Catherine McAtee, 91, of Loogootee, died peacefully at 6:10 p.m. June 15, 2016 at St. Charles Health Campus.
She was born December 21, 1925 in East St. Louis, IL to the late Peter J. Nolan and Eva P. (Queen) Nolan.
Catherine’s family moved to Loogootee shortly after her birth where she would live the rest of her life. As a young girl she enjoyed growing up in a neighborhood with mostly boys and would follow them to their sporting events and play along with them. She was educated at St. John’s Catholic School in Loogootee and was a lifelong member of St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church. She graduated from St. Mary’s Nursing School in Evansville as a Registered Nurse in 1946 and worked as a private duty nurse until marrying Herman Joseph McAtee in 1947.
She continued to practice her nursing skills to care for all who were ill, family or neighbors, old and young while raising eight children of her own.
Catherine is survived by four sons, James Thomas McAtee and wife Nancy of Ellicott City, MD; Dr. Lawrence Francis McAtee of Canon City, CO; Raymond Kenneth McAtee and wife Karla of San Antonio, TX; Stephen Paul McAtee and wife Mary Ann of Lafayette, IN; and three daughters, Marie Claire and husband Dennis Seifert of Jasper, IN; Helen Louise and husband Harold Blaine Frick of Lilburn, GA; Sharon Ann McAtee of Beavercreek, OH; her brother, Damon Patrick Nolan and wife June of Grape Vine, TX; 21 grandchildren and 29 great grandchildren; and a number of other relatives and close friends.
She is preceded in death by her parents and husband; her son Donald Joseph McAtee of Loogootee, IN; and her brothers Thomas Joseph Nolan of Loogootee, IN and Dr. James Raymond Nolan of New Albany, IN.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Very Rev. J. Kenneth Walker at 11:00 a.m. on Saturday, June 18, 2016 at St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Loogootee. Burial will follow in the church cemetery.
Visitation will be held Saturday, June 18, 2016 from 9:00 a.m. until the time of service at the church.
In lieu of flowers memorial contributions may be made to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church.
Condolences may be made online at www.blakefuneralhomes.com.