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Surnames: Catt, Beahm, Shank, Martz
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[Original clipping at Harrisonburg Rockingham Historical society, Dayton, Rockingham Co.,
VA.]
[5/27/86 penned at top of clipping]
Harry M. Buck Catt
Harry M. "Buck" Catt, 68, of Rt. 3, Harrisonburg died Tuesday night.
He suffered an apparent heart attack at his home and was dead on arrival at Rockingham
Memorial Hospital.
Mr. Catt served in the Army during World War II during the invasion of Germany. He was a
member of the Rion-Bowman Post of Veterans of Foreign Wars in Harrisonburg.
He was born Oct. 19, 1917, at Mount Jackson and was a son of the late Charles W. and
Effie Beahm Catt. He lived most of his life in Harrisonburg.
On Aug. 5, 1944, he married the former Effie Shank, who survives.
Also surviving are a son, Dennis L. Catt of New Market; a sister, Mary Catherine Martz of
Edinburg; and two grandchildren.
A graveside service will be conducted 2 p.m. Friday at the Briery Branch Cemetery by the
Rev. Mark Bowser.
The body is at the McMullen Funeral Home, Rt. 10, Harrisonburg, where the family will
receive friends 7-8 p.m. today.