Catherine Ann Worrall's Obituary
In the middle of the night on August 11, 2023, Cathy got out of bed to go to the bathroom. She began collapsing as she passed the foot of the bed. She somehow turned and began climbing back into the bed over the baseboard. I saw her struggling and I pulled her into the bed and placed her beside me. She was trying to come to me as she was in distress. Sadly, she passed quietly as I held her. She is the love of my life and I someday hope to spend eternity with her. She was the kindest, most sharing and caring person I have ever known. Cathy was born and raised in Pittsburgh, PA. Her mother, Marie Wachowski; and her brother, Bobby Pfister, passed away many years ago. Mary Ann Robert, Carolyn Hannah, and Jay Pfister are her surviving siblings. Cathy and I did not have children; however, I have two children from a previous marriage, Christopher and Heather, whom Cathy frequently said she felt as if they are her own children. They would call her Momma Cathy. Cathy would do anything for them, and their children, and their grandchildren. Cathy was born blind in her right eye due to childhood trauma. Ironically, she worked for 19 years at an eyeglass lens manufacturing facility. Cathy has numerous nephews and nieces on her side of the family. She attended Allegheny Community College in Pittsburgh. She was studying Social Services. While visiting Mary Ann in Florida, she worked at PARC to help handicapped children. I met Mary Ann playing tennis. I asked Mary Ann if I could take Cathy out on a blind date. We dated sixty days in a row before she returned to Pittsburgh for a few months. At the time, I had just been discharged from the military. I was delivering newspapers. Cathy told her mom she was going to marry a paperboy. Her mom sent Bobby to Florida to check me out. I guess I passed. She came back to Florida, and we got married on Valentines Day, 1976. We have had 47 wonderful years together. Cathy met numerous friends, playing cards, bowling, and socializing. In fact, she made friends with everyone she met and was always willing to help anyone with just about anything. After several years of marriage, we would both say "we started with nothing but we made it this far". We were pretty much opposites in nature, but we clicked. We always said we were meant to be with each other. We had a favorite phrase that we would often say to one another, "I love you more than you know". I will miss her until the end of time! My love for Cathy is eternal! I, Kent Worrall, am her husband forever.
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