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Catherine Smith
CATHERINE SMITH
Blairstown
Catherine Mae Smith, 94, of Blairstown, died Thursday morning, Aug. 7, 2014, at Keystone Care
Center, Keystone. Funeral services: 11 a.m. Monday, Aug. 11, at Kloster Funeral Home, Marengo, with the Rev. Matt German officiating. Burial will be in the Marengo Cemetery. Visitation will be Monday after 9 a.m. until service time at the funeral home.
Memorials may be contributed to the Alzheimer's Association or the Keystone Care Center.
Catherine is survived by her husband, Kenneth; two daughters, Sandra Cerveny of Flossmoor, Ill., and Lea Longfellow (Bill) of Alburnett; four grandchildren, Jeremy Cerveny (Sandi), Kelly Conrad (Sean), Sarah Longfellow and Rachel Longfellow; three great-grandchildren, Chelsea, Ryan and Hayden; and many nieces and nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents, William and Ethel Shaull Parry; a brother, Russell Parry; a sister, Rachel Knock; and a son-in-law, Harold Cerveny.
Online condolences may be sent to family at www. klosterfuneralhome.com.
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