Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cato, Frances Regina Byrne September 22, 1939
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot September 24, 1939 

Mrs. Frances Regina Cato - Funeral services for Mrs. Cato, who died Friday night 
from injuries sustained when she was struck by a trolley car at Ocean View, will 
be held tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock at the Sacred Heart Catholic Church. 
Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.
Mrs. Cato was a native of Baltimore and had resided in Norfolk for 13 years, 
residing at 820 Maury Place at the time of her death. Besides her husband, Frank 
J. Cato, she is survived by her parents, James J. Byrne and Mrs. Frances Murphy 
Byrne, of Norfolk; a brother, the Rev. F.J. Byrne, S.T.D., of Richmond; three 
sisters, Mrs. Mary O'Brien, of Portsmouth; Mrs. C.H. Wheat, of Ocean View, and 
Miss Catherine M. Byrne, of Norfolk and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body now is at the residence on Maury Place. Rosary services will be held 
there tonight at 8 o'clock.
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Mrs. Frances Regina Cato — Solemn requiem mass for Mrs. Cato, wife of Frank J. 
Cato, and daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James J. Byrne, whose death occurred Friday 
night, was celebrated at Sacred Heart Catholic Church Monday morning at 10 
o'clock, with the Rev. Francis J. Byrne, S.T.D., celebrant of the mass; the Rev. 
Paul. V. Heller, deacon; the Rev. Thomas P. Scannell, subdeacon, and the Rev. E. 
P. Kilgalen, master of ceremonies. Present in the sanctuary were the Rev. P. C. 
Blackburn, the Rev. F. V. Bambrick, the Rev. Robert B. Kealey, the Rev. James B. 
Albert, S.S.J., the Rev. Joseph E. Turner, S.S.J., the Very Rev. F. Joseph 
Magri, the Rev. Harold Nott, the Rev. Martin J. Harrison, the Rev. Leo J. Ryan, 
S.T.D., the Rev. P. A. Van Gangezwinkel and the Rev. James Brennan. There was a 
very large attendance and many floral offerings. The casket was covered with a 
pall of Easter lilies, pink roses and ferns. During the service E. Vincent Smith 
sang “Benedictus,” and "Veni Jesu,” with Prof. J. Harvey Stevens as organist. In 
his address at the conclusion of the mass, the Rev. E. P. Kilgalen took his text 
from the Epistle of the Holy Trinity and compared it to the life of Mrs. Cato.
Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery. The pallbearers were William J. O’Brien, 
Frank B. Wheat, J. Richard Wheat, Charles R. Wheat, Everett Hewitt, Jr., Emmett 
Hogan, John Riley and Harold Hissel.

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot  September 26, 1939


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