Katherine Veronica Rix

Katherine “Nannie” Rix passed away April 18, 2018. Katherine was born November 9,1924 in Yonkers, New York to William and Mary Casey Grotendorst. Katherine graduated from Aquinas Hall in the Bronx in 1942. She married William D. Rix on September 1,1946. They raised four wonderful daughters; Christine, Rosemary, Nancy, and Kathy. William Rix died November 18, 1969 after they had just moved to Dallas. Katherine was a devoted Mother, kind, sweet, brave, with a great Faith in God. Katherine is survived by her four daughters and their spouses, Jim & Christine Zoeller, Rosemary and Richard Fougerousse, Nancy and John Kraft, Kathy and Jon Hogan, and 14 grandchildren and 20 great-grandchildren. A visitation for Katherine Rix will be this Sunday night from 6-7:30pm on April 22, 2018 at the Ted Dickey West Funeral Home - 8011 Frankford Road in North Dallas. A funeral Mass of Christian Burial will be Monday April 23,2018 at Christ the King Catholic Church of Dallas at 10am, preceded by the recitation of the Holy Rosary at 9:30am. A reception will follow immediately at the church. In lieu of flowers, family and friends can contribute to the Katherine V. Rix Ursuline Academy Scholarship Fund in care of the Catholic Foundation – 12222 Merit Drive Suite 850 Dallas, Texas 75251 972-661-9792.