Obituary for Catherine Guthrie Lindauer (January 25, 1925 - June 14, 2023)
Stork-Morley Funeral and Cremation, 1895 Wadsworth Blvd, Lakewood CO, 80214
"Catherine Guthrie Lindauer of Highlands Ranch, CO, died peacefully on April 14th, after 98 wonderfully full years. She was born in Doleib Hill, Egyptian Sudan, on January 25, 1925, the fourth child of Cuthbert Burrell and Anna Mary Barackman Guthrie, Presbyterian agricultural missionaries. Upon their death not long after Catherine was born, she and her siblings were sent to the United States and raised separately by different relatives. Catherine was raised by her uncle Edward Sewell and Margaret Faye Watterson Guthrie in Ithaca, NY, where Edward was a professor of Dairy Industry at Cornell University.
Catherine attended Iowa State University and in 1944 was initiated into the Omega chapter of Gamma Phi Beta sorority. She graduated in 1947 with a Bachelor of Science in Home Economics with a major in Child Development.
College was also where she met her future husband, John William Lindauer, on a blind date at the Phi Kappa Psi fraternity picnic, and they married on September 5, 1947. The couple lived in Portland, OR, from 1948 to 1970 where they raised their three children, Christi, Bill, and Steve. They moved to Denver, CO, in 1970.
Cathy was a devoted wife, mother, and volunteer. She held many leadership positions while raising her three children including seven years as a Girl Scout leader, chair and president of the American Field Service Homes Selection committee, PTA president, treasurer of the Littleton Newcomers club, kindergarten teacher at her church, and a variety of committee memberships at Hope United Methodist Church.
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Cathy was also an avid bridge player and golfer. She was particularly proud of her hole in one. Even in her nineties when her vision had declined, she was playing three bridge games a week.
More than anything, Cathy loved her family. She taught them the importance of creating a loving family. She is survived by her daughter Christi Kilpatrick (David) of Wales, WI, son Steve Lindauer (Katie) of Castle Rock, CO, and daughter-in-law Shelley Lindauer of Logan, UT, and nine grandchildren and 12 great grandchildren."
Note: Date of death is given as April 14 in one place and June 14 in another in this obituary.