Dorothy Catherine Jessup

Dorothy Catherine "Kate" Jessup of Johns Creek, Georgia and formerly of Rockville and Terre Haute, Indiana, went home to be with God on April 24, 2025. Kate was born in September 12, 1925 in Greencastle, Indiana to the late Cecil Daniel Norman and Jessie Alice Knauer Norman.
She was a 1943 graduate of Rockville High School. She also attended Indiana State University in Terre Haute, IN. She worked for the Rockville Tribune as Society Editor, Bookkeeper, and Office Manager and Parke County Sentinel as Office Manager. She was also a Licensed Indiana Real Estate Agent and sold real estate with Tom and Betty Farner. Kate married her husband Max E. Jessup on January 22, 1949, and they shared just shy of 48 wonderful years of marriage before his passing on January 7, 1997.
She is survived by one daughter, Christine Ann Goebel, granddaughter, Lindsay Creighton Hoffman (Chris), and two cherished great-grandchildren, Gia London and Roman Maxwell Gulati all of Johns Creek, Georgia. She also has a niece, Patty Trout of Brownsburg, Indiana, cousin, Marceil Chapman of Rockville, special friends, Joan Nasser and her family of Terre Haute. Kate was preceded in death by her brother, Floyd Norman of St. Louis, MO and her sister, N. Ruth O'Donnell of Ft. Lauderdale, FL.
Kate belonged to the Rockville Presbyterian Church, Tri Kappa Sorority, and the Country Club of the South. She was a loving mother, grandmother, and great-grandmother whose family meant the world to her. She and Max also loved to dance to Big Band music with their friends. Known for her impeccable taste, Kate had a natural talent for decorating and creating warm and inviting spaces in her home.
Graveside Services will be 2:00 p.m. Tuesday, May 27 at Memory Garden Cemetery in Rockville.
Arrangements have been entrusted to the care of Gooch Funeral Home in Rockville.
Online condolences may be shared at www.goochfuneralhome.com.