Obituary of Katherine Severns

IN LOVING MEMORY OF M. KATHERINE SEVERNS Mary Katherine Severns, daughter of Henry and Sadie (Reed) Hoppes, was born March 17, 1915, in Devizes, Kansas, and passed away at the Andbe Home in Norton, Kansas, on November 16, 2011, at the age of 96. Katherine attended the Devizes school and later the Rose Hill school when her family moved to Lyle, Kansas. She attended two years of high school but due to her mother's death, she left school to help her father care for her siblings. She later worked in cafes until her marriage. On February 7, 1948, Katherine and Dale Severns were united in marriage in Phillipsburg, Kansas. They made their home on the farm northeast of Norton until 1980, when they moved into Norton. They had spent the last few years together in the Andbe Home. Survivors include her husband, Dale Severns, of the Andbe Home in Norton; several nieces and nephews, other relatives and friends. Katherine was preceded in death by her parents, four brothers, two sisters, and several nieces and nephews. Memorials have been established to the Andbe Home in Norton and the Almena Congregational Church.