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Katherine Vanderhoof Obituary

Katherine Vanderhoof COLUMBIA, SC - Mrs. Katherine "Kitty" Vanderhoof, wife of the late Floyd H. Vanderhoof, died at her home in Columbia this past weekend. She was 68. "Kitty" was born April 26, 1942, in Charleston, SC, a daughter of the late Richard H. Robertson and Mattie Lee Drawdy Robertson. Her love of animals lead her to a career as a veterinary technician at several practices in the Charleston and Columbia areas. She was an active member, and former secretary, of Fairlawn United Methodist Church in Columbia. "Kitty" was a former member of the Rainbow Girls, and had served as Worthy Advisor. She is survived by a self-adopted son, Michael Morrison, of Blythewood, and by a self-adopted daughter, Leah Hucks, of Clinton. Graveside funeral services will be held Saturday morning, June 5, 2010, at 11:00 a.m., at Greenlawn Memorial Gardens in Walterboro, SC. The family will receive friends immediately following the service at the cemetery. Online condolences may be left for the family at www.parkerrhodenfuneralhome.com. PARKER-RHODEN FUNERAL HOME, 117 Paul Street in Walterboro is in charge of arrangements. Visit our guestbook at www.postandcourier.com/deaths

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Published by Charleston Post & Courier on Jun. 4, 2010.

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Anna Blythe

June 5, 2010

What a cute, fun girl Kitty was and Oh, how she loved her mother and all her family. I thought of her just last Sat. as I drove past the Grover Drawdy home. When I was married to her cousin Wesley Drawdy, she used to insist we attend the family reunions on Memorial Weekend at Mrs. Drawdy's home.
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