Katherine Mary "Kate" Burns
January 25, 2011
Katherine
Mary "Kate" Burns, 89, of Warsaw, Indiana, died on
1/25/2011 at 11:50 pm at her residence. She was born on
June 10, 1921 in Fort Wayne, Indiana.
Katherine Mary (Kate) Burns, 89,
passed away on January 25, 2011, at home surrounded by her family
who loved her dearly. She was born to the late Clyde and
Elizabeth (Farley) Burrell. On January 31, 1942, she married
John P. "Jack" Burns. They shared 62 years of
marriage together.
Kate was the anchor and loving
matriarch of her family. Her strong faith was a beautiful
example for them all. She prayed the Rosary daily and
always had a card filled with the names of the people she was
praying for by her side. To say that she loved her family
is an understatement. Kate loved to cook and bake for
them, and was most famous for her oatmeal cookies and caramel
corn. She loved to sit and share stories about her life
with her children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren. Her
faith and her family were the two most important treasures in
her life. She was a member of Sacred Heart Church and
graduated from Central Catholic High School, and International
Business College, Fort Wayne. She enjoyed many years as
an administrative assistant in the athletic departments of DePauw
University and Iowa Wesleyan College.
Kate will be lovingly remembered
and greatly missed by her family and friends.
Survivors include children: Mike (and Cynthia) Burns, Siesta
Key, FL.; Tim (and Carol) Burns, Steve (and Kathy Stuart) Burns,
Annette (and Dick) Byers, all of Indianapolis; Tom (and Jody)
Burns, Warsaw; and Jeanine Michael, Kalamazoo, MI; a sister,
Ruth Ann (Pam) Brown, Zionsville; a sister-in-law, Peggy Burrell,
Fort Wayne; grandchildren: Chris (and Kris), Patrick (and Nikki),
Sara, Megan, Matt, Dan, Andrea, Laura and Jillian Burns, Suzanne
(and Paul) Knittel, Kate (and Paul) Nowak, Jennifer (and Cash)
Hair, Andrew Byers, Maureen (and Shaun) McCarthy, Claire and
Ally Michael and RJ Stuart; and great-grandchildren: Kelly, Kasey,
Kenzie,Kayla, Kori and Colton Burns, Maddie, Jacob and Sam Nowak,
Danny and Ryan Hair and Louis and Dominic Knittel.
She was preceded in death by her husband Jack, her brother, Tom,
her sister, Eileen, and her son, John Patrick Burns, Jr.
Father Phil DeVolder of Sacred
Heart Catholic Church will officiate the funeral mass.
Services will be held at Sacred
Heart Catholic Church Warsaw, Indiana on Saturday, January 29,
2011 at 10:00 am. Calling hours will be one hour prior
to the funeral mass at the church on Saturday, January 29, 2011.
Burial will be at Oakwood Cemetery - Warsaw, Indiana.
McHatton-Sadler Funeral Chapel - Warsaw, Indiana is in charge
of arrangements.
The family kindly requests memorial contributions be made to:
Sacred Heart Catholic Church
Scholarship Fund
125 N. Harrison Street
Warsaw, Indiana 46580
or
Kosciusko Home Care
and Hospice
P. O. Box 1196
Warsaw, Indiana 46581-1196 (1-27-2011)