Submitted by: Dan Rich

Catherine A. Bolger

June 12, 1923 - April 6, 1998

South Bend Tribune 4/8/1998

Catherine A. Bolger, 74, residing on East Washington Street, South Bend, Ind., passed away at 10:55 a.m. on Monday, April 6, in her home. Mrs. Bolger was a former employee of Associates Investment Company, and retired from the Dodge Manufacturing Company where she served as a keypunch operator. She was born on June 12, 1923, in South Bend, to the late Fred Arthur and Bernice Herreman, and had lived in this community most of her life. She was also preceded in death by a sister, Virginia Herreman Bell; and by a brother, Robert Asa Herreman. On Sept. 7, 1963, in South Bend, she married Paul V. Bolger, who survives. She is also survived by three sons, John Schall of Niles, Mich., David Schall of Mishawaka, Ind., and Mark Schall of North Carolina; two stepdaughters, Vicki Fritz and Paula Moore, both of South Bend; a stepson, Paul V. Bolger, Jr., of South Bend; eight grandchildren; and by a brother, Fred Arthur Herreman of Edwardsburg, Mich. Mrs. Bolger was a member of the Church of God- Full Gospel, Niles, Mich.; sang in the Philharmonic Singers; was a soloist at St. James Episcopal Church, South Bend; was a member of the Studebaker Men and Women's Glee Clubs; and was a supporter of Right to Life. She had also won a Hollywood Allen Jones Contest.

Services for Mrs. Catherine Bolger will be held at 10 a.m. on Friday, April 10, in the Palmer Funeral Home, 2528 Mishawaka Avenue, South Bend. Rev. Morton J. Hempel will officiate. Burial will follow at Highland Cemetery. Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. on Thursday in the Palmer Funeral Home. Contributions in Mrs. Bolger's memory may be offered to Hospice of St. Joseph County, 111 Sunnybrook Court, South Bend, IN 46637.