Catherine "Cathy" Capps

Catherine "Cathy" Capps age 58 passed away on October 13, 2008 in Ellensburg, WA.
She was born to Roy & Edna Capps December 28, 1949 in Ellensburg, WA.

Cathy graduated from Cle Elum High School and went on to college and earned her teaching degree. While attending college Cathy worked for the Forest Service, manning the Thorp Mountain Look-Out during the summer. She began her teaching career in Easton and then taught for several years in Connell then returned back to Cle Elum High School.

Cathy's main emphasis was Special Education where she touched many hearts along the way. Cathy loved every one of her students, as though they were her own children.
Her brother Mike Capps and his wife Patty, two nephews Andy Capps and his wife Anne and their two children Lauryn and Meagan Capps, Mason Capps and his wife Bobbi and sister-in-law Albie Baker, survive Cathy. Her parents precede her in passing.

There will be a time of visitation at Cascade Funeral Home in Cle Elum Thursday, 10/23/08 from 5-7pm. A Recitation of the Rosary will take place at Cascade Funeral Home Friday 10/24/08 at 7pm then her Mass of Christian Burial will take place Saturday, 10/25/08 at St John the Baptist Catholic Church in Cle Elum at 11am. Interment will follow at Laurel Hill Memorial Park in Cle Elum. Suggested family donations may be made to the American Lung Association.

Arrangements are under the care of Cascade Funeral Home in Cle Elum.