General Notes

Olive Catherine (Kathleen) left Tittisville after graduating from HighSchool. She was well educated in literature, was very much influnced and impressed by World War 1 and liked to tell about it. She was also a gifted pianist at one time. Kathleen had always wanted to go to nursing school. She convinced herself she was a registered nurse, but nothing seems to bear this out. She went to Illionis to baby-sit her sister Helens children. She went to Arizona as a live in nurse or care giver for Bill Curtis' mother, met Nat L. ------ and the rest is modern history. Also she never returned to Pennsylvania, nor did her parents ever see her again. Of course " Aunt Gen " came out after her parents death, and Uncle Charlie passed through a couple of times,that was the only contact she ever had with her family. Her family were good Methodists, she attended whatever church would treat her right, as did Aunt Gen. Her friends were basically the Morman people who lived around her, the Haynies, Mae Herbert, and the Mortensons. She also had Mexican friends especially Eva Roderiquez. Kathleens health was terriible especially after moving to Rucker where the altitude affected her. She never really had adequate medical care, or proper food. Her funeral was held July 16,1952,at St. Luke's in Douglas. ( David Mendez was one of the alter boys}. She was buried in a second hand grave paid for by Aunt Carrie. It happens to be a nice spot, anyway. Note by Patricia Ann Loughborough Mendez

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Burial: July 16, 1952, Calvary Memorial Park, Douglas, Cochise County, Arizona

Cause of Death (Facts Pag: Mitral regurgitation w/ failure