Earl Francis Cato

Earl Francis was born in Roseville, Ohio to Earl L. Cato and Mary Romaine on March 1,1938. He married Yu Chen (Maria) on December 16, 1972 in Taipei, Taiwan. He graduated from Solano Community College. He worked as a Security Specialist for the United States Air Force for 20 years and Civil Service for 22 years. He was a veteran of Vietnam War and served in the United States Air Force.

Earl is preceded in death by his mother Mary Romaine; sisters Rose Starks, Mable Whitehead, Charlene Puryear, Marsha Fowler; brothers Elza Fowler, Keith Fowler, Tommy and Mike Fowler.

Earl is survived by his loving wife of 56 years Yu Chen Cato; sons Earl Ronnie Cato and Kevin T Cato; sisters Connie Brown, Phyllis Murgatroyd, Patricia Ferguson, Sheila (Ronnie) Johnson; brother Marvin (Lisa) Fowler, James Fowler; Wyatt Howard and family and Amy Williams and family.

A Visitation for Earl will be held on Thursday April 24, 2025 at 11:00am at Palm Northwest Mortuary 6701 N Jones Blvd Las Vegas, NV 89131. A Funeral Service will follow at 1:00pm.

The family of Earl Francis Cato wishes to extend our sincere thanks to family members, friends, acquaintances that have expressed their love for our family.