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Catherine Jean McCaffery, 94 passed away December 2, 2020 at the home of her son and daughter-in-law Mike and Colleen McCaffery. Catherine was born in Moscow, Idaho January 6, 1926 to DeMoin and Dora Gilchrist and lived in Genesee, Idaho until moving to Colfax, Washington at the age of 1.

She graduated from Colfax High School in 1944 from Washington State College in 1948 with a degree in Home Economics. She taught high school home economics in Davenport where she met and married the love of her life Gerald F. McCaffery. They moved from Davenport to Ritzville where she continued to work...