Pattison, Mrs. Catherine 1867-1937

PATTISON, JORDAN, LABAHN

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LeMars Semi-Weekly Sentinel
Friday, December 10th, 1937

AGED MERRILL RESIDENT DIES MONDAY NIGHT.
Mrs. Catherine Pattison Was Widow of Well Known Lumber Merchant.

Mrs. Catherine Pattison, aged 70 years, a resident of Merrill for many years, passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Edwin LaBahn, Monday evening, December 6, following a lingering illness. Death was due to old age and complications.

Catherine Jordan was born in Scranton, Pennsylvania, June 29, 1867. When two years old she moved with her parents to St. Paul, Minn. Later her parents homesteaded at Waverly, Minn., where she grew to womanhood.

On November 28, 1888, she was married to John Pattison at Waverley. They lived at Durand, Wis., for a few years and then returned to Waverly. In 1910 they moved to Beardsley, Minn., and in the Spring 1918, to Minneapolis. In February 1919, they moved to Merrill, where Mr. Pattison was manager of the Lampert Lumber Co. until the time of his death. Since that time she has made her home with her daughter, Mrs. Edwin Labahn.

She leaves to mourn her death one daughter, Mrs. Edwin Labahn of Merrill and two sons, Guy and Cyrille Pattison of Homestead, Montana, two brothers, one sister and one daughter died in infancy.

Mrs. Pattison was a devout member of the Catholic church. She was a member of the Forester's for thirty-five years and of the Altar Society of the Assumption Church. She was a member of the Royal Neighbors for thirty-seven years.

The funeral was held Thursday morning at the church of the Assumption in Merrill, Rev. Father Greteman officiating, and interment made in St. Joseph cemetery, LeMars, beside the body of her husband.