Catherine Everingham

17 hours ago(0) CommentsMISSOULAâ�,��**– Catherine Henriette Bollen Everingham of Missoula passed away Saturday, May 11, 2013, of natural causes at the Missoula Health and Rehab Center. She was 89 years old, born March 2, 1924, in Ames, Iowa, to Hildegard and Walter B. Bollen.

In 1930, she moved to Corvallis, Ore., with her parents and brother and spent her young adult life there. Her father was a professor of microbiology at Oregon State University, where she later attended college. She belonged to the Delta Zeta sorority and there received her bachelor's degree in home economics with an emphasis in child development.

Catherine met her future husband, Bill Everingham, at a dance in Klamath Falls, Ore., while he was in the service. They married in 1946 and soon settled in Missoula. There they had three children, Bill, Mark and David. While she raised her three boys, Catherine worked at the University of Montana Nursery School.

Catherine was involved in a variety of community groups including League of Women Voters and the Progressive Club, and was a member of the First Presbyterian Church.

Along with being an amazing wife and mother and raising her own children, she enjoyed gardening, skiing, sailing, hiking and long walks with her friends. She spent a lot of time at Flathead Lake with her family camping and building their summer cabin. She took great pride in her family and the time they spent together.

She was a loving wife, mother, grandmother and friend. She enjoyed stamp collecting, birdwatching and Montana in every season.

She is survived by her husband, Bill Everingham; three sons, Billy, Mark and David; daughters-in-law, Rosie, Kim and Kathy; brother, Walter M. Bollen; and grandchildren, Carmen, Curtis, Christopher and Claire of Missoula.

Viewing will be 1-2 p.m. Thursday, May 16, at the First Presbyterian Church followed by a service at 2 p.m. in the sanctuary. Burial will follow at the Western Montana State Veterans Cemetery.

Read Catherine Everingham's Obituary and Guestbook on www.missoulafuneralhomes.com.