Catherine Jane Lowe

Catherine Jane Lowe, 95, Nevada, passed away on Thursday, March 24, 2011, at Christian Healthcare in Nevada. She was born Nov. 24, 1915, in Alba, Mo., to Frank E. Lowe and Jennie Shirk Lowe.

Catherine came to Vernon County at the age of 3 and has lived in the same farm house all of her life. She was a dietician for more than 40 years at the Nevada City Hospital. She was a member of the First Baptist Church in Nevada and she enjoyed gardening and raising cattle after her retirement.

Survivors include one sister, Helen V. Eberle, Newton, Kan.; and numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents; two brothers, Thomas E. Lowe and Myron Lowe; and three sisters, Jean Bell, Marthalin Steward and Barbara L. Davis.

Funeral services will be held at 10:30 a.m., Tuesday, March 29, at Ferry Funeral Home, Nevada, with Dr. William Cox officiating. Interment will follow in Moore Cemetery, Nevada. Friends may call now and until the hour of service and the family receives friends 6:30-7:30 p.m., Monday, March 28, at the funeral home.

Those who wish may contribute in her memory to the First Baptist Church in care of Ferry Funeral Home.

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