Catherine (Kitty) Wieschhoff, a well-known judge, barn manager and writer, died yesterday at her home in Midway, Ky. She was 86.
The mother of eventer Cathy Wieschhoff, Kitty was a graduate of Cornell University, where she met her husband, the late Captain Kenneth (Harry) Wieschhoff Sr., PhD.
She earned a British Horse Society Assistant Instructor certification while the family was stationed in Northern Ireland in the late 1960s. Kitty and Harry made England their home for 20 years after his retirement from the U.S, Navy, moving back to the states in 2002.
They lived in Midway, Ky, and Kitty volunteered at the Kentucky Horse Park for many years. She is survived by her children: Ken Wieschhoff; daughter Cathy and her wife Jessica Bollinger and grandson Lucas Bollinger; daughter Christy and her husband Randy Rocca; grandson Nick Rocca and his wife Kim, two great-grandchildren Mack and Charlotte; and granddaughter Katie and her husband David Wilson.
Gifts in Kitty’s memory can be sent to the Midway Presbyterian Church 103 N. Turner St., Midway Ky 40347, or the Shelley Centre for Therapeutic Riding in England, registered Charity No. 1113636. She will be interred with her husband in Arlington National Cemetery. A celebration of life will be held later this year.