Catherine Otto Therres

Catherine Therres passed away on January 25th, 2021, at Compass Regional Hospice Center in Centreville due to Alzheimers and complications from a fractured hip. She was 86 years old. Catherine Naomi was born on January 8, 1935, in Baltimore to the late Norman Louis Otto and Anna Lazetta Bishop of Baltimore. Known as Cass to her family and friends, she lived most of her life in southwest Baltimore. Cass married Leroy Albert Therres on Valentines Day in 1953. The newlyweds bought a house on Rockhill Avenue in Violetsville in 1955. She lived there until 1989 when she moved to Carroll County after her husband’s death. Cass worked at Rheb’s Candy, hand-dipping chocolate candy. The small candy shop is still open today on Wilkens Avenue in Baltimore. Cass went back to work in order to pay for her sons’ educations at Our Lady of Victory school and Cardinal Gibbons High School. Cass was active in the American Legion Ladies Auxiliary at the Morrell Park American Legion Post 137 in Baltimore during the 1960s and 1970s. She loved to dance at the various functions. Catherine loved to dance wherever there was music. Cass also loved to host parties at her home, especially adult Halloween parties. She was always the life of the party. Cass loved being with her family and friends. Her favorite vacation place was Ocean City, Maryland, where she vacationed with her husband, Lee, and her sons for a week or two each year. She loved to lay on the beach and get a dark suntan. Cass lived in Stevensville for the past eight years with her oldest son, Glenn, and his wife Cindy. A loving mother and grandmother, Catherine is survived by her two sons, Glenn (Cindy) Therres of Stevensville and Stephen (Cecilia) Therres of Carroll County; her seven grandchildren; nine great grandchildren (expecting two more); as well as her brother, Norman “Bo” (Terry) Otto Jr. She is predeceased by her late husband, Leroy Albert Therres; her sister Dorothy Appleton; and her lifelong friend Rosie Weinreich. A visitation will be held at Fellows, Helfenbein & Newnam Funeral Home in Chester, MD, on Saturday, February 6, from 2PM - 4PM with a memorial service at 4PM. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to Compass Regional Hospice, 255 Comet Drive, Centreville, MD 21617.

Catherine Otto Therres

January 8, 1935 - January 25, 2021