Catherine M.

Dumas

Catherine Maxine Baker Dumas, age 97, died May 25, 2024 under the care of Hospice of Wichita Falls.

She moved to Wichita Falls in 2020 from Arkansas where she was raised and lived the majority of her life. She was born in Des Plains, Illinois to her parents, Herman and Blanche Baker, and she had one brother, Wallace Baker. She married her husband, Verner W Dumas and they had an adventure filled life in the Air Force for 20 years. Catherine was a telephone operator early in their marriage and she was a homemaker with one child, Cheryl Dumas Beaty. They retired in North Little Rock, Arkansas and were married for 63 years.

She was preceded in death by her husband, her parents, her brother, and a son, Keith C. Liles.

Catherine is survived by one daughter, Cheryl Beaty, 3 Grandchildren, Shannon Staats, Carrie Staats, and Ricky Staats and 2 Step Grandchildren, Bryan Beaty and Brett Beaty. She had 3 Great Grandchildren, Kiah Wilson, Jacob Wilson, Avery Wilson, and 5 Step Great Grandchildren, Jenna Beaty, Jordan Beaty, Kendra Beaty, Brendon Beaty and Ryan Beaty.

Catherine worked as a hospital volunteer for 30 years at Baptist Hospital in North Little Rock. She won the Full of Life Award for Foxidge Assisted Living in North Little Rock in 2014.

A memorial service will be held on Saturday, June 1 at 1 PM at Rolling Meadows.