My maternal grandmother, Jeannette ODonnell (1920-1993), saved this funeral card for Katherine Powers, died September 22, 1952. Jeannette's family is buried at Holy Name Cemetery in Jersey City, Hudson County, New Jersey. No record for Katherine was found at Holy Name.
I was going to feature this funeral card for a Friday blog post and leave it as a mystery, until I remembered that death certificates can be searched for the year 1952 at the New Jersey State Archives. Glad I looked.
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| Death certificate for Katherine Powers, nee ODonnell (See FindAGrave memorial) |
My grandmother held onto this funeral card because Katherine was her paternal aunt. Katherine's last definite sighting was in the 1930 federal census in Bayonne, Hudson County, New Jersey. She lived with her father, Patrick; brother, Joseph; and niece, Jeannette (my grandmother).
Katherine was born on March 5, 1904 in Bayonne. She was the seventh and final child of Patrick ODonnell (1856-1931) and Delia Joyce (1862-1929).
Katherine is buried with Maurice Powers (died 1981) at Holy Cross Cemetery in North Arlington, Bergen County, New Jersey. (See Newark Archdiocese Find a Loved One search.) This is also the name of the informant on Katherine's death certificate.
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