Kathryn Ross' Obituary
ROSS, Jane Kathryn of Napa, CA on Saturday, April 17, 2010; age 73, went home to be with our Lord, Jesus Christ, and with her beloved husband, Thomas Wardlaw Steele, her loving parents Thomas and Grace Ross, her dear brother, John Thomas Ross, and her devoted friend, Kathi Baggott. Kathryn leaves behind her sister, Mary Anne Muhlig, daughter, Joan Ross Wildasin, son, Paul Thomas Sorace, and grandchildren: Grace Kathryn Wildasin, Kathryn Arden Wildasin, Henry and Jack Sorace. After graduating from St. Thomas School of Nursing, class of 1957, and Vanderbilt University, B.S.N. 1960 and M.S.N. 1963, Kathryn was a charge nurse at St. Thomas Hospital and taught nursing at Vanderbilt and at the University of Tennessee, Nashville. Her last care for others was through advocacy for the elderly clients of Senior Citizens, now Fifty Forward. Fr. Phillip Breen of St. Ann’s Church will offer a funeral mass on Tuesday, April 27, at 10:30 a.m. The family will receive friends at 1:30 p.m. at Spring Hill Funeral Home and Cemetery, with her brother-in-law, Rev. Robert Muhlig officiating a graveside service at her 3:00 internment. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to St. Ann’s Church, 5101 Charlotte Pike, Nashville, TN 37209 and Fifty Forward, 174 Rains Avenue, Nashville, TN 37203. SPRING HILL FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY 5110 Gallatin Road at Briley Parkway, Nashville, TN.
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