Catharine Marie Kost Allen, 94, West Branch
Obituaries · May 27, 2009
Catharine Marie Kost Allen, 94, died Monday, May 25, 2009, at Mercy Hospital in Iowa City.
Funeral services will be held at 11 a.m. Thursday, May 28, 2009, at St. Bernadette’s Catholic Church in West Branch. Visitation will begin one hour prior to the service at the church. Burial will be in the West Branch Cemetery. In lieu of flowers a memorial fund has been established. The Henderson-Barker Funeral Home in West Branch is in charge of arrangements. Online condolences may be made to the family at www.hendersonbarkerfuneralhome.com.
Catharine was born Nov. 2, 1914, in West Branch, Iowa, the daughter of Paul and Beulah Kintz Kost. She was one of eight children. She was united in marriage to Dale Leroy Allen on Feb. 2, 1937, in Iowa City.
She helped to build and was a member of St. Bernadette’s Catholic Church in West Branch. Catharine loved her family, praying and reading.
She is survived by her children: Dale (Dorothy) Allen of Laurel, Md.; Frederick Allen of McCook, Neb.; and Rosemarie (Tom) McCoy of Muscatine, Iowa; 11 grandchildren: Daniel, Donald, Dennis, DeeAnn, Troy, Patrick, Timothy, Kristine, Joel, Todd and Thomas; and 19 great-grandchildren.
She was preceded in death by her parents; husband Dale; two sons: Claude and Michael; and seven brothers and sisters.
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