Kathryn Barber Mulligan 1915-2003

KLOSTER, BARBER, MULLIGAN

Posted By: Lori Clark
Date: 5/5/2003 at 09:39:36

Gay & Ciha Funeral & Cremation Service– Iowa City – (319) 338-1132
2720 Muscatine Avenue, Iowa City, Iowa 52240

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Kathryn Barber Mulligan age 87 of Muscatine and formerly of Iowa City died on Friday, May 2, 2003 at the Lutheran Homes in Muscatine. A Funeral Mass will be held at 11:00 a.m. on Monday, May 5, 2003 at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church in Iowa City, a luncheon will follow the service. Burial will be at 2:00 p.m. on Tuesday, May 6, 2003 at the St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery in Britt, Iowa. Visitation will be on Monday from 10:00 am until service time at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church. In lieu of flowers, memorials may be given to Kathryn Barber Mulligan memorial fund. Online condolences may be sent to her family at www.gayandciha.com.
Kathryn was born on August 13, 1915 in Topeka, Kansas, the daughter of George and Margaret Oberst Kloster. She married Harold I. Barber on February 15, 1932 in Sioux Falls South Dakota. For many years they farmed near Buffalo Center in Winnebago County, Iowa. From 1949 to 1959 they operated the Standard filling station in Crystal Lake, Iowa. In 1960 Harold died and Kathryn moved to Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She later married James P. Mulligan on September 7, 1963 in Milwaukee. She worked at the J.C. Penny Warehouse in Milwaukee, was the director of Housekeeping at Milwaukee Hospital and retired from the Amron Corporation. They moved to Iowa City in 1975 where James died in 1978. She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary and the Catholic Daughters of America. In 1999 due to failing health she moved to Muscatine.
Kathryn enjoyed bingo, crocheting, fishing, cards, walking and spending time on the river boats. She especially enjoyed spending time with her grandchildren and great-grandchildren. For those that knew her we will miss her whistling and will remember her thirst for knowledge, always reading and learning even in her later years.
Her family includes a son Bernard C. and wife Lois Barber of Iowa City, daughter in-law Dorothy Barber of Illinois City, Illinois, 9 grandchildren, Keri Barber of Kalona, Iowa, Brice Barber and friend Sarah of Iowa City, Jessie Westfall and husband Luke of Muscatine, Iowa, Tony and wife Lori Barber of Milan, Illinois, Doris Kilkenny and husband Kevin of Dixon, California, Charles Kenney of Dallas, Texas, Dona Bivens and husband Randy of Taylor Ridge, Illinois, Lloyd Kenney Jr. and wife Patsy of Illinois City, Illinois and Diane Gehn and husband Eric of Andalusia, Illinois: 19 great-grandchildren, Austin, Nicholas, Mikayla, Madeline, Rio, Alondra, Marquez, David, Megan, Jason, Erin, Demitra, Tyler, Mike, Phillip, Travis, Lexie, Brandy and Katelyn, a sister Marge Stevens of Crystal Lake, Iowa and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents, two husbands, a son Harold L. Barber, a sister Mary Sheets, four brothers, John Kloster, George Kloster, Tony Kloster and Gene Kloster, several brothers and sister in-laws and a daughter in law Joan Strabla Barber. The Gay and Ciha Funeral and cremation service are caring for Kathryn’s services and her family.