Catherine "Katie" Cloyd (nee Herkenhoff)

Catherine "Katie" Cloyd (nee Herkenhoff) who passed away on September 13, 2023, was born in St. Louis on August 27, 1927, to Josephine (Ferder) and Raymond Herkenhoff. The second oldest child of six, she was raised mainly by her maiden aunts. She was preceded in death by her brothers, William and Raymond Herkenhoff, and her sisters, Evelyn Herkenhoff, Jeanette Fischer, and Geraldine Cruce. She was also preceded in death by her loving husband, Robert "Bob" Cloyd, who she married on November 21, 1951, and with whom she spent over 52 years together. 

Katie was the proud and loving mother of Carole (Ronnie) Niere, Gilbert "Gil (Karen) Cloyd, and Joyce (Terry) Brunner; grandmother of Elizabeth (Paul) Finley, Alexander Niere, Christopher (Erin) Brunner, Kathryn "Kate" Niere, and Amanda (Andrew) Evans; great grandmother of Cecelia and Jackson Finley, Conner and Gabrielle Brunner, and Violet Niere-Hunt. She was also a caring aunt, cousin, and friend. 

Katie lived in St. Louis her first 26 years. She graduated from Roosevelt High School where she was very active in athletics. She was captain of the softball, volleyball, and basketball teams her senior year and voted "most athletic girl." At Harris Teachers College she was a member of the Theta Sigma Upsilon sorority and continued to play volleyball and basketball. She continued playing volleyball for years after she married and had children. 

Besides her husband and family, her other loves were traveling in the US and throughout the world and teaching mostly seventh grade math at Selvidge Middle School from 1969-1989. Raised initially in the Catholic Church, she became very active in the United Methodist Church after her marriage. After moving to the Ballwin area in 1955 she became an active member of Salem in Ballwin United Methodist Church. She served on many committees and in several leadership roles in both the United Methodist Women organization and in the United Methodist Church in general. She was very involved in Kingdom House and served on the boards of Epworth Children and Family Services and Gambrill Gardens. She was devoted to mission work abroad and in the U.S. particularly at the Red Bird Mission in the Appalachian Mountains of Kentucky. 

Services: Visitation at Salem in Ballwin United Methodist Church, Friday, September 22, 2023 from 11:00 a.m. until the time of Service at 12:30 p.m. Interment Salem United Methodist Cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations to the Red Bird Mission (70 Queendale Center Beverly, KY 40913 (https://rbmission.org) are requested. As a service of the SCHRADER Funeral Home and Crematory, friends may sign the family's on-line guestbook at Schrader.com.