Golden, Catherine Lynn December 31, 2004
Catherine Lynn Golden, 38, formerly of Marcellus, died Friday, December 31, 2004, at Dominican Hospital, Santa Cruz, CA. She was born in Syracuse. Catherine graduated from Marcellus High School in 1984, where she was an outstanding athlete in gymnastics and track. She distinguished herself as a member of the track team at the University of Vermont, graduating in 1988. In 1998, she was inducted into the UVM Athletic Hall of Fame. Catherine went on to earn a Ph.D. in molecular biology from the University of Florida.
During her graduate studies, she did research with NASA scientists and went on to work for NASA for a number of years. She worked for the Department of
Defense as a manager of research projects. Catherine lived life to the fullest; she was a licensed pilot, rock climber, snow boarder, mountain biker and surfer. Survivors: her parents, Paula Golden of Camillus and John Golden of Beaufort, SC; and sisters, Laura and Seana Golden of Santa Cruz, CA.
A memorial service celebrating the life of Catherine will be held at St. John's Episcopal Church, Marcellus, on Saturday, February 12, at 10 a.m.
Donations may be made in Catherine's memory to The Ovarian Cancer Research Fund, 14 Pennsylvania Plaza Suite 1400, New York, NY 10122.
Published in the Syracuse Post Standard on 1/16/2005.
Please consider remembering Cathy by donating to the fight against ovarian cancer:
http://www.ocrf.org/
