Catherine Irene "Katie" Mulvehill (O'Neil)
January 25, 1906 — December 21, 2009
Funeral Mass will be held 10:30 a.m., Monday, December 28, 2009 at St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester by grandson, Rev. Dennis Quint. Family will greet friends from 2:00 p.m. - 6:30 p.m., Sunday, December 27 at the Bohnenkamp-Murdoch Funeral Home & Cremation Service, Manchester, Iowa where there will be a 2:30 p.m. Rosary and a 6:00 p.m. Scripture Service. Additional visitation one hour before services, Monday at the church. Burial will be in the St. Mary’s Catholic Cemetery, Masonville.
Katie was born January 25, 1906 in Ryan, the daughter of James and Mary M. (Cashman) O’Neil. In 1925, she graduated from St. John’s High School in Ryan. Katie attended Xavier Business School in Manchester, studying the commercial course. She clerked at the LV Ware Department Store in Ryan. On September 9, 1930, she was united in marriage to Thomas M. Mulvehill at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Ryan. The couple farmed in the Masonville area until retiring in Manchester in 1969. Thomas died June 11, 1980. Katie moved to the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester in April of 2006.
Katie was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting and needlework. Katie was known for her baking, especially her ginger cream cookies. She was dedicated to her family. Home was Katie’s castle where she enjoyed being a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and hearing her great-grandchildren call her “Grandma Katie”. Katie had a lot of company and enjoyed meeting them at the door when they came for a game of cards or a friendly chat. Katie was proud of her Irish ancestry but was glad to be in the USA.
Katie is survived by her four children, Marie (Jim) Broghammer of Manchester, Catherine (Vernon) Quint of Ryan, Donald J. (Betty) Mulvehill of Des Moines, and Eileen (Tom) Brunow of Cedar Rapids; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren
Katie was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mary O’Neil; her husband, Thomas Mulvehill; a daughter, Margaret J. “Peggy” Mulvehill; two grandchildren, Jennifer Mulvehill and Thomas Mulvehill; four sisters, Nellie Ryan, Mary McMahon, Margaret O’Neil and Colette McElliott; and an infant brother, John.
Memorial may be made to St. Mary Parish, Manchester or the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, IA.
Please sign the online guest book for Katie at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
Katie was born January 25, 1906 in Ryan, the daughter of James and Mary M. (Cashman) O’Neil. In 1925, she graduated from St. John’s High School in Ryan. Katie attended Xavier Business School in Manchester, studying the commercial course. She clerked at the LV Ware Department Store in Ryan. On September 9, 1930, she was united in marriage to Thomas M. Mulvehill at St. Patrick’s Catholic Church in Ryan. The couple farmed in the Masonville area until retiring in Manchester in 1969. Thomas died June 11, 1980. Katie moved to the Good Neighbor Home in Manchester in April of 2006.
Katie was a member of St. Mary Catholic Church in Manchester. She enjoyed sewing, crocheting and needlework. Katie was known for her baking, especially her ginger cream cookies. She was dedicated to her family. Home was Katie’s castle where she enjoyed being a loving wife, mother, and grandmother and hearing her great-grandchildren call her “Grandma Katie”. Katie had a lot of company and enjoyed meeting them at the door when they came for a game of cards or a friendly chat. Katie was proud of her Irish ancestry but was glad to be in the USA.
Katie is survived by her four children, Marie (Jim) Broghammer of Manchester, Catherine (Vernon) Quint of Ryan, Donald J. (Betty) Mulvehill of Des Moines, and Eileen (Tom) Brunow of Cedar Rapids; fourteen grandchildren; twenty-seven great-grandchildren, and five great-great grandchildren
Katie was preceded in death by her parents, James and Mary O’Neil; her husband, Thomas Mulvehill; a daughter, Margaret J. “Peggy” Mulvehill; two grandchildren, Jennifer Mulvehill and Thomas Mulvehill; four sisters, Nellie Ryan, Mary McMahon, Margaret O’Neil and Colette McElliott; and an infant brother, John.
Memorial may be made to St. Mary Parish, Manchester or the Good Neighbor Home, Manchester, IA.
Please sign the online guest book for Katie at www.murdochfuneralhome.com under obituaries.
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