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Catherina Kouba, age 94, of Mott, ND, passed away on Saturday, March 9, 2024 at the Good Samaritan Society Sunset Drive in Mandan, ND.

Mass of Christian Burial for Catherine will be held at 10:30 a.m. on Friday, March 15, 2024 at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mott, ND.  Fr. Chris Kadrmas will officiate with burial to follow in the Sunnyslope Cemetery in Mott.

A rosary/vigil service will be held on Thursday, March 14, 2024 at 7:00 p.m. at St. Vincent's Catholic Church in Mott.  Visitation will be one hour prior to the rosary at the church Thursday evening.

Catherine Rosena Fix was born on February 5, 1930 in Hettinger to the daughter of  Linus and Beata (Friedt) Fix.  She grew up on a farm 18 miles south of Mott.  Catherine was the oldest of 6 children.  She attended County School for the first eight years, took correspondence courses and graduated from Mott Lincoln High School in 1948.

Catherine was united in marriage to Vincent Meier on October 26, 1948.  They began their life farming and ranching 8 miles north of Burt where they raised their 9 children.  Vincent passed away on October 12, 1987.  Catherine married Larry Kouba on September 30, 1995. Together they lived in Mott until Larry passed away on July 28, 2011.

Catherine enjoyed her children and would put on many holiday dinners for the family and loved spending time with them playing cards.  She enjoyed many trips that she took with her children.

She enjoyed the days sitting on her porch visiting with neighbors visiting about gardening and life.  She loved making chocolate zucchini bread, banana bread and pies sharing it with the community.  Catherine was very active in the community from working at the theatre making popcorn to working at the senior center cooking for the people that would come into eat.  She loved visiting with people and you would find her always ready to play cards with anyone that was around.

Catherine was a member of the North Star Homemakers, TOPS Club, and a honorary member of the Mandan Senior Citizen.    She loved gardening, going to Prairie Knights, cross stitching and just being around people.  She would light up a room with her smile.  She lived out on the farm where she enjoyed her animals.  She moved to Mott in 2007 where she resided until May 2022 when she entered the Mott Nursing Home.  After the Mott Nursing Home closed, she moved to the Sunset Prospera in Mandan where she resided until she passed away on March 9, 2024.  Mom enjoyed her time at Prospera, but she loved when her LaDonna would come and get her and take her down to the Mandan Senior Center where she met some amazing people and could play cards.

Grateful for sharing her life are 5 daughters, LaDonna (Duane) Treiber, Lorraine (Armin Treiber), Jeanette (Richard) Zent, Marie (Keith) Kramer and Robin Ulrich and 4 sons, Victor (Sharon) Meier, Linus (Pam) Meier, Larry (Cheryl) Meier and Mike (Lynn) Meier, 25 grandchildren, Steven (Audrey) Treiber,  Troy (Wendy) Treiber, Lori (Nolan) Anderson, Kris (Tom) Walden, Brian Treiber, Jodi (Eric) Myran, Jen (Tom) Pederson, Nicole Meier, Sara Hauck, Christopher (Sara) Meier, Justin (Amy Zent) Carrie Zent, Katie (Mike Findlay) Jared Zent, Justin (Susan) Meier, Jessica (Paul)  Dillavou, Jamie (Nathan) Thomas, Beth (Cory) Woodworth, Kelsey (Cayden) Smith, Tess (Jason) Imhoff, Lacy (Brandon) Schatz, Blake (Kaci) Ulrich, Damian (Rachel) Ulrich and Brett Ulrich along with 4 step grandkids, 41 great grandchildren 3 step great grand children and 1 great-great grandchild.

Catherine is also survived by her sister, Monica Olson and sister in law JoAnne Fix.

Catherine passed away peacefully at the age of 94 on March 9, 2024 at the Sunset Prospera where she was in hospice for 2 weeks. Catherine was preceded in death by her husband, Vincent Meier and second  husband Larry Kouba, her parents,  Linus and Beata Fix, 4 brothers Linus Fix, Jake Fix, John Robert Fix and Wendelin Fix, Daughter Marie Kramer, Daughter in law, Pamela Meier,  son in law, Duane Treiber, and grandson, Stuart Treiber.