Person:Catherine Coyle (2)

Katherine was the next oldest child of Patrick and Margaret. Katherine was called “Katy” by the family. Katherine, because she was the oldest daughter, did all the cooking for the family and took care of the younger children. Katy believed in the “little people”, leprechauns, and told the younger children stories about them. She never married.

Katherine received a certificate from the war Department, Office of the Chief Ordnance in Wash-ington. It says she “faithfully served the government of the United States in the Ordnance Department during the World War from 28 May 1918 to 19 February 1919.”

The Waterbury Republican, 16 October 1952, Page 22.

Miss Katherine A. Coyle, 643 Prospect Rd., died at St. Mary’s Hospital yesterday after a long illness. Miss Coyle was born in Waterbury, daughter of the late Patrick Coyle and Margaret (Brady) Coyle. She was a communicant of SS Peter & Paul Church. Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. William F. Cass, and Miss Margaret Coyle, both of Waterbury; four brothers, P. J. Coyle of West Palm Beach, Fla., Thomas and William, both of San Francisco, and James J. of Waterbury; also several nieces and nephews. The funeral will be held tomorrow morning at 888:15 from the Murphy Funeral Home, 115 Willow St., to SS Peter & Paul Curch for a solemn high Mass at 9. Burial will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Milford. Friends amy call at the funeral home today from 2 to 5 and 7 to 10. Friends are asked to omit flowers.

1.   Certificate of Service
   1919.

   Certificate of Service for Kathleen Coyle, 1919, Office of Chief Ordnance, War Department, Washington.