Catherine Lucinda Smith

  General Notes:

Her daughter is Yvonne Brunson

Augusta Gazette [Kansas]
Wed Feb 04, 2009
Catharine L. Walker, 97, Augusta, passed away on Monday, Feb. 2, 2009.
Viewing from 1-8 p.m. on Thursday, with family present from 6-7 p.m., and service at 10 a.m. on Friday, all at Headley Funeral Chapel, Augusta. Burial will be at Towanda Cemetery.
Catharine was born in Wichita on Jan. 20, 1912.
She is survived by: daughters, Yvonne Brunson of Augusta and Joan Walker of Redwood City, Calif.; daughter-in-law Kris Walker; 14 grandchildren; 36 great-grandchildren;numerous great-great- grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her husband Holliss "Heavy" Walker; daughter, Patricia Conrique; son, Maynard Walker; parents, Franklin and Carrie (Cupp) Smith; sister, Laverna Berner; half brothers, Herschel, Cecil, and Floyde "Pick" Straw; half sister, Adah Straw Wothington; grandparents, Dan and Sarah Cupp and Rev Franklin and Amanda Smith.
She and "Heavy" ran one of the two restaurants at Haverhill corner, she cooked at the Elks club in Augusta, she was a licensed practical nurse, worked at Mid Kansas community action program, she was a cook for eight years at the Haverhill grade school, she was a 4-H leader, a member of Butler Co. extension, she was a 50 + year member of the Rebecca Lodge in Leon. She lived in the "big" town of Haverhill for 53 years and moved to country club towers in Augusta in October 1990.
Reverend Howard Cupp, Jr. of Clinton, Missouri will be doing the service. Howard is Catharine's first cousin.

Catherine married Holliss Maynard Walker. (Holliss Maynard Walker was born on 22 Jul 1908, died on 10 Apr 1986 and was buried in Towanda Cemetery Towanda, Butler County, Kansas, USA.)