Born Catherine Galbraith on a farm outside Fairbury, Nebraska in 1920, she was named Miss Fairbury at age 16. She paid her way through secretarial school at the Lincoln School of Commerce.
After marrying Clifton K. Hillegass in 1939, she did clerical work in claims adjusting at a Lincoln insurance company.
MacDonald and her first husband, Cliff Hillegass, launched what was first called Cliff's Notes in 1958. They had three children.
Catherine and Cliff Hillegass divorced in 1967. She married Dr. Frank M. MacDonald in 1968, and they lived in Bloomington, Minnesota., until about 1988, when they retired to a home they built outside of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
She was a lifelong nature lover, bird watcher and gardener who ultimately cultivated 350 varieties of iris in 65 raised beds. She also loved handwork, from sewing, dyeing, spinning wool and weaving to carpentry and quilting.
MacDonald was active in the Lincoln Symphony Guild and sang in church choirs throughout her life, well into her 80s. She volunteered at Bryan Memorial Hospital and was active in its Pink Ladies organization.
After marrying Clifton K. Hillegass in 1939, she did clerical work in claims adjusting at a Lincoln insurance company.
MacDonald and her first husband, Cliff Hillegass, launched what was first called Cliff's Notes in 1958. They had three children.
Catherine and Cliff Hillegass divorced in 1967. She married Dr. Frank M. MacDonald in 1968, and they lived in Bloomington, Minnesota., until about 1988, when they retired to a home they built outside of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
She was a lifelong nature lover, bird watcher and gardener who ultimately cultivated 350 varieties of iris in 65 raised beds. She also loved handwork, from sewing, dyeing, spinning wool and weaving to carpentry and quilting.
MacDonald was active in the Lincoln Symphony Guild and sang in church choirs throughout her life, well into her 80s. She volunteered at Bryan Memorial Hospital and was active in its Pink Ladies organization.
Born Catherine Galbraith on a farm outside Fairbury, Nebraska in 1920, she was named Miss Fairbury at age 16. She paid her way through secretarial school at the Lincoln School of Commerce.
After marrying Clifton K. Hillegass in 1939, she did clerical work in claims adjusting at a Lincoln insurance company.
MacDonald and her first husband, Cliff Hillegass, launched what was first called Cliff's Notes in 1958. They had three children.
Catherine and Cliff Hillegass divorced in 1967. She married Dr. Frank M. MacDonald in 1968, and they lived in Bloomington, Minnesota., until about 1988, when they retired to a home they built outside of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
She was a lifelong nature lover, bird watcher and gardener who ultimately cultivated 350 varieties of iris in 65 raised beds. She also loved handwork, from sewing, dyeing, spinning wool and weaving to carpentry and quilting.
MacDonald was active in the Lincoln Symphony Guild and sang in church choirs throughout her life, well into her 80s. She volunteered at Bryan Memorial Hospital and was active in its Pink Ladies organization.
After marrying Clifton K. Hillegass in 1939, she did clerical work in claims adjusting at a Lincoln insurance company.
MacDonald and her first husband, Cliff Hillegass, launched what was first called Cliff's Notes in 1958. They had three children.
Catherine and Cliff Hillegass divorced in 1967. She married Dr. Frank M. MacDonald in 1968, and they lived in Bloomington, Minnesota., until about 1988, when they retired to a home they built outside of Bayfield, Wisconsin.
She was a lifelong nature lover, bird watcher and gardener who ultimately cultivated 350 varieties of iris in 65 raised beds. She also loved handwork, from sewing, dyeing, spinning wool and weaving to carpentry and quilting.
MacDonald was active in the Lincoln Symphony Guild and sang in church choirs throughout her life, well into her 80s. She volunteered at Bryan Memorial Hospital and was active in its Pink Ladies organization.
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