Katherine Pollard

Katherine Pollard IRON MOUNTAIN - Katherine F. Pollard, 87, of 1820 Mary's Way in Kingsford, formerly of 616 Birch St., Iron Mountain, died Thursday, Jan. 8, 2004, at ManorCare Health Services in Kingsford. She was born April 21, 1916, in Ewen and graduated from Ewen High School in 1935. Katherine married Sam Pollard on July 2, 1938, at St. Mary and St. Joseph Catholic Church in Iron Mountain. He preceded her in death on May 22, 2001. She enjoyed bingo and playing cards, specially Smear. Katherine was an avid Green Bay Packer fan. She enjoyed traveling through the United States, just recently returning from Las Vegas, where she attended the wedding of her first great-grandchild, Kristen (O'Donnell) Todd. She was also preceded in death by her mother and father, George and Frances Chopps; her adoptive parents, Peter and Adele Beaudin; 18 brothers and sisters; and an infant grandson, Danny Paquette. Katherine is survived by her son, Carlton (Judy) Pollard of Vulcan; two daughters, Joan (Lane) Perdue of Green Bay, Wis. and Linda (Roger) Polkinghorne of Newbury Park, Calif.; two sisters, Edith VanGoethem of Beaverton, Ore. and Ann Manninen of Ewen; 10 grandchildren, Joyce (Lance) Bashaw of Iron Mountain, Ken (Denise) Pollard of Omaha, Neb., Debbie (Warren) Brisson of Tucson, Ariz., Sue (Tom) O'Donnell of Broken Arrow, Okla., Gary (Shawna) Perdue of Green Bay, Randy (Beth) Perdue of New Franken, Wis., Sheri (Michael) Hodson of Puyallup, Wash., Kim (Roy) LaPlante of Orcutt, Calif., Tim (Renee) Polkinghorne of Bakersfield, Calif., and Terri (Rudy) Avila of Moorpark, Calif.; and 22 great-grandchildren. Visitation will be held Saturday from 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain. The funeral Mass will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday at American Martyrs Catholic Church in Kingsford. Fr. Daniel Zaloga will offer the Mass of Christian Burial. Burial will be in Cemetery Park in Iron Mountain. Serving as pallbearers will be grandsons Tim Polkinghorne, Gary Perdue, Ken Pollard, Randy Perdue, Lance Bashaw and Rudy Avila. Condolences may be expressed to the family of Katherine Pollard online at www.ernashfuneralhomes.com. The family has entrusted the Erickson-Rochon & Nash Funeral Home of Iron Mountain with funeral arrangements.