Catherine M. Sweenie, 100, of Four Seasons Living Center, Morrison, IL, died Monday, September 16, 2013, at the center.
Catherine was born June 18, 1913, in Chicago, IL, to Adolph W. and Mary C. (Eklin) Carlson. She was a graduate of Marinette High School in Marinette, WI, and the Westside Hospital School of Nursing in Chicago. She married William H. Sweenie, Jr. on December 31, 1935, in Chicago. He died November 2, 1953. Catherine was first employed by the Morrison Community Hospital as a registered nurse. She later was employed by Dr. David A. Fell in Morrison, as a registered office nurse, until her retirement. Catherine was a member of the Garden Plain Presbyterian Church in Fulton, IL.
Survivors include one son, David (Joyce) Sweenie of Fulton; five grandchildren, Dan Sweenie, Don (Bridget) Sweenie, Dean (Melissa) Sweenie, Dawn (Brian) Davis, and Jill (Mark) Bramm; eight great-grandchildren, Tyler and Kylee Sweenie, Sydney and Kayla Sweenie, Logan Davis, Caeleb, Caelyn, and Caylee Bramm; one sister, Mildred Reynolds, of Morrison.
She was preceded in death by her husband, William; one grandson, in infancy; two brothers, Wilbur and Verner Carlson.
THERE WILL BE NO VISITATION.
The Morrison Chapel of the Bosma-Renkes Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements
PRIVATE FAMILY GRAVESIDE SERVICE: Saturday, September 21, 2012, at the Lusk Memorial Cemetery, Albany, IL
OFFICIATING: Mr. Ken Renkes, Director of Congregational Care: Ebenezer Reformed Church, Morrison, IL
INTERMENT: Lusk Memorial Cemetery, Albany, IL