Katherine Carlin, daughter of the late Mr. and Mrs. Bryan Carlin, was born May 8, 1870 at Lexington, Ill. Her parents moved to Chenoa, Ill., in 1871, where they lived until 1904. Katherine Carlin taught school for five years in the vicinity of Chenoa, where on May 31, 1892, she was united in marriage to John P. Degnan. This union was blessed with three children -- Mrs. Edward Berdine, of Hebron, Ind., John B. Degnan, of Hammond, and Catherine Degnan, of Lowell, all whom survive with the husband; also two brothers, P.J. Carlin, of Kankakee, and a twin brother, Bernard F. Carlin, of Detroit, Mich., and two grand children, Edward Berdine Jr. and Mary Katherine Degnan. Her parents and three sisters and one brother preceded her in death.
Mrs. Degnan was a kind, devoted wife and mother. To know her was to love her and her greatest happiness was in doing acts of kindness.
Mrs. Degnan was a devout member of St. Edward Catholic church in Lowell, where funeral services were held Monday morning at 9. Rev. Anthony Kroeger officiated. Weaver and Son had charge of the funeral. The pall bearers were: George Kimmet, Ralph Berdine, Owen McCarthy, Raymond Flannigan, Charles Wolseiffer and Valentine Kretz.
The honorary pallbearers were Royal Neighbor sisters, of which lodge Mrs. Degnan was a member for 19 years. They included Mrs. Eva Childress, Mrs. John Hayhurst, Mrs. George Kimmet, Mrs. Keith Dinwiddie, Mrs. Fred Hayden and Mrs Charles Sherard.
Among those from a distance attending the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Owen McCarthy and son Owen, Jr., Mr. and Mrs. P.J. McCarthy, Mr. and Mrs. Charles McCarthy and Mr. and Mrs. John Spellman of Chenoa, Ill.; B.F. Carlin and daughter Catherine and son Edward, of Detroit, Mich.; Mr. and Mrs. Ed. Yeagle and daughters of Fairbury, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. James Donovan and son James, Jr., of Ashkum, Ill.; P.J. Carlin and Mrs. J.F. Carlin of Kankakee, Ill.; Mrs. E.G. Fortier and Mrs. Thomas Martin of Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. Charles Wolseiffer and Mr. and Mrs. Roy Flannigan of Hammond; Mr and Mrs. Ralph Berdine of Hebron; Mrs. G.A. DeFlon, Mrs. Oliver Holmes and Mrs. Bertha Lee of Gary; and Mr. and Mrs. John Conroy of East Chicago, besides the many friends and neighbors from Whiting, Hammond, East Chicago and Lowell.
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