CATRON, KENNETH EUGENE AND DONAVINE (REIGHLEY)

by Frances Blackburn

Entry F70 from the History of Hooker County Nebraska
with permission of the Hooker County Historical Society

Kenneth and Don Catron 1984

Kenneth, the fifth child of Edmun and
Jennie Catron was born in Mullen, Nebraska,
on September 29, 1910.

After graduating from Mullen High School
he attended Nebraska State Teachers Col-
lege at Chadron, Nebraska, then taught in
country schools in Hooker County for five
years. He married Donavine Reighley of
Benkelman, Nebraska, and they had three
children, Barbara, Jane, and Kenneth, Jr. He
taught in Nebraska schools for 19 years, 4
years in Colorado schools, 2 years in Wyo-
ming and seventeen years as Principal in
Rock Springs, Wyoming. He and Donavine
have nine grandchildren, 4 great grandchild-
ren, and they live in Ft. Collins, Colorado.

Barbara married Nick Bretz of Ovid,
Nebraska, and has four children: MIchelle,
Michael, Denise and Sherry. They have one
grandchild and live in Arvada, Colorado.

Jane married Jerry Screws and has three
children: Jolynn, Robert and Lisa, and three
grandchildren. She lives in Ft. Collins, Colo-
rado.

Kenneth, Jr. married Elizabeth Stovall of
Greenriver, Wyoming, and has two children,
Dershi and Dan. They live in Farmington,
New Mexico.