Catherine Codd

The Castleton Corners native was born Catherine MacGregor, and graduated from Curtis High School.

She moved to Washington, D.C. during World War II. She also lived in Huntington, N.Y., before returning to the Island, moving to New Dorp, and settled in Westerleigh in 1970.

Mrs. Codd was a secretary for 25 years at the College of Staten Island, Sunnyside, including for former college president Dr. Edmond Volpe. During her tenure, she began a scholarship fund and received the Dolphin Award in recognition of her contributions and achievements.

A dancer since childhood, she especially loved tap dancing. She taught all her children the Lindy hop almost as soon as they could walk, family said. Mrs. Codd had been a member of the Staten Island Ballroom Dancers and had organized a dance group called the Dancing Feats when she was in her 60s.

With an exceptional zest for life, she never missed an opportunity to tell a good joke or attend a party, family said.

Mrs. Codd enjoyed traveling around the world and wintering in Melbourne Beach, Fla., with her husband, James. She also was fond of going to the theater and loved being with her family and friends.

She kept her positive outlook on life, despite being ill in her later years. She was a member of the Seaview Adult Day Care program.

Her first husband of 25 years, Alexander Clark, died in 1971.

Her second husband of 37 years, James Codd, died in 2006.

Surviving are her son, William Clark; her daughters, Kathryn Forlenza and Patrice Bohlen; five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.

The funeral will be Wednesday from the Casey Funeral Home, Castleton Corners, with a Mass at 10:30 a.m. in St. Rita's R.C. Church, Meiers Corners. Burial will follow in Moravian Cemetery, New Dorp.