Catherine Voorhis Greenslit died Monday, June 9th, at Oakwood Skilled Nursing Center after a short illness. She was 93. Catherine was born in 1914 in Berlin, Germany, while her parents were studying music there. They were forced to return to the U.S. by the start of the First World War. She studied music cello and education at Stephens College in Missouri, Oberlin Conservatory in Ohio, and University of Missouri in Columbia. She was a member of Mu Phi Epsilon and Pi Lambda Theta sororities, and a 70-year member of the PEO. As a postgraduate, she studied cello with Orlando Cole of the Curtis String Quartet and Ilalo Babine of the Detroit Symphony. Catherine taught cello privately throughout her life, and also held teaching positions at University of Nebraska and the University of Missouri. She was a member of the Lincoln Orchestra, Omaha Symphony, Plymouth Symphony, the Dearborn Symphony, and played as a guest artist with many other symphonies in the Detroit area. She played with chamber music groups in Southfield, Royal Oak, Grosse Point, and Dearborn. She often spoke of her pleasure in having performed at such Detroit-area venues as the Book –Cadillac ballroom, Ford Fairlane Mansion, the Detroit Library auditorium, the Lincoln Park Historical Society, the First Presbyterian Church, Henry Ford Village, City Tavern Restaurant, and the Wayne State University auditorium. Catherine was an avid birder all of her life, and travelled to both mundane and exotic locations to find and identify various species. Her list of sightings at Henry Ford Village alone included 25 species. She was deeply involved in the effort to create the Whitefish Point Bird Observatory WPBO in Michigan's Upper Peninsula. Catherine was the loving wife of Dr.Frank Greenslit, who practiced medicine in the Dearborn area for 50 years, and the loving mother of their children Carol Mrs.Gerald Roppe and David. In 1994 she moved with her husband to Henry Ford Village. Both Dr. Greenslit and their daughter Carol pre-deceased Catherine. She is survived by their son David of Taylor, Michigan, and numerous nieces and nephews. Catherine's family will be holding a personal memorial at a later date. Arrangements by the Dearborn Chapel of the Howe-Peterson Funeral Home 313 561-1500