catherine agnes (hans) smitherman arnold
Catherine A. Smitherman Arnold, 62, 2302 Green Valley Road, died Friday evening at a local hospital following a lengthy illness.
Mrs. Arnold was a lifelong resident of St. Joseph.
She was employed as a machine operator for 32 years with the Whitaker Cable Co., retiring seven years ago.
She was a member of the St. Joseph Co-Cathedral Catholic Church, and the Whitaker Twenty Year Club. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Albert R. Smitherman Sr., in 1959.
Surviving are her husband, Lewis Arnold of the home; two sons, Jack Smitherman, living in Florida, and Albert R. Smitherman Jr., Hot Springs, Ark.; two daughters, Mary Troutman, Norwalk, Calif., and Anna Drydale, Houston, Miss.; three sisters, Anna Margaret Klein, Lee's Summit, Mo., Juanita Carroll, Assaria, Kan., and Helen Donahue, Kansas City, Kan.; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Joseph Co-Cathedral Catholic Church. Burial will be at the Mount Olivet Cemetery.
A parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 this evening at the Meierhoffer- Fleeman Funeral Home.
Mrs. Arnold was a lifelong resident of St. Joseph.
She was employed as a machine operator for 32 years with the Whitaker Cable Co., retiring seven years ago.
She was a member of the St. Joseph Co-Cathedral Catholic Church, and the Whitaker Twenty Year Club. She was preceded in death by her first husband, Albert R. Smitherman Sr., in 1959.
Surviving are her husband, Lewis Arnold of the home; two sons, Jack Smitherman, living in Florida, and Albert R. Smitherman Jr., Hot Springs, Ark.; two daughters, Mary Troutman, Norwalk, Calif., and Anna Drydale, Houston, Miss.; three sisters, Anna Margaret Klein, Lee's Summit, Mo., Juanita Carroll, Assaria, Kan., and Helen Donahue, Kansas City, Kan.; two grandchildren; and several nieces and nephews.
Mass of Christian burial will be at 9 a.m. Tuesday at the St. Joseph Co-Cathedral Catholic Church. Burial will be at the Mount Olivet Cemetery.
A parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 this evening at the Meierhoffer- Fleeman Funeral Home.