Obituary: Catherine Bowyer, 48

For the past 48 years, Catherine Denny Bowyer brought joy and happiness to her many friends and her family. Kate moved from Akron, Ohio to Ramona Road in Wilmette when she was 8 years old along with her sister Sarah and brothers Jim, Philip, Matthew and Bill Denny. She loved her new home and especially her new best friend and neighbor Julie Stalzer.

After graduating from New Trier and Denison University, and receiving an MBA from Emory University she met Andrew Bowyer and quickly realized this was the man for her.

After their wedding at Saints Faith, Hope and Charity they moved to Middlefork Road in Northfield. There, in the next five years they celebrated the birth of their four beautiful children Andrew, Charlie, George and Gracie.

For Kate’s sister Sarah O’Meara and all the cousins who also live on Middlefork Road the living arrangement was a great bonus.

Everyone enjoyed sharing the same street, meals, mothers, wonderful summers at Middlefork Club and numerous trips to visit the grandparents Cate and Jim Denny in Winnetka, Grand Beach, Michigan and Hobe Sound, Florida.

Kate was surrounded by love when she left all of us on April 9th after a short illness.

With her that afternoon was her devoted husband Andy, her parents Cate and Jim, her brothers Jim and his wife Kate, Phil and his wife Kate, Matthew and his wife Catherine, Bill and his fiancé Tina Beckler, Norton and Sarah O’Meara, Father Donald Senior and three of her dearest friends, Julie Stalzer Gonzalo, Ann Rewey Lalas, and Wendy Suster Sawtell.

No one can replace Kate but she is always here in our hearts surrounded by the love of God, His Holy Mother and all who knew her.

Visitation: 4 to 7 p.m. Friday, April, 13 at Donnellan Family Funeral Home, 10045 Skokie Blvd., Skokie.

Mass of Celebration: 11 a.m. Saturday, April 14, at Saints Faith, Hope, and Charity Catholic Church, 191 Linden St., Winnetka.

The family wishes to thank the Northwestern Memorial Hospital’s staff for their fine care and kindness. To those interested, commemorative donations may be made to:

Northwestern Memorial Foundation
251 East Huron Street, Suite 3-200
Chicago, IL 60611
(Include "In Memory of Catherine Bowyer," in memo line or donate online.)

via Donnellan Family Funeral Home