 29, 1941. Edith was very athletic and participated in multiple sports during her junior high and high school days. She even played on the boys’ basketball team in junior high school. She is still remembered in the Alsea area for her impressive athletic abilities. Edith then went on to attend Nursing School at Good Samaritan Hospital in Portland, Oregon, graduating on May 22, 1946, with a Certificate in Registered Nursing. She worked as an RN and was the only medical person in the Alsea/Lobster area for many years. She provided doctor directed care and nursing directed kindness to many of the people in this area. She was a healing salve for any wound. On October 21, 1950, Edith married David James Cathcart in Reno, Nevada. They made their home in Alsea having one child, Timothy David Cathcart, in 1953. Edith was preceded in death by her husband David James Cathcart, her parents Charles and Lura Hendrix, siblings Martha Miller, Claude Hendrix, Naomi Sapp, Raymond Hendrix, Ralph Hendrix, Lloyd Hendrix, Dale Hendrix, Louis Hendrix, and Phillip Hendrix. She is survived by her youngest sister Ellen (Sis) Schreiber, her son and daughter in law Timothy and Elizabeth Cathcart, grandchildren Guin Carson, Timothy D. Cathcart Jr. , Michael Cathcart, Daniel Cathcart and Violet Cathcart; great grandchildren; Trace, Ezra and Titus Carson, Timmy Cathcart III, and Caleb Cathcart. Edith will always be fondly remembered for her defining characteristics of kindness and self-lessness. She helped others at every opportunity. She loved spending time with her family and attending her relatives’ and grandchildren’s sport and music events. She read and studied her Bible daily, often discussing her thoughts and findings with her dear cousin Esther Wilson. Memorial Services will be held at McHenry Funeral Home in Corvallis, Oregon. A viewing will be held Tuesday, June 30 from 2-4 p.m. and Wednesday, July 1 from 9-10:15 a.m. The services will start at 10:30 a.m. on July 1, 2015. The family will be accompanying Edith to the Charles O. Hendrix Memorial Gardens family cemetery in Lobster Valley where she will be laid to rest next to her late husband and many family members. Memorial contributions may be made to the Salvation Army Corvallis Donation Processing Center, P.O. Box 60005, Prescott, AZ 86304-6005, the Tyson Schreiber scholarship fund at Alsea School, Benton Hospice, or any place of your choice.

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Edith H. Cathcart

November 10, 1922 - June 26, 2015