Submitted by: Dan Rich

 

Mary Catherine Kirwin

March 25, 1923 - Feb. 11, 2001

 

South Bend Tribune 2/13/2001

Mary Catherine (McCarthy) Kirwin, 77, of Brookmede Drive, died Sunday morning, Feb. 11, in the Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center. Mary was a chief accountant for the Dallas-Mavis Forwarding Company, South Bend, Ind., for 25 years. Mary was born on March 25, 1923, in Hartford, Conn., to Dennis and Mary (Madden) McCarthy, who preceded her in death, along with her brother, Dennis McCarthy.

 

On Feb. 19, 1944, in Hartford, Mary married James M. Kirwin, who survives.

 

Mass of Christian Burial will be held at 10 a.m. on Wednesday in the Cathedral of St. Matthew, with the Most Rev. Daniel R. Jenky, D.D., pastor, officiating. Entombment will follow at Riverview Cemetery. Friends may call from 3 to 7 p.m. today in the HICKEY FUNERAL HOMES, 3516 E. Jefferson, (219) 289-1000, where a Rosary will be said at 6 p.m. Mary was a member of St. Matthew's Cathedral and the Altar-Rosary Society. Memorials may be made to the American Cancer Society.