Philadelphia County PA Archives Obituaries.....Lentz, Katherine Rowe  June 3, 1995
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The Philadelphia Inquirer  Sun, Jun 04, 1995 ·Page 56
Katherine Rowe Lentz, 83, a former social worker and past president of the
Lighthouse Settlement, died yesterday at her home in Chestnut Hill. Mrs. Lentz
was born in the Philippines, where her father, the late Brig. Gen. Guy I. "GI"
Rowe, was posted. She attended several schools in the United States and Europe,
eventually graduating from South Philadelphia High School for Girls. A Phi Beta
Kappa graduate of Swarthmore College, Mrs. Lentz received a master's degree from
the University of Pennsylvania School of Social Work. She was a member of the
school's first graduating class. During the Depression, Mrs. Lentz went to work
as a supervisor for the Relief Board in Philadelphia. After her children were
born, she shifted her energies to volunteer work. For many years, she was an
active board member and president of the Lighthouse Settlement in Kensington.
During her presidency, the Lighthouse began the country's first Meals-on-Wheels
program — an idea borrowed from the British. In 1956, when the Lighthouse was
honored for the program with the Benjamin Rush Award, Mrs. Lentz accepted as its
board president, her son, Martin, said. "She would sometimes take us on the ...
rounds when it was getting going," he said. During her last days, he said, Mrs.
Lentz received meals herself from the program. Mrs. Lentz was a longtime member
of St. Martin in the Fields Episcopal Church in Chestnut Hill. She served as
president of the Altar Guild for many years. Her husband, Bernard, an attorney,
died in 1981. In addition to her son, she is survived by two daughters, Margaret
Reavey and Harriet Eisman; a son, Robert; 12 grandchildren; four great-
grandchildren and a sister, Mary Gould Ferguson. A memorial will be held at 4
p.m. Thursday at St. Martin in the Fields, 8000 St. Martin's Lane. Burial will
be private. In lieu of flowers, donations may be sent to the church. 



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