Catherine Mylene Thursby

I will miss our convos thru the inter webs. She made me laugh and my heart smile. I don’t think I’ll ever think of her without a tear or many in my eyes. Catherine was just amazing. I hope she is surrounded by animals and flowers, fish and dirt, some water to play in and of course I hope she is in her happy happy place. I’m bummed I didn’t get a snowman! She was gonna get one mailed after my surgery and hers. Gah. Love you C!!

I’m going to miss her so much! Until we meet again friend ❤

-Mariann S.

We are so deeply sad to hear of Catherine’s untimely passing. Catherine was our neighbour and though she moved a few years ago my affection for her remained. Catherine was as warm and bright and alive as her art. She was always friendly and kind and natural. We cannot imagine the heartbreak of her beloved family and will hold you all close in our prayers and hearts. Our deepest sympathies to her family and close friends.

Catherine was to me a sheer delight! I went to her cute! shop Red Shoes, and thought ...what a kindred spirit! she was. Then...somehow we ended up talking about bartering a blanket in her shop for ballet lessons for Fiona! I loved Fiona...and would have actually done it for free...but? I'm lying on my couch all these years later, under that very soft German blanket....this very second thinking about her and her family. ( Recently I had found her new shop , near Trader Joe's...and bought a...

Just know that I will love you and miss you every single day for the rest of my life. My only sister, my truest friend, my heart. I don’t understand. Please watch over us until we can see each other again. ❤

I would like to say that Catherine was a rare and unforgettable person; I don't know how she managed to all the things she did and did so well. She was a great soul. I will always cherish memories of her, sitting across from her and establishing lightening-fast, sisterly understanding, her explaining to me the meaning of each of her tattoos, her posts about her children whom she loved so fiercely and dearly (she was such a Mama Bear), her art -- those birds with almost human eyes, her arms...