Dorothy Catterton

Dorothy "Dot" Lucille Miller Catterton, born on the 3rd of April 1909, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, to the late Lucy Anna Zimmerman Miller and the late George Benjamin Miller, passed away on Tuesday, the 7th of October 2008. She was 99. Dot was a cherished mother, grandmother, great-grandmother, sister-in-law, friend and confidant. In 1926, Dot graduated from Fort Wayne Central High School, where she played varsity basketball and tennis. She continued to be an avid tennis player and ranked as city champion in Fort Wayne for two consecutive years. She was an accomplished equestrian. She attended Indiana University, where she joined the Delta Omicron chapter of Delta Delta Delta sorority and performed with Jordan River Revue, a musical theatre group. While at IU, Dot met and, in 1931, married Wilbert Overton Catterton, her best friend and husband of 49 years. After college, she taught fourth grade at the Hillcrest School in Ft. Wayne. Dot and Will moved to Houston in 1935. She was a member of Houston Literary Society, Pan American Round Table, River Oaks Rose Club, Art Association of St. Thomas, and Institute for International Education, where she served as chairman of the executive committee. She was a charter member of St. Luke's United Methodist Church and a member of Houston Country Club. Her great loves were Will, her two daughters, playing golf and bridge, deer hunting with Will, and eating fabulous desserts. Her beloved Will, who passed away in 1980, and her brother, Harold Miller, preceded Dot in death. Known as "Mama Dot" to her grandchildren and great-grandchildren, she is survived by her two daughters and their husbands: Ann Catterton Brown and husband, Irving J. "Sonny" Brown, El Paso, and Julie Catterton Kemper and husband, James W. Kemper, M.D., Houston; nine grandchildren: Julie Brown Tomlin and husband, Mark; Adin Brown and wife, Christi; Will Brown and wife, Katherine; Ann Brown; Alexander Dancy and wife, Shelly; Claiborne Dancy and wife, Martha; Blair Dancy and wife, Allison; Katherine Kemper Putnam and husband, Michael; and Deborah Kemper; 17 great-grandchildren; brother-in-law Blair McDonald Catterton; and two nieces, Nancy Fisher and Lynne Schricte. The family gives special thanks to Felisa Huitz, Felipa Huitz, Elodia Cano, Efrain Lopez, Martha Lopez, Nicole Apollon, and Lesvia Hernandez for their loving care and support of Dot, and to her physicians, Dr. Patrick Carter, Dr. Ali Mortazavi, Dr. Michael Newmark and Dr. Martin Fischer, for their continued care. A private family entombment will be conducted at the Memorial Mission Mausoleum at Forest Park Westheimer Cemetery. A memorial service will then be conducted at half past four o'clock in the afternoon on Monday, the 13th of October, in the Chapel of St. Luke's United Methodist Church, 3571 Westheimer in Houston, where Dr. Boyd Wagner will serve as officiant. Immediately following the memorial service, all are invited to join the family for a reception in the adjacent Parlor. In lieu of flowers, the family requests with gratitude that memorial contributions in her name be directed to the charity of one's choice.