8/2018: SGrant writes:
Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell had four children: Their only daughter, Catherine Margaret, was described as having a short lived marriage which was never discussed and died as a religious recluse, according to family members, at Lake County, MT, not far from Flathead Co.
This "recluse" view of Catherine was somewhat challenged when we received a note and photograph of Catherine from a cousin in South Dakota showing her mountain climbing with friends. It was further challenged by her obituary. It was Catherine who bore primary responsibility for raising her younger brother Billy after her mother became ill.
Obituary: Thursday, May 12, 1977 The Flathead Courier, Polson, Montana:
Catherine M. "Kay" O'Connell, 72, retired Polson nurse, died last Thursday afternoon in Polson. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at the Johnson Chapel in Kalispell. The Rev. Fr. James DeGroat officiated at the Mass of the Resurrection celebrated Monday morning at the St. Catherine Catholic Church in Big Fork.
Her early life was spent in Kalispell, where she was born April 11, 1905. Following graduation from Flathead County High School, she completed nurses' training at Kalispell General Hospital.
Going on to Cincinnati, Ohio, she completed all the subjects for her degree in nursing, and she served as a nursing instructor in New York, Washington D.C., New London, Conn., and Pittsfield, Mass. She was employed on the nursing staff at St. Joseph Hospital for four years prior to her retirement from ill health.
She had lived on the East Shore of Flathead Lake for 20 years before moving to St. Joseph Convalescent Center in Polson where she resided at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers. Survivors are two nieces and one nephew. Burial was in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell had four children: Their only daughter, Catherine Margaret, was described as having a short lived marriage which was never discussed and died as a religious recluse, according to family members, at Lake County, MT, not far from Flathead Co.
This "recluse" view of Catherine was somewhat challenged when we received a note and photograph of Catherine from a cousin in South Dakota showing her mountain climbing with friends. It was further challenged by her obituary. It was Catherine who bore primary responsibility for raising her younger brother Billy after her mother became ill.
Obituary: Thursday, May 12, 1977 The Flathead Courier, Polson, Montana:
Catherine M. "Kay" O'Connell, 72, retired Polson nurse, died last Thursday afternoon in Polson. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at the Johnson Chapel in Kalispell. The Rev. Fr. James DeGroat officiated at the Mass of the Resurrection celebrated Monday morning at the St. Catherine Catholic Church in Big Fork.
Her early life was spent in Kalispell, where she was born April 11, 1905. Following graduation from Flathead County High School, she completed nurses' training at Kalispell General Hospital.
Going on to Cincinnati, Ohio, she completed all the subjects for her degree in nursing, and she served as a nursing instructor in New York, Washington D.C., New London, Conn., and Pittsfield, Mass. She was employed on the nursing staff at St. Joseph Hospital for four years prior to her retirement from ill health.
She had lived on the East Shore of Flathead Lake for 20 years before moving to St. Joseph Convalescent Center in Polson where she resided at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers. Survivors are two nieces and one nephew. Burial was in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
8/2018: SGrant writes:
Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell had four children: Their only daughter, Catherine Margaret, was described as having a short lived marriage which was never discussed and died as a religious recluse, according to family members, at Lake County, MT, not far from Flathead Co.
This "recluse" view of Catherine was somewhat challenged when we received a note and photograph of Catherine from a cousin in South Dakota showing her mountain climbing with friends. It was further challenged by her obituary. It was Catherine who bore primary responsibility for raising her younger brother Billy after her mother became ill.
Obituary: Thursday, May 12, 1977 The Flathead Courier, Polson, Montana:
Catherine M. "Kay" O'Connell, 72, retired Polson nurse, died last Thursday afternoon in Polson. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at the Johnson Chapel in Kalispell. The Rev. Fr. James DeGroat officiated at the Mass of the Resurrection celebrated Monday morning at the St. Catherine Catholic Church in Big Fork.
Her early life was spent in Kalispell, where she was born April 11, 1905. Following graduation from Flathead County High School, she completed nurses' training at Kalispell General Hospital.
Going on to Cincinnati, Ohio, she completed all the subjects for her degree in nursing, and she served as a nursing instructor in New York, Washington D.C., New London, Conn., and Pittsfield, Mass. She was employed on the nursing staff at St. Joseph Hospital for four years prior to her retirement from ill health.
She had lived on the East Shore of Flathead Lake for 20 years before moving to St. Joseph Convalescent Center in Polson where she resided at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers. Survivors are two nieces and one nephew. Burial was in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
Mr. and Mrs. O'Connell had four children: Their only daughter, Catherine Margaret, was described as having a short lived marriage which was never discussed and died as a religious recluse, according to family members, at Lake County, MT, not far from Flathead Co.
This "recluse" view of Catherine was somewhat challenged when we received a note and photograph of Catherine from a cousin in South Dakota showing her mountain climbing with friends. It was further challenged by her obituary. It was Catherine who bore primary responsibility for raising her younger brother Billy after her mother became ill.
Obituary: Thursday, May 12, 1977 The Flathead Courier, Polson, Montana:
Catherine M. "Kay" O'Connell, 72, retired Polson nurse, died last Thursday afternoon in Polson. Rosary was recited Sunday evening at the Johnson Chapel in Kalispell. The Rev. Fr. James DeGroat officiated at the Mass of the Resurrection celebrated Monday morning at the St. Catherine Catholic Church in Big Fork.
Her early life was spent in Kalispell, where she was born April 11, 1905. Following graduation from Flathead County High School, she completed nurses' training at Kalispell General Hospital.
Going on to Cincinnati, Ohio, she completed all the subjects for her degree in nursing, and she served as a nursing instructor in New York, Washington D.C., New London, Conn., and Pittsfield, Mass. She was employed on the nursing staff at St. Joseph Hospital for four years prior to her retirement from ill health.
She had lived on the East Shore of Flathead Lake for 20 years before moving to St. Joseph Convalescent Center in Polson where she resided at the time of her death. She was preceded in death by her parents and three brothers. Survivors are two nieces and one nephew. Burial was in the Conrad Memorial Cemetery.
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