Katherine Northrup: Obituary

Katherine Northrup, age 75, of Murphy, NC passed away Monday, March 21, 2016 at Murphy Medical Center Nursing Home.

She was a native of St. Claire County, MI and the daughter of the late Thomas Sr. and Marjorie Young Stringer. She had been a secretary at a Ford Motor Company. She moved from Brandenton Florida to the Murphy area in 1996. Katherine loved church, her family, pets and reading. She was a member of the Hanging Dog Baptist Church.

She is survived by her daughter, Jacqueline A. McCarrick of Murphy, NC; two grandchildren, Cory Allen Duffield and Joey Michael Duffield; two great grandchildren, Zoey E. Duffield and Chloe R. Duffield; brother, Thomas C. Stringer Jr of Carmel, Indiana; sister, Ann Elizabeth Stringer Braly and husband, Richard of Carmel, Indiana; nephew, Kyle C. Collins and his wife, Sara Delane Collins, great nieces, Addison E. Collins and Parker Ann Collins; niece Courtney A. Collins Ballantini and husband, Cory Ballantini, great nephew Graham M. Ballantini; nephew, Travis Braly; niece Courtney Braly Gerving and husband, Josh Gerving, great nieces Georgia J. Gerving and Josephine M. Gerving.

A Memorial Service will be held at 2:00 PM Saturday April 9, 2016 at the Townson Rose Funeral Home Chapel in Murphy, NC. Rev. Greg Swain will officiate.

In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to the American Heart Association, PO Box 5216, Glen Allen,VA 23058-5216.

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