Had deep faith and devotion
Catherine Morgan, Tralee & US
IN Boston, Massachusetts, at 80 years of age, Catherine passed away suddenly on Saturday evening, March 11.
She was a loving daughter to the late John and Catherine (Power) Morgan. She was born and raised in Castle Countess, Tralee.
She received her early education in Ireland. Catherine was an accomplished pianist and talented singer she travelled the Irish countryside for six years as a member of a local band.
She attended business school in Ireland and at 21 years of age Catherine married and began raising her family in Ireland. She came to the United States in 1964 with her family and resided for several years in the Malden and Medford, Massachusetts communities before settling in Chelsea, MA in ‘94.
She worked outside of her home for many years as an office administrator, she excelled in shorthand and was an experienced typist.
She continued her education, taking business courses at Bentley College, Waltham, MA in 1981.
She held several jobs, sometimes working simultaneously, beginning with the Medford Chamber of Commerce and Boston Coast Guard Station, she assisted in writing the weekly bulletin for the Old South Church and worked full time at the Salvation Army Headquarters on Berkley Street before retiring in 2001.
She was fluent in Gaelic and Latin. She was an amateur botanist with a green thumb and love for gardening. She was an intense cyclist, enjoying bicycling here and in Ireland before it became a popular sport.
She was an avid reader, and enjoyed sharing and telling stories, listening to a good tale, enjoying good food and company of good friends and sharing a laugh or two.
She was a woman of deep faith and devotion to her family and was a ‘Pioneer Woman’. She favored St Francis of Assisi and had a great love for animals. This was exampled by her support of PETA and the Animal Rescue League.
In addition to her parents Catherine was also preceded in death by her former husband and friend John F. O’Flaherty, a sister, Bridget Holden and brother, Liam Morgan.
She is survived by her beloved sons and their spouses; John P O’Flaherty of Chelsea, Cathal J O’Flaherty and his wife Tracy of Chicago Il, Dominic B O’Flaherty of Chelsea, Eugene L O’Flaherty and his wife Patricia of Charlestown, Kieran J O’Flaherty and his wife Siobhan of Wilmington.
She was the cherished grandmother of John Jacob O’Flaherty, Jack and Christopher O’Flaherty, Cailin and Brendan O’Flaherty and dear sister of Lt. Col. (ret) John S Morgan and Patrick Morgan both of Ireland.
A Funeral Mass of Christian Burial was said in St Michael the Archangel Chapel, Chelsea, Massachusetts on Thursday March 16. Rev. Patrick Healy OMI presided.
Funeral arrangements were entrusted to the care of Frank A. Welsh & Sons Funeral Home, Chelsea, MA.
For guestbook entries or to send expressions of sympathy, visit www.WelshFuneralHome.com.