Kathryn L. Dougherty 1897-1915

DOUGHERTY, BURNS, HAGEMANN

Posted By: Jeannie Hegeman (email)
Date: 4/5/2008 at 18:41:36

POPULAR YOUNG LADY IS CALLED

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Kathryn Lenore Dougherty Passes Away After An Operation In Home Hospital For Appendicitis

Miss Kathryn Dougherty, who was operated on at the Home hospital Sunday night, July 18, for appendicitis, passed away Wednesday evening, July 21 at ten o'clock. The funeral was held Friday morning at nine o'clock from St. Patrick's Catholic church, services being conducted by Rev. Father Norton. Internment was in Mount Olivet cemetery. There were many beautiful floral offerings, the casket being buried under a bank of roses and flowers. The funeral was attended by a large crowd, there being many present from neighboring towns.

Kathryn Lenore, youngest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. J. F. Dougherty, was born in Waukon, Iowa, November 23, 1897, being in her 18th year at the time of her death. She was educated in the Parochial and public schools of Waukon, having graduated from the high school last June. The following members of her associates acted as pall bearers: Donald Hall, Ray Heiser, Robin Murphy, Clarance Kelleher, John Sweeney and Leonard Meierkord. The members of her graduating class attended the funeral and composed a guard of honor.

Besides her parents, she leaves to mourn for her, one brother, Emmet, Court Reporter for this Judicial district, and two sisters, Mrs. Carl E. Burns (Florence) of Minneapolis, and Mrs. W. H. Hagemann (Jeannette) of Northwood, Iowa.

Kathryn was a sweet young girl just budding into womanhood. She was one of the most popular girls in Waukon, a favorite and a leader in her set. She was of a happy, cheerful disposition, and always had a smile, a pleasant word, a happy greeting for every one, old or young. When she entered the home of her friends she brought such a boundless sunshine of happiness and good cheer that gloom and dispair instantly vanished. To day there are many, many sad homes in the city and countless numbers mourn her untimely death.

Her short life was like the rose that puts forth a bud to-day, opens into a beautiful flower to morrow, and the next day withers and dies. Her mission in this world was to make others happy, and althought her life was but a little span, she lived not in vain. Time will roll on; years will come and go, but the memory of her beautiful young life will always be held in fond embrace by her friends.

~Waukon Standard; Waukon, Iowa, Thursday July 29, 1915. P.1
~Kathryn was my grandmother's sister