Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....De Witt, Katrine VanVliet January 23, 2006
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Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Wednesday, January 25, 2006 
VIRGINIA BEACH - Katrine vanVliet de Witt, born Dec. 26, 1903, in St. 
Christopher's Hospital on Freemason Street in Norfolk, she was the fourth 
daughter of Cornelius and Cecile Amelie Mottu de Witt of Norfolk. In 1909 she 
moved with her parents, four sisters and two brothers to their new home in 
Virginia Beach. This new home was located on 12th Street and was named 
"Wittenzand" meaning "white sand" in Dutch.

Katrine was educated at St. George's School, Boush Street School, Putnam Hall 
and Maury High School. She graduated from The College of William and Mary in 
1930 with a degree in French. She was a charter member of the Kappa Kappa 
Gamma 
sorority and the Flat Hat Society.

In 1948 she graduated from George Peabody College with a master's degree in 
business. She also attended Middlebury College, The University of Florida, 
Simmons College, University of Ohio, Radford College, Sweet Briar College, 
Wellesley College and Duke University's Marine Laboratory at Rivers Island, 
N.C., where she studied marine algae. She later presented Duke University with 
her collection of marine algae.

In 1942 Katrine joined the waves. As a teacher she taught at Suffolk High 
School, Blair Junior High, Maury High School, The Garrison Forrest School in 
Maryland and the Friends School in Virginia Beach. Her teaching career lasted 
a 
total of 41 years.

Katrine's interest in genealogy led to her membership in the Virginia chapter 
of 
the National Society of the Daughters and Founders and Patriots of America as 
well as the National Society of the Colonial Dames of America in the 
Commonwealth of Virginia. As a conservationist, she was a member of the 
National 
Audabon Society, The Princess Anne County Historical Society and the 
Preservation Society of Virginia. Katrine was also a member of the Galilee 
Episcopal Church where she taught Sunday school and sang in the choir for many 
years, as well as being a member of the Bishop Tucker Circle.

Survivors include her sister, Caroline de Witt Woodley of Virginia Beach; her 
two brothers, Peter de Witt of Virginia Beach and Paul de Witt and wife Naomi 
of 
Greenville, N.C.; her two nieces, Martha de Witt of Greenville and Margaret 
Bishop of Norfolk; seven nephews, The Rev. Cornelius de Witt Hastie of Jamaica 
Plain, Mass., Frank Bowman Hastie of Portland, Ore., Clement Flaggler Hastie 
of 
Larchmont, N.Y., Alexander Boyd de Witt of Richmond, Va., John de Witt and his 
wife Yetta of Virginia Beach, Webb de Witt of Salinis, Calif., and Paul de 
Witt 
Jr. of Alexandria, Va.

A graveside service will be conducted at 11 a.m. Friday at Elmwood Cemetery in 
Norfolk followed by a memorial service at 1 p.m. at the Holy Trinity Chapel of 
Westminster Canterbury in Virginia Beach.

The family would like to thank the staff of Westminster Canterbury for many 
years of kindness and friendship, with special gratitude to "The Chesapeake" 
for 
giving compassionate care to Miss Katrine.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations can be made to The Wildfowl Heritage 
Museum-de Witt Cottage, 12th Street and Atlantic Ave., Virginia Beach, VA 
23451 
or Westminster Canterbury's Fellowship Fund, 3100 Shore Drive, Virginia Beach 
VA 
23451.

H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, Norfolk Chapel, is handling arrangements.

Virginian-Pilot, The (Norfolk, VA) - Wednesday, January 25, 2006 



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