Anna Rebecca "Becky" Katz

Anna Rebecca “Becky” (Rockey) Katz, age 63, of Columbus, passed away Sunday, August 30, 2009, at Arlington Court Skilled Nursing & Rehab Center. Becky was a 1963 graduate of Teays Valley High School, Ashville, Ohio and a 1967 graduate of the Riverside-White Cross School of Nursing, Columbus, Ohio. She earned a Bachelors of Science degree from Youngstown State in 1971 and a Masters degree in Adult Education from The Ohio State University in 1979. Becky was enthusiastically dedicated to the nursing profession, and throughout her 40-plus years as a registered nurse in Ohio, she worked as a critical care nurse and as an educator and clinician in several Columbus-area hospitals as well as with private cardiothoracic surgeons. Becky was also an avid OSU supporter, and she has endowed scholarships within the Schools of Nursing, Dentistry and Music and Department of Athletics. Mrs. Katz was a member of Clinton Heights Lutheran Church; the Daughters of the American Revolution; The Honor Society of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International; and the American Association of Critical Care Nurses. Becky is preceded in death by her father, Chester James Rockey; paternal grandparents, Chester John and Anna Marie Rockey; maternal grandparents, Hugh and Anna Lillian Napier and nephew, Zachery Richard Bozman. She will be lovingly remembered by her devoted husband of 38 years, Robert H. Katz, Of Counsel to the firm of Bricker & Eckler LLP; mother, Mary Ann Sindelar; sister and brother-in-law, Ruthanne Rockey Ramsey and Lawrence J. Lutz; brother and sister-in-law, David Paul and Suzanna Bozman, and nephew, Alex Joseph Rockey Lutz. A funeral service will be held 2:30 p.m. Friday, September 4, 2009 at the RUTHERFORD-CORBIN FUNERAL HOME, 515 High St., Worthington, OH 43085 (located 3 blocks South of S.R. 161), where family and friends may call from 2:00- 6:00 p.m. Thursday and from 12:00 noon until service time on Friday. In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to the Columbus Zoo, P.O. Box 400, Powell, OH 43065-0400, or The Nature Conservancy, 6375 Riverside Drive. Dublin, OH 43017 or The Ohio State University, Development Office, 1480 West Lane Av., Columbus, OH 43221.