ROCKLAND — Catherine McCrimmon Goggans, known as “Cissy” to those closest, lived with a creative spirit. Her colorful murals and watercolors covered the walls of her homes from Texas to the Maine coast which were so often filled with sounds of her Spanish classical guitar. To be with her was to feel this creative energy, charm, and curiosity – a catalyst for many parties, such as her annual Winter Solstice Party. There was hardly a book written or film she didn’t have an opinion on and she held a nearly encyclopedic knowledge for history and the arts.

Cissy directed this energy into her family” husband, Dr. Frederick “Rick” Goggans (who predeceased her); and her two sons, Nick (45), and Ryan (33). 

She grew up in Fort Worth, Texas, having many lifelong friendships from Fort Worth Country Day. She left for Windham College in Putney, Vermont. After years in New York, Boston, and San Francisco, studying mime and dance, she was reacquainted with Rick Goggans on a stay in Fort Worth. Soon after she and Rick were married, and they settled in Fort Worth from 1982 to 1999, after his medical training in San Francisco and Palo Alto. 

In Fort Worth, she was an early board member of the Jubliee Theater, helped in planning the first Zoo Ball, and a member of the Assembly. From Fort Worth she, Rick and Ryan moved to the postcard beauty of Camden, Maine where she loved to tend to her forest, hike the local mountains, kayak in the lake, paint her watercolors from her porch or the plein-air in the summer fields of the Maine countryside, golf at Megunticook Golf Club, and of course her breakfast group, and her reading group, which would often cover the classic works such as her beloved, Iliad.

She leaves behind sons Nick of Fort Worth and Ryan of Camden; her grandchildren, Eliza and Watson; daughter-in-law, Brooke; sister, Amy Jackson; half-brother, Andrew Gaines; nieces and nephews, Luke, Willie, Chloe, Eva, and Robin; and sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Tinker and Russ Sikes.

She was predeceased by her mother, Marta Chamberlin Gaines; father, John K. McCrimmon; husband, Dr. Rick Goggans.

In lieu of flowers, please consider a donation in her memory to a charity of your choice.

To share a memory or condolence with the Goggan’s family, please visit their Book of Memories at bchfh.com.

Arrangements are in the care of Burpee, Carpenter & Hutchins Funeral Home, 110 Limerock St., Rockland.