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Catherine M. McCarty, 82, of Grand Island, died Tuesday,
January 12, 2010 at Tiffany Square Center.
Service will be 10 a.m. Saturday at Blessed Sacrament
Catholic Church. The Reverend Todd Philipsen will officiate. Burial
will be at 3 p.m. Saturday in the Dale Valley Cemetery near Merna, NE.
Visitation will be from 4-7 p.m. Friday with a parish
rosary recited at 7 p.m. all at the church.
All Faiths Funeral Home is serving the family.
Mrs. McCarty was born May 15, 1927 at Loup City the daughter of Stanley and Martha
(Shuda) Stenka.
Her husband Leonard R. McCarty, Sr. preceded her in death
in 2001.
Survivors are daughter and son-in-law, Linda and John
Pedrosa of Grand Island; sons and daughters-in-law, Thomas and Luz
McCarty of Arlington, TX, Leonard, Jr. and Eunice McCarty of Grand
Island, Dennis and Wendy McCarty of Grand Island, David and June
McCarty of Arlington, NE and Francis “Butch” and Sandra
Stenka of Ogallala, NE; sisters and brothers-in-law, Louise and Chester
Harden of Alda and Virginia and Joe Fretto of Phoenix, Arizona.
Other survivors are 21 grandchildren and 19 great-grandchildren. She
was welcomed into heaven by her husband; parents; grandson and great-grandson;
sister, Agnes Grudzinski and foster-brother, Ben Kosmicki.
Catherine was raised and received her education in Loup City. She
was united in marriage to Leonard R. McCarty, Sr. on February 9,
1948 at Central City. They made Grand Island their
home. She retired from Delicious Foods in 1980.
She was an active member of Blessed Sacrament Catholic
Church, the parish choir, was a Eucharistic Minister and Perpetual
Adoration. She was also a member of both the auxiliary’s
of the VFW and the Eagles. She loved her rose and flower garden. Catherine
is at home with her husband of more than 50 years and her Lord and
Savior Jesus Christ.
In lieu of flowers memorials are suggested to either
the church or the American Heart Association.
