Monday, June 11, 1951 was an ordinary Monday when Catherine Frances Naizer was born in an ordinary way in Taylor, Texas. The daughter of Daniel and Sybil (Repa) Naizer of Granger, Texas. Cathy grew up on a farm. She attended Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic School in Granger and graduated from Granger High School where she was a majorette in the Granger High School Band.

When Cathy was young, she danced traditional polka dances at events in Czech costumes. Cathy loved to dance. We met on the dance floor of the Granger Hall and oh, we danced! We danced every time we had a chance! Her favorite local band was the Debonairs. When Cathy took a chance on a small-town boy from Gatesville, Texas, we had no plans for the future. We married at Sts. Cyril and Methodius Catholic Church on August 15, 1970 and started our life together with hope and a promise. We were two ordinary people with ordinary jobs. We enjoyed weekend trips to Corpus Christi and Padre Island. We loved boating on Town Lake and Lake Travis.

Cathy received her Bachelor’s Degree from University of Texas at San Antonio. She worked for Texas Instruments in Dallas and Austin, Texas. She had a distinguished 25 year career with USAA Insurance as a Litigation Manager in San Antonio, Texas and Colorado Springs, Colorado, before she retired in 2016.

We were blessed with three sons, Christopher, Ryan and Travis and eight very talented and gifted Grandchildren. Through the years our dance moves were a little slower, but the boys kept us busy with Boy Scouts, CYO basketball, tee ball, baseball, football, high school cross country meets and four years of high school and travel league baseball. Cathy loved watching our sons play sports and most recently our grandchildren’s baseball, soccer and track. She loved spending time with our Grandchildren playing dominos and board games. The joy they gave her was priceless. They made her laugh and smile just like when we were dancing.

Over the years we traveled thousands of miles on road trips sightseeing and hiking park trails. We made a lot of memories with our sons, Cathy’s parents and our grandchildren. We saw everything from, London England, Windsor Castle, Jasper Canada, Niagara Falls, Washington DC, the entire East Coast from Kitty Hawk to Key West, Mount Rushmore, Devils Tower, Grand Canyon and Goonies Beach on the Oregon coast. Our travels took us to Rocky Mountain, Glacier, Yellowstone and Yosemite national parks, across the Golden Gate bridge to the California redwoods, Cabo, Mazatlan, Cancun, a tour of the Chichen Itza ruins and snorkeling in the Caribbean. When we were at home, we loved our weekend getaways in the mountains.

August 2, 2026 was an ordinary rainy Sunday when Cathy peacefully passed away in Carmel, Indiana, with her husband and three sons by her side, after a private battle with pancreatic cancer. She was 75 years old and just 13 days shy of our 56th wedding anniversary. Cathy is survived by her loving husband, Allen, sons Christopher (Karen), Ryan (Tavita), Travis (Amanda), mother Sybil Naizer, sister Carolyn Snyder, brothers Kenneth and David Naizer. Also seven grandchildren, Ethan, Allen, Ryan, Malcolm, Daniel, Elizabeth and Kylie Cole.

So, as it turns out, the day Cathy was born wasn’t an ordinary day at all. It was the beginning of a unique, important and extraordinary life. She was Adored and Loved deeply by everyone who knew her and she will be missed greatly.

We’re a million miles from the past with one trip back to Texas, where she’ll be home at last.

In lieu of flowers, memorials will be accepted in Cathy's memory to St Mary's Catholic School, and can be mailed to 520 Washburn St,. Taylor, TX 76574.

Celebration of Life services for Cathy will begin at 2:00 p.m., Saturday, August 22, 2026, at Providence Funeral Home, 807 Carlos Parker Boulevard NW, Taylor, TX 76574.