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Catherine ESKER Clyde 1918-2010 OHIO

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Catherine ESKER Clyde 1918-2010 OHIO

Posted: 30 Sep 2010 7:08AM GMT
Classification: Obituary
Surnames: Price, Esker, Clyde
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio – There will be a Mass of Christian Burial at 10 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 2, 2010, at St. Christine Church for Catherine A. Clyde, 92. Mrs. Clyde passed away peacefully Monday evening, Sept 27, 2010 surrounded by family at Beeghly Oaks, following a brief illness.

Catherine was born Jan. 22, 1918, in Elyria, Ohio (Lorain County) the daughter of Herbert and Grace Price Esker, and the fifth of seven children.

The family moved to Youngstown, Ohio (Mahoning County) a few years later.

Catherine was a 1936 graduate of Youngstown East High School and first worked in a clerical position with the Republic Steel Company.

Following her marriage June 13, 1940, to Robert M. Clyde Sr., she devoted her life to her family, raising three children, Robert Jr., Mary Jane and Grace.

Thereafter, she was a bookkeeper for the Tops and Bottoms Dress Shop, located in downtown Youngstown, retiring in 1970.

Catherine and her husband, who had recently retired, then joined the household of her daughter, Mary Jane and her husband, Raymond Cochran and were active participants in raising their children, Scott and Renee. Catherine continued to live with the Cochrans until her illness in late August.

Mrs. Clyde was a member of St. Christine’s Church, Weed and Seed Garden Club, and the Women’s Federated Athenaeum Club. She loved gardening, but she was also passionate about politics, watching CNN and reading two newspapers daily. She also enjoyed playing cards, and was a regular at the table during her recent visits to the Antonine Sisters.

Her husband, Bob, to whom she was married for 62 years, passed away June 18, 2002.

Besides her parents and husband, Catherine was preceded in death by her brothers, Donald, Carl and Robert Esker; and sisters, Vivian Lyden, Eleanor Springborn and Dorothy James.

Mrs. Clyde leaves to cherish her memory, a son, Robert Jr., (Susan Russo), who is returning to the Liberty, Ohio area from Columbus, Ohio following his pending retirement; daughters, Mary Jane (Raymond) of Youngstown, Ohio with whom she made her home and Grace Cole (Kevin) of Austintown, Ohio; four grandchildren, Renee Kenneally (Michael) and their sons, Connor and Evan, Scott Cochran (Flecka) and their sons, Ryan, Justin and Ethan, Kathleen Clyde and Erin Clyde (Julie) and their daughter, Natasha.

There will be calling hours from 4. to 7 p.m. Friday and prayers at 9:15 a.m. Saturday at the McCauley Funeral Home, 230 Broadway Ave. in Youngstown, Ohio.

Memorial contributions may be made in Catherine’s memory to the Antonine Sisters, 2675 N. Lipkey Road, North Jackson, OH 44451 or the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation International, 26 Broadway, 14th Floor, New York, NY 10004.

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