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DATE: Thursday, February 6, 1997            TAG: 9702060288
SECTION: LOCAL                   PAGE: B6   EDITION: FINAL 
DATELINE: PORTSMOUTH                        LENGTH:   22 lines

CATHERINE A. MCDONNELL

Catherine A. ``Cathy'' McDonnell, 58, of the 1900 block of Boston St., died Feb. 4, 1997, in her home.

Mrs. McDonnell, a native of Jacksonville, Fla., was retired from the Portsmouth Navy Exchange as an accountant.

Survivors include her husband, James R. McDonnell Sr.; a daughter, Kellie Blair, and her husband, Gregory, of Chesapeake; a son, James R. McDonnell Jr., and his wife, Renee, of Fernandina Beach, Fla.; her parents, Clifton and Ada L. Ferrell Herron of Portsmouth; two granddaughters, Amanda and Ashley McDonnell; and a sister, Dora L. McKay, and her husband, John T. McKay, of Walworth, Wis.

A funeral service will be held at 1 p.m. Friday in Foster Funeral Home by the Rev. Philip J. Parker. Burial will be in Greenlawn Memorial Gardens. The family will receive friends at the funeral home from 7 to 8 p.m. today.

KEYWORDS: DEATH OBITUARY


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