Kate Alling Worsley Throop ’65

Kate Alling Worsley Throop ’65, of Cayucos, Calif.; Jan. 12, following a long illness. In the early 1970s she and her family established and managed Papermill Natural Foods, one of the first locations in Marin County to offer organic produce and groceries. She was a founding member of the Environmental Action Committee of West Marin, which presented her with the Peter Behr Memorial Award for Stewardship of the Land in 2001. She was on the religious education staff of four congregations for 15 years. She was a board member, vice president, and secretary of the Liberal Religious Educators Association and served as the Lifespan Religious Education Director of the Pacific Center District of the Unitarian Universalist Association. In Cayucos she was a board member of the Friends of the Cayucos Library and a volunteer at Cayucos Elementary School. She is survived by her husband, Terry; a daughter and son-in-law; two stepsons and their spouses; six grandchildren; a sister; and nieces and nephews.