CATHERINE N. HOGE,
70 years old of Little Rock, passed away Monday, February 17, 2020, at Baptist Hospital in Little Rock. She was born on August 12, 1949, in Fort Smith, daughter of the late Dr. Marlin B. Hoge and Martha Nell Greenwood Hoge of Fort Smith. She graduated from Southside High School with the Class of 1967, went on to pursue her higher education at Garland Junior College for Women’s Liberal Arts in Boston, Massachusetts, graduated with a Bachelor of Fine Arts Degree at Southern Methodist University (SMU) in 1975, and received her Master’s in Fine Arts graduating summa cum laude with a 4.0 at North Texas State University.
Catherine began her career in Dallas as a beautiful fashion model in the early 1970s and went on to pursue her true love of the arts and religion making a name for herself as an artist in the mid to late 70s. She taught art at the University of Arkansas in Little Rock in the early 80s. She later began her career as a pharmaceutical representative for Roche Laboratories from 1987-1995 and continued in pharmaceuticals with other companies before retiring in the early to mid 2000s. In retirement she explored her love for travel, sailing, shopping, art shows, symphony, interior design, and planning many luncheons and dinner parties with dear friends and family. She was a loving and devoted daughter who nursed and cared for both of her parents until their very last days. She had an endless devotion to God that showed tremendously throughout her adult life. She was a member of the Cathedral of St. Andrew Catholic Church in Little Rock as well as Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fort Smith.
She is survived by her brother, Rollins G. Hoge and wife Debbie of Fort Smith; nieces, Michelle Swain of Conway, Arkansas, and Faith de Coeur (Ruth Hoge) of Bellevue, Washington; nephew, Alex Hoge of Fort Smith; great-niece, Audrey Swain of Conway; and great-nephews, Spencer Swain of Conway, Corbin Hoge of Fort Smith, Rollins R. Hoge of Fort Smith, and Kiran de Coeur Mitchell of Bellevue, Washington. She was preceded in death by her brother, Marlin B. Hoge and her niece, Miranda N. Hoge.
Visitation will be 6-7 p.m. and a rosary will follow from 7-8 p.m. in St. Anne’s Chapel at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Fort Smith on Thursday, February 27, 2020. Memorial mass will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church followed by a graveside service at Holy Cross Cemetery in Fort Smith, under the direction of Brotherton Brothers Funeral Home in Charleston. The family would like to invite friends and family after the services for a reception in the Parish Center at Immaculate Conception.
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