Katharine Prout MacKinnon

August 12, 1938 - September 24, 2014

Katharine died at Kaiser Hospital in Vallejo after an 8-year battle with pulmonary fibrosis. She was born to Helen Coombs and Benjamin Hickam and raised in Waynesboro, Virginia. She was a graduate of the College of William & Mary with an ESL degree from the University of Hawaii and worked as a teacher and educational administrator. She married Bill Prout, a Naval Academy graduate, and lived as a military wife in Libya, Arkansas, Texas, Colorado, Virginia, Japan and Hawaii. She settled in Benicia, CA, but un-retired to teach English for the Peace Corps in Lithuania. She remarried one of Bill's Naval Academy classmates, John (Jack) MacKinnon, continuing to travel internationally while also being a master gardener with a love for roses and an active member of the community working with the American Red Cross, The Friends of the Library, Benicia Friendship Club, St. Vincent DePaul Society and St. Dominic's Parish. She also loved to quilt and knit and play violin. She was preceded in death by her infant son Steven and first husband Bill. She is survived by her current husband Jack MacKinnon, brother Wade, sisters Eileen Margaret and Mary Benjamin, sons Skip and Stuart, daughter Suzanne Stone and grandchildren Gibson and William Stone. Visitation will held Tues. 9/30 at the Passalacqua Funeral Chapel in Benicia from 3-7pm with Vigil services at 7:00. A Mass of Christian Burial will held the next day at St. Dominic's Church at 11am. In lieu of flowers donations to St. Dominic's are appreciated. She will be buried in Waynesboro, VA.