Ina Cathy

Ina Cathy of Sidney, N.Y. and a former longtime resident of Chester, N.Y. died on Saturday June 25, 2016 in Norwich, N.Y. Ina, the daughter of the late Johannes and Alein Coddington Van Ry, was born on April 27, 1927 in Warwick, N.Y. at the home of her Aunt Ida Berry. Ina lived on a farm in Sugar Loaf and attended a one room school house in Lake Station. She later attended the Chester Union Free School. She married the late Eugene H. Cathy on February 12, 1945 in Chester, N.Y. Ina worked primarily as a telephone operator, starting her career in Highland Telephone in Monroe, N.Y. She also worked at the Chester National Bank and for the County of Orange. She later trained to be a CNA at Arden Hill Hospital in Goshen, N.Y. She enjoyed ceramics, shopping, gardening, bingo and country music. Survivors include her sons Eugene H. Cathy and his wife Barbara of Milford, PA.; Bruce E. Cathy and his wife Pamela Mather-Cathy of Middletown, N.Y.; daughters Judith Gage and her husband Richard of Otego, N.Y. and Bonnie Jo Cathy of West Seneca, N.Y. She is also survived by her grandchildren Eugene H. Cathy III and his wife Jacqueline; Kimberly Hybbeneth; James Cathy; Joseph Cathy; Joshua Gage; Sara Gage -Nesbit her wife Erica; and great-grandchildren Jonas Gage; Paul Hybbeneth; Rebecca Hybbeneth; Jessica Cathy; Eugene Cathy IV; Josephine Gage-Nesbit and Louis Gage-Nesbit. Her sisters-in-law Barbara E. Spina, Julie Cathy, and Virginia Conklin and many nieces and nephews and cousins Wilma Rink, Dorothy Morley and Carol DeWitte. A Visitation hour will be held on Saturday July 9, 2016 from 11A.M.- 12 Noon with a memorial service at 12 Noon at the Lippincott Funeral Home, Inc. 92 Main St. Chester, N.Y. Burial will be held at the convenience of the family in Chester Cemetery.