Catherine Ann Booth was born January 8, 1953, in Los Angeles to Mary Catherine and James Reid. She was the ninth of eleven children and embraced every aspect of competition that came along with a big Irish family. Holidays were filled with laughter that often ended with the family ranking which sibling could speak the fastest. She always won hands down.
Our mom loved sports of all kinds, but basketball was her favorite and she enjoyed playing every Friday night with friends and family. In 1972 she played as a freshman for Long Beach State in the first-ever women’s national college basketball tournament. Her team sold cookies to fund their trip to Indiana and she was very honored to participate. Even last week she shot an old bandage from her hospital bed into the garbage can across the room and said, “I still got it”.
She didn’t consider herself much of a traveler, but she said some of her favorite memories were being baptized in the Jordan River in Israel, attending the World Cup in Brazil and walking the Freedom Trail in Boston. She also loved seeing her oldest grandson touch the Atlantic Ocean for the first time in Maine. After decades of family trips to Montana, she and Dad decided that is where they wanted to spend their golden years, so they packed up their dogs and off they went.
Our mom lived every moment for her family and the Lord, which directed every aspect of her life. She enjoyed gathering with members of her Bible study every Tuesday. We remember several times when someone close to Mom had passed, she would look sad but say “I wish I could see what they see now”. She didn’t consider herself a perfectionist, but when it came to quilting, she wanted every seam and border to be better than her last. She won a blue ribbon at the Ravalli County Fair for Applique in 2023 and loved the relationships she formed with ladies of the Bitterroot Quilters Guild.
Catherine is joined in eternity with her son, Danny. She is survived by her loving husband of 45 years, Dan, two daughters Katie Troutman and Joanna Brown, and son-in-law Taylor Brown. Her four grandsons Killian, Rider, Sheridan and Ryan brought endless joy to her days. She is also survived by four siblings: Julie, Shari, Betty and Jim and joined in heaven by siblings Barbara Jean, Tom, Doug, Greg, Mary and Teri.
A Celebration of Life will be held at the Daly-Leach Memorial in Hamilton on November 8th at 2 PM, concluded by light refreshments in the funeral home’s community room. Interment will follow at Riverview Cemetery.
Condolences may be left for the family at www.dalyleachchapel.com
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