Catherine Evertz Ryan

Catherine Evertz Ryan passed away peacefully at her home in Laramie on February 1, 2023.

She was born to Nicholas Evertz and Otilla Kobe Evertz on January 11, 1925, in Northeast Minneapolis where she was raised with four brothers, Edward, Joseph, Donald and Max.

Catherine attended the University of Minnesota and graduated from the Institute of Technology with a Bachelor of Chemistry degree and later from Arts and Sciences with a Masters degree in Physical Chemistry.

After graduating, her first job was teaching Analytical and Physical Chemistry laboratories to students at Carleton College i...