Leo Wilbur Col. Cather

Leo Cather was born in Albin, Virginia on 10 August, 1906. He went to preparatory school in Washington, D.C., and was admitted to the United States Military Academy in 1927. Upon graduation in 1931, he was commissioned a Second Lieutenant in the Field Artillery. He was a versatile man who was to serve his country with distinction. While in flying school at Randolph Airfield in San Antonio, Texas, he met and married the love of his life, Clara Belle Vosburg in 1932. They were stationed at Fort Stotsenburg, in the Philippine Islands until 1937, and traveled extensively in the Far East.

During the Second World War, he was in the European Theater of Operations in Wales, France, Luxembourg, Belgium and Germany. He was at the D-Day landing and served in the Battle-of-the-Bulge in the Ardennes Forest.

During the peace that ensued after the war, he attended the Armed Forces Staff College in 1948, and the Army War College in 1951. He served in the Eighth Army during the Korean conflict, and in Japan, with the Far East Command until 1957. Later, he served in the Headquarters, Fourth Army until 1961, retiring as a full Colonel at age fifty-five. He had an accomplished military career that had spanned thirty years.

After retirement from the Army, he was Director of Student Financial Aid at Trinity University for ten years.

As well as being an avid golfer who continued to play until he was ninety, he had been a polo-player, an equestrian, a pilot, and an early balloonist. He had a natural integrity, a gentle sense of humor and could be very entertaining. He will be much missed by his family.

Leo Cather is survived by: Carolyn and Marcus Swan of San Antonio; R.D. Cather of Plano, Texas; Janis and Charles Penick of Bastrop, Texas; Lynn and Sandy Poer of Dallas, Texas; and Susan Cather of San Antonio, as well as five grandchildren.