Catherine Gail Holloway

Kitten Catherine Gail Holloway, lovingly known as “Kitten,” was a beautiful, vibrant, vulnerable and gentle soul. Catherine was born in Fort Worth, Texas in 1950. She grew up in Dallas and spent many happy and fun years amongst her high school friends from Highland Park, W.T. White and Hockaday before going to San Antonio to attend St. Mary’s Hall. Her fondest memories were from her time spent in San Antonio and south Texas with her close and dear dorm mates. She graduated from St. Mary’s in 1967 and moved to Washington, D.C. to attend Mount Vernon Junior College from which she graduated in 1969. She then moved to Austin where she received her BFA from the University of Texas. Kitten was always an artist, in spirit as well as in practice, and was a free spirit in the true sense of the word. She loved to listen to music, to watch classic old movies, to read in her endless quest for the Truth behind the pervasive propaganda and dogma, and to work in various volunteer positions to improve the health of our natural environment and to advance progressive political and social causes. Kitten was an extremely loving sister and was particularly devoted to her son Storm, her friends who attended her in her final days, her dogs and especially her cats, Mercury, Rebel, Ace, Deuce, Mundo and Mango, all of whom she loved dearly. She had a generous and tender heart and possessed a quick wit and an intellectual and emotional range and sensitivity few could match. As expressed by an old friend and admirer “[S]he felt things and she made everyone around her feel things, too. She could laugh and cry in the same paragraph and never lose her train of thought. She meant the laughs and meant the tears.” And she could just as easily make you laugh and cry. Catherine is survived and will be sorely missed by her son Storm Holloway of Los Angeles; her Mother Linda Allison of New York; her Father Pat Holloway of Dripping Springs; her sister Marcy Holloway of Austin; her brother Patrick Holloway and sister-in-law Nancy as well as her nephew Ian and her niece Brooke of Dallas; her aunt Joan Whitworth of Austin; and her cousins Mike Holloway, his wife Susan and their son Stephen of Dallas. A memorial service will be held Saturday, July 29, 2005 at 2:00 p.m. at Wilke-Clay Funeral Home at 2620 South Congress Avenue. There will be a gathering of Kitten’s friends Friday evening at 13424 Saddle Back Pass. Unfortunately, while compassion is present in our patriarchal society in select pockets, there nevertheless exists a pervasive lack of concern or care for those suffering from depression and other forms of mental and environmental illnesses. A society in which tax relief is more important than providing basic services to the needy or less fortunate amongst our society or providing a good education to all citizens (thereby fostering a passive, compliant society); in which a regulation-free society is more important than concern for your neighbors; and in which the ever-present quest for more money and the need to dominate in the exercise of power is more important than having pollution-free and healthy, just communities is not a pro-life, generous society, of which Kitten was painfully aware. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that donations be sent to the Save our Springs Alliance, 221 E. 9th Suite 300, Austin, Texas 78701, the Austin-Travis County Animal Shelter, 1156 West Cesar Chavez, Austin, Texas 78703, or the Hill Country Conservancy, 3345 Bee Cave Road, Austin, Texas 78746. May Kitten’s beautifully deep and tender spirit be forever embraced by the Goddess and the Great Spirit in a natural and healthful dimension where she may reside in peace and joy without pain amongst thoughtful, loving, and wise beings and creatures. Memorials and guestbook online at wcfish.com