Mary Catherine Fox

Cathy was a founding member of Faith Lutheran Church in Conover, NC before she became a long time member of St. Stephens Lutheran ELCA in Hickory, NC where she served as a Sunday school teacher and served on the church board. Cathy was a lifelong servant of the Lord and participated in many different service projects. She was involved in a medical mission trip to Russia after the fall of the Berlin wall. She was also heavily involved in prison ministries throughout North Carolina. Cathy thoroughly enjoyed volunteering and did so often at Catawba Valley Medical Center at both the front desk and in the gift shop as well as at Hospice where she worked at the front desk and helped provide love and support to families in their most difficult times. One of her favorite places to visit was Lutheridge in Arden, NC where she could share her faith in full force with other brothers and sisters in Christ. She often attended retreats there and helped lead some of these events. Cathy fulfilled a lifelong dream when she traveled to Jerusalem and Jordan and was baptized in the Jordan River further solidifying her faith. Her faith and love of the Lord was palpable into her last days in her earthly body.

Cathy was preceded in death by her mother and father, Wade and Vera Fox and her sisters Ellen and Betty Jean (BJ). She is survived by her daughter Wendi and husband Pedro Gonzalez, her four grandchildren, Michelle Hollar, Tabitha and husband Chris Powell, Arianna and wife Asha Evans and Alex Gonzalez and her six great grandchildren, Zevion, Camden, Declan, Karmin, Mia and Jaelynn. She is also survived by her Uncle Max Fox, her sisters Liz, Dena and husband Dwayne, Lorena and husband Harry, her brothers-in-law, Danny and John and her twelve nieces and nephews Wade, Amy, Dana, Jeanna, Sean, Brian, Chris, Charlie, Scott, Katelyn, Sophie and Ian and countless other family and friends.

A receiving of friends will be be held from 1:00 to 1:45, on Saturday, December 10, 2022 at St. Stephens Lutheran Church ELCA, 2259 12 Ave NE Hickory, NC 28601. A Celebration of Life will follow at 2:00 PM in the Sanctuary.

In lieu of flowers please consider donations to:

Carolina Caring (Hospice): https://www.carolinacaring.org/give

Catawba Valley Medical Center:

https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E251641&id=3

Lutheridge: https://interland3.donorperfect.net/weblink/weblink.aspx?name=E5162&id=46

Fond memories and expressions of sympathy may be shared at www.drumfh-conover.com for the Fox family.