TITLE:   Catherine C. Ahearn, Obituary, Jan. 8, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  Portsmouth Herald, http://www.seacoastonline.com
             111 Maplewood Aveue, Portsmouth, NH (issue Jan 09, 2001 )

FORMATTED:   by CParziale, 2001

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Catherine C. Ahearn 

PORTSMOUTH - Catherine C. Ahearn, 83, formerly of 132 Chapel St. and 280 
McKinley Road, died Monday, Jan. 8, 2001, at the Mark Wentworth Home after a 
long period of failing health. 

Born in Portsmouth on Dec. 20, 1917, she was the daughter of Edward J. and 
Nora (Bluett) Ahearn. She was a graduate of St. Patrick School; Portsmouth 
High School, Class of 1935, where she received the Haven Medal for Latin; and
the University of New Hampshire, Class of 1939, where she was a member of 
the Khi Omega Sorority. 

From the onset of World War II until her retirement, she was employed in the 
comptroller's office at the Portsmouth Naval Shipyard. 

She was a member of the Church of the Immaculate Conception and a former 
member of the Wentworth Fairways and the Portsmouth Hospital Guild. 

Survivors include two brothers, James N. Ahearn and his wife, Lucille, of 
South Portland, Maine; Thomas P. Ahearn of Portsmouth; one sister, Jackie 
Gillespie, and her husband, Jim, of South Portland, Maine; and many devoted 
nieces, nephews and grandnephews. 

AHEARN - Catherine C. Ahearn, 83, formerly of 132 Chapel St. and 280 McKinley
Road, died Jan. 8, 2001. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 9 
a.m. on Wednesday at the Church of the Immaculate Conception. No visiting 
hours. Family flowers only, please. Memorials may be made to the Mark 
Wentworth Home Social Activities Fund, 346 Pleasant St., Portsmouth, N.H. 
03801 or to the charity of one's choice. Arrangements by the Farrell Funeral
Home, 684 State St., Portsmouth. 


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