Obituary for Marilyn June Cathey (Venable)
Marilyn June Venable was born on December 25, 1934 in Blaine County, Oklahoma to Floyd and Ina Venable. She grew up with 4 siblings on the family farm in Loyal Oklahoma toward the end of the Great Depression and throughout the end of the second World War. The family later moved to Enid for several years, then to Victoria, Texas where she and her twin sister, Jean, graduated high school. Her love of music was realized very early, which led her to receive a full scholarship to the University of Corpus Christi in the 1950s. There, she met Eddie Lee Cathey, and after graduation they were married in July 1957.
Daniel Lee Cathey was born in 1959, followed by their second son Stephen in 1961, and daughter Karen in 1963. After their move to the Houston area, both June and Eddie served as schoolteachers in the Galena Park ISD where they remained until their retirement in 1995. They also served Oaks Christian Church faithfully as choir director and organist, until their retirement in 1999.
By 2004, the Cathey’s retired to the hill country of Kerrville, Texas before moving finally to Azle, Texas in 2011, where they enjoyed many wonderful years with their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Throughout the decades of her life, June’s love of music resounded in all of the family’s gatherings, church services, and events, including the Sunday morning of her passing. June faithfully inspired her children and grandchildren to play musical instruments including the piano, oboe, clarinet, flute, violin, and guitar.
On Sunday, October 18th, Marilyn June Cathey died peacefully in Azle, Tx at the age of 85, surrounded by her family singing hymns by her bedside.
June is survived by all three of her children: Daniel Lee Cathey and wife Polly of Azle, Texas; Stephen Lynn Cathey and wife Ammy of San Marcos, Texas; Karen Cathey Ogea and husband Eric of Azle, Texas.
Grandchildren: Kristy Cathey Reese and husband Joseph of Vidor, Texas and their children Laikyn, Khlo’ee, and Makena June;
James Cathey and wife Jennifer of Tomball, Texas and their children Addilyn, Kynslie, and Cayson;
Alexis Gierzak of San Marcos, Texas;
Jeremy Ogea and wife Mercy of Fort Worth, Texas and their children Jackson, Anne, Ezra, Avonlea, and Eve;
Daniel Ogea and wife Destinee of Fort Worth, Texas, and children Easton and Sutton;
and Hannah Elizabeth Ogea of Arlington, Texas.
Surviving siblings include Louis Marrow of Sweeny, Texas and David Tolle Venable of Glen Rose, Texas.
June is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Eddie Lee Cathey; Parents, Floyd and Ina (Tolle) Venable; Siblings, Allen Floyd Venable, Sherry Lee Venable, Ina Venable Bray, and twin sister Marion Jean Marrow.
June will be laid to rest next to her husband Eddie in San Marcos, Texas on Thursday, Oct 22, 2020, followed by a gathering of family and friends at Community Baptist Church in San Marcos.
Daniel Lee Cathey was born in 1959, followed by their second son Stephen in 1961, and daughter Karen in 1963. After their move to the Houston area, both June and Eddie served as schoolteachers in the Galena Park ISD where they remained until their retirement in 1995. They also served Oaks Christian Church faithfully as choir director and organist, until their retirement in 1999.
By 2004, the Cathey’s retired to the hill country of Kerrville, Texas before moving finally to Azle, Texas in 2011, where they enjoyed many wonderful years with their children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren.
Throughout the decades of her life, June’s love of music resounded in all of the family’s gatherings, church services, and events, including the Sunday morning of her passing. June faithfully inspired her children and grandchildren to play musical instruments including the piano, oboe, clarinet, flute, violin, and guitar.
On Sunday, October 18th, Marilyn June Cathey died peacefully in Azle, Tx at the age of 85, surrounded by her family singing hymns by her bedside.
June is survived by all three of her children: Daniel Lee Cathey and wife Polly of Azle, Texas; Stephen Lynn Cathey and wife Ammy of San Marcos, Texas; Karen Cathey Ogea and husband Eric of Azle, Texas.
Grandchildren: Kristy Cathey Reese and husband Joseph of Vidor, Texas and their children Laikyn, Khlo’ee, and Makena June;
James Cathey and wife Jennifer of Tomball, Texas and their children Addilyn, Kynslie, and Cayson;
Alexis Gierzak of San Marcos, Texas;
Jeremy Ogea and wife Mercy of Fort Worth, Texas and their children Jackson, Anne, Ezra, Avonlea, and Eve;
Daniel Ogea and wife Destinee of Fort Worth, Texas, and children Easton and Sutton;
and Hannah Elizabeth Ogea of Arlington, Texas.
Surviving siblings include Louis Marrow of Sweeny, Texas and David Tolle Venable of Glen Rose, Texas.
June is preceded in death by her husband of 58 years, Eddie Lee Cathey; Parents, Floyd and Ina (Tolle) Venable; Siblings, Allen Floyd Venable, Sherry Lee Venable, Ina Venable Bray, and twin sister Marion Jean Marrow.
June will be laid to rest next to her husband Eddie in San Marcos, Texas on Thursday, Oct 22, 2020, followed by a gathering of family and friends at Community Baptist Church in San Marcos.