Our dear mother, Grace Catherine Worthington, known as Kate, passed away on April 14, at home in Northglenn, Colorado, surrounded by family. Kate was born in Vincennes, Indiana, on May 1, 1933, to Pearl J. (Murphy) and James W. Arthur. She was the last surviving child of the family, fourteenth of fifteen.
Kate lived much of her childhood around Robinson, Illinois, and had fond memories of days spent wandering the woods and fishing in creeks with her younger brother Frank. She was close with several of her sisters, too, especially Norma. The family never had much money, but they worked hard and had fun together.
In the early fifties, Kate married her first husband, the late Robert Matheney. They had two children, Lyssa and Richard. Kate later married Thomas Worthington and they added three more children, Kathy, Tom (Tug), and James to the family. Kate and Thomas lived in Des Moines, Iowa, and Northglenn, Colorado, following Thomas’s career in the baking industry. Kate worked much of her life, too, after convincing Thomas that women could work and still take care of the children and home. Her favorite job was running central supply in a nursing home. After she retired, she helped raise many of her grandchildren and loved getting family together for big meals, always burning the marshmallows on the yams on Thanksgiving and making impossibly delicious fudge at Christmas.
Kate is preceded in death by her parents, all of her siblings, her husband Thomas, and her granddaughter Barbara Katie Chapman. She is survived by her daughters Lyssa Chapman-Greene of Fairbanks, Alaska, and Kathy (Guy) Mendt of Thornton, Colorado, and by her sons Richard Worthington of Davenport, Iowa, Tug (Christine Clark) Worthington of Largo, Florida, and James (Kim Talbot) Worthington of Westminster, Colorado, as well as grandchildren Billy (Angela) Brown, Jason (Barbi) Brittain, Tucker Chapman, Lyssa (Lei) Chapman, Nick Chapman, Blake (Kendra) Friend, Timothy (Erin) Mendt, Amanda (Craig) Bennett, Jack Worthington, and John Worthington, as well as numerous great-grandchildren, two great-great grandsons, and a host of nieces and nephews.
The family would like to thank Compassionate Hospice who cared for Kate and the family, Amos Trujillo for his help and thoughtfulness over the years, and Meals on Wheels for brightening her day for many months.
Services are scheduled for Monday, April 24, at Olinger Funeral, Cremation, and Cemetery--Highland, in Northglenn, Colorado, with entombment at Mount Lindo Cemetery.
In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation to Meals on Wheels.
Our hearts are broken. She will be missed.
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