Katherine 'Katie' Moyer
February 18, 1949 - December 20, 2020
Escondido
Katherine 'Katie' Hollice Moyer passed away on December 20, 2020, in Escondido, California, at age 71. Katie was born February 18, 1949, in San Diego, the first of six children born to Robert and Barbara Lawler. Her passing was preceded by her son Nathan and survived by her husband Clifford, son Michael, daughter Caitlin, three grandchildren, and three brothers and three sisters.Katie was a unique person with a huge presence; she was sharp-witted, funny, and wonderfully irreverent. She was one of those who could fill a room with her liveliness and welcoming smile. Katie made people around her feel that they had known each other forever and was always there to help others. Katie will be missed by the many she has touched.Katie grew up in San Diego; she attended Holy Family, Montgomery Jr. High, and Kearny High School, where she was active in student government, choir, "D"-sisters, and numerous other activities. She then continued on to San Diego State. As a youth, she participated in Civic Arts for Youth plays in San Diego.Katie loved music and, while in high school, was a singer with R&B bands (where she met her husband Cliff) and later with a rock group that opened for and met groups Janis Joplin Big Brother and the Holding Company, Jefferson Airplane, The Who and Vanilla Fudge. She left singing for love and marriage.Katie and her husband of 50 years lived in San Diego's Mission Beach, then Mira Mesa for a few years, moved to Mammoth Lakes, and returned to Escondido, where she lived the rest of her life.While in Escondido, she became an advocate for special needs children and was a constant presence at both Nicolayson Ctr. and LR Green, assisting in classrooms, PTA, Grant Funding, and student extra-curricular activities.In 2005 Katie was diagnosed with Alpha 1 Antitrypsin Deficiency, a genetic liver/lung condition, and received a lung transplant in 2017. In 2020 she was diagnosed with cancer and shortly after succumbed to their complications. Never one to give up, she donated her remains to UCSD for scientific and scholastic studies.Katie loved life and was an enthusiastic, cheerful force in ours. She is irreplaceable and she will be deeply missed.Hopefully, an announce- ment can be made in Spring/Summer of 2021 for all who would like to attend a Celebration of life for Katie.For those of you wanting to honor Katie's memory, please consider making a donation in her name to the Alpha-1 Foundation (alpha1.org).