 LINDSEY, CATHERINE (KATIE) passed away suddenly after an extended convalescence on November 4th, 2012 in Long Beach, CA. Born in 1929, in Pittsburg, Kansas, she was the daughter of L.C. and Effie McNew. Katie had many talents, excelling in math, chemistry, and Latin, and was gifted in art and sewing. In 1947 she was the only woman in her drafting class at the University of Kansas. She married in 1949 and remained in Kansas until moving to Albuquerque in 1959. While raising her family she was a substitute teacher in the Albuquerque Public School system and then went into real estate working for Century 21, also working to settle candidates off-reservation for the Bureau of Indian Affairs. Moving to Long Beach in 1983 she worked in mortgage services for California Federal Savings. She became interested in massage therapy and trained at the Santa Monica Sports Institute developing a devoted following while teaching for 10 years at Wyotech of Corinthian Colleges at Long Beach. She was extremely intuitive in healing practices and helped all her who knew her. Teaching was a continuing focus in her life and she strove to help the less advantaged. Katie was also a 17 year survivor of breast cancer. Predeceased by her former husband Victor B. Lindsey, longtime companion Ted Yale, and her son Curtis B. Lindsey, she is survived by her brother Phillip (Clarene) McNew; her devoted sons Stuart (Barbara) Lindsey, Jason (Christine) Lindsey; daughters Sara (Alan) Weeks, Kathleen Hardison; seven grandchildren, Stephanie Lindsey, Samuel Hardison, Brinan, Jack, Demery and Eva Weeks, Ella and Lucas Lindsey; and many nieces and nephews. Her dear friends Robin Eastman, Diane Mcninch, and Rhetta Fleming were a constant source of comfort to her. Donations may be made in her memory to any organization that promotes healing, teaching, or helping the disadvantaged. A private service will be held in the near future for immediate family. Interment will be in her family plot located near Pittsburgh, Kansas.
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