SFC Catherine L. Black (USA RET) 73, Beaumont, Texas passed away Monday, August 28, 2006
Funeral service will be 11:00 a.m. Friday, September 1, 2006 at Penwell-Gabel MidTown Chapel, 1321 SW 10th Ave., Topeka, Kansas. Burial will be with Military Honors at Mount Hope Cemetery. A gathering of family and friends will be from 6:00 p.m. until 8:00 p.m. Thursday, August 31, 2006 at Penwell-Gabel MidTown Chapel. A memorial service will be held in Beaumont, Texas at Christ Covenant Church on Saturday, September 9 at 4:00 p.m.
Catherine (Schuster) Black was a native of Topeka, Kansas and had lived in Beaumont, Texas since 2004. She was a long time resident of Anniston, Alabama and Columbia, South Carolina. She was retired from the United States Army with twenty years of service. She served her country with honor, and was a loving friend and devoted mother.
She is survived by her son, Bill Black and wife Kathleen of Hamshire, Texas; brother, Darrell Schuster and wife Larue of Carbondale, Kansas; sister, Janice Hardeman and husband Chuck of Prairie Village, Kansas; two first cousins, Mike Cochren of Centerville, Kansas and Joyce Andrew of Stillwell, Kansas; and one aunt, Bernice Cochren of Circleville, Kansas.
In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to Christ Covenant Church, 6390 North Major Drive, Beaumont, Texas 77713.
A special message for the family may be left at www.PenwellGabel.com