Catherine (Cathey) Elizabeth Doherty Stevens, 78, of San Marcos passed away on January 17, 2021.
Cathey was born February 25, 1942 in San Antonio to Dan E. Doherty and Marian Lyon (Doherty) O'Neal. She was a graduate of Tivy High School Class of 1960 in Kerrville. In 1962, Catherine married Robert J. Stevens, who also graduated from Tivy High School and was a civil service employee, moving to Germany. They returned to the central Texas area in 1966, and later to the Houston area, to live and to raise their family.
Cathey received both her bachelor's and master's degrees of English from Southwest Texas State University. She was a high school English teacher for most of her career, as well as a librarian in Lockhart for a short duration in the mid-1970's. She was an avid reader and blessed with the innate ability to write. She was always enthralled with vocabulary and the careful, precise selection of words.
