Catherine Mae Hopkins Woloff Obituary (1922

Catherine Mae Hopkins Woloff, of Provo, known to friends and family as “Caye,” passed away peacefully at home on December 9, 2018, at the age of 96. She was born to Alvin LeRoy and Alice Elma Whittington Hopkins on November 8, 1922 in Claremont, Minnesota. She was also a long-time resident of Fairview, Sanpete County, Utah. Caye attended the University of California, Berkley, but left school to work for the British government at their ship building division at the docks in Richmond, California. As an executive secretary there, she was privileged to attend and participate in the christening and launch of many war ships. Caye and her sister, Chloe, were charter members of their chapter of the USO during WWII. After the war, she went to work for American Standard as the executive secretary, which is where she met her eternal companion, David Woloff. Due to company policy, she had to quit her position when she became engaged. She always felt this was a small price to pay in order to have a wonderful life with David. She then went to work for the Contra Costa County as executive secretary to the county accessor. After retiring from this position, she and David moved to Fairview in Sanpete County, Utah and lived next door to her sister, Chloe, and her brother-in-law, Leo. Retirement couldn’t keep Caye down for long, so she went back to work as a secretary at the hospital in Mount Pleasant, and worked there for several years. This was a fun time for Caye and Chloe to work together at the hospital where Chloe was a nurse. Caye was very dedicated to the gospel of Jesus Christ and always very active in The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints serving in many capacities, including her service as a Relief Society Counselor at the age of 92. She was serving a Stake mission in California when she was called to serve a full-time mission in the Northern States Mission, which was headquartered in Chicago, Illinois. There, she served as the secretary to the mission president. Later, she served a full time mission in Australia with her eternal friend, Carole Ann Faust, from August 1, 2000 to February 5, 2002. Following this mission, Caye moved to Provo, and the two friends served together at the MTC. She was preceded in death by her husband, David Woloff; her parents, Alvin and Alice Hopkins; her brothers, Alvin Hopkins Jr. (Lou) and Wally Hopkins (Marie); and her sisters, Nadine Kerr and husband, Jim, and Chloe Stewart and husband, Leo. Because Caye was so close to her two sisters, she became a mother to her nieces, Donna and Jeanna, and nephews, Leonard and Kenneth, when her sisters passed away. Subsequently she was a grandmother to the children of all her nieces and nephews and their families, as well as to the grandchildren of her friend, Carole Ann. She is survived by nieces/daughters, Donna Johnson and husband Edward, and Jeanna Elliot and husband, Ryan; nephews/sons, Leonard Stewart and wife, Lawauna, and Kenneth Stewart and wife, Karen. She is also survived by numerous nieces, nephews, and honorary grandchildren, great-grandchildren, and great-great-grandchildren, and her friend Carole Ann Faust who all loved Caye so much. The family wishes to thank Applegate HomeCare & Hospice, especially Jay, Karen, Jeramie, Doug, Semisi, and Kristina for their excellent care and the kind, sensitive, and caring manner in which they cared for Caye during her final days. Funeral services will be held on Saturday, December 22, 2018 at 11:00 a.m. in the Grandview 15th Ward, 1122 Grand Avenue, Provo, Utah. The family will receive friends at the church on Friday, December 21, 2018 from 6-8:00 p.m. and on Saturday at the church from 9-10:30 a.m. Interment, Fairview City Cemetery. Condolences may be expressed at www.bergmortuary.com.