Cathryn June Brash

1926 - 2019  (92 years)

• Name	Cathryn June Brash  [1]
  Birth	26 Jun 1926	..., San Francisco, California   [1]
  Gender	Female
  Death	9 Mar 2019  [1]
  Burial	Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California   [1]
  Person ID	I376830	Descendants of William Hascall of Fontmell Magna (1490-1542)
  Last Modified	24 Mar 2025

  
  

  Father	Cedric Lyndon Brash,   b. 3 Dec 1897, Australia d. 22 Jun 1954, San Francisco, San Francisco, California (Age 56 years)
  Mother	Elsie E. True,   b. 5 Jan 1899, Colorado d. 21 Jul 1985, ..., San Francisco, California (Age 86 years)
  Marriage	1921  [2]
  _STAT	Bef 1940
  	Divorced
  Family ID	F235312	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  San Francisco Chronicle April 28, 2019 Cathryn June Brash June 26, 1926 – March 9, 2019 Resident of San Francisco Cathryn "Cathy" Brash, a life long resident of San Francisco, after battling an internal infection and severe chronic health conditions, succumbed on March 9, 2019 at Saint Mary's Medical Center while being supported by family, friends, and a valiant medical staff at the age of 92 years. Cathy was born June 26, 1926 in San Francisco to Cedric Brash and Elsie (True) Brash along with her identical twin sister Corinne. She and her sister were raised with their older brother William "Bill" Brash during the Depression in Alameda with her mother and revered Aunts Harriet (Sigrist) and Dagmar (Rothwell) before returning to San Francisco to attend Lowell High School (1943), Lone Mountain (USF) College (1947) and the University of California, Berkeley (1958). All predeceasing her in death. She earned her teaching credential beginning her long career in the San Francisco Unified School District starting at Francis Scott Key Elementary School before finishing many decades as an English Literature teacher and Guidance Counsellor at Lowell High School, her Alma Mater. In addition, she concurrently taught evening English Literature courses at the University of San Francisco. Family, close friends and their families, and her Catholic faith were the center of Cathy's life. She is survived forever in loving memory by nephews Ramsay Mashy (Ronda), James Mahshi (Rena), William Mashy (Cathy), nieces Cathryn Mary Mashy, and Christine Mashy, as well as brother in law George Mashy (Corinne), and by many grand nephews and grandnieces. Cathy led her life with gusto and gallantry. Her favourite delights in life were family heritage; English Literature as distinguished by her many trips to Great Britain and Ireland; the Arts and Sciences as featured in her trips to London's legendary theatres, life long season ticket holder to the San Francisco Opera and Symphony companies, California Academy of Sciences, and Smithsonian Institute; language as represented in long held studies in Latin and her Latin Club; her Lowell Alumni (Lowell Alumni Association Board Director Emeritus); Catholic Liturgy; sports as an avid San Francisco Seals (baseball), Giants and 49ers as well as the Warriors, USF Dons, and Lowell High School Cardinals; and her pet dogs (Brigadoon and Penny).

  
  

• Sources

  [S56814] Cemetery index, Holy Cross Catholic Cemetery, Colma, San Mateo, California, (Find-a-Grave). [S36416] 1930 census, California, Alameda county, Year: 1930; Census Place: Alameda, Alameda, California; Page: 6B; Enumeration District: 0217 (Reliability: 3).