Cathi Hocevar passed away unexpectedly on Monday, October 5, 2020.
Cathi was born in Fargo, North Dakota on August 13, 1948, the second of seven children of Ruby and Denny Fitzgerald. She and her siblings were raised in Fargo, and she graduated from Shanley High School in 1966. Cathi attended North Dakota State University where she met New England, ND native, Tracy Clark. They married in 1968, and moved to Billings, Montana in 1969, where Tracy pursued a Master’s Degree in Special Education.
In 1971, they relocated to Great Falls where Cathi finished her undergraduate degree in elementary education at University of Great Falls and Tracy became employed by Great Falls Public Schools. Their first daughter, Autumn, was born in 1972, and daughter Brook in 1975.
She and Tracy amicably divorced in 1987. They continued to co-parent their daughters and always remained friends. She met Mike Hocevar in 1989, and they were married on March 24, 1990, and thus began a 30-year romance filled with humor, joy, and love. Cathi was proud to be a member of the Hocevar family, with whom she experienced many years of warmth and love.
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