Submitted by: Dan Rich

Kathryn C. Harden

Sept. 6, 1930 - Jan. 5, 2001

South Bend Tribune 1/9/2001

Kathryn C. Harden, 70, devoted loving mother and grandmother, who resided on Chalfant Street, South Bend, Ind., passed away peacefully after an extended illness on Friday, Jan. 5, in Our Lady of Peace Hospital. Kathryn was born on Sept. 6, 1930, to the union of Rubin and Mattie Wilson. On March 31, 1956, in Kansas City, Mo., she married Elmer R. Harden, who preceded her in death.

Kathryn was a graduate of Central High School and Kentucky State College. She was retired from the U.S. Post Office and had also worked for The Family & Children's Center, Social Security Hearings and Appeals Courts, and Real Services Project Safe. She was a member of the Grace AME Zion Church, where in earlier years she sang in the Gospel Chorus. She leaves to cherish her memory a daughter, Lesia Harden Ivory; a son, Stephen R. Harden; and a granddaughter whom she adored, Aubrey L. Ivory. She also had a very special cousin who was like a sister to her, Mrs. Annell Waters; and a host of other relatives and friends.