Mary Katherine Miranda - 1924-2006
Mary Katherine Miranda, 81, of Ashland, Ky., died Sunday morning, Aug. 6, 2006, in Kingsbrook Lifecare Center.
Mrs. Miranda was born Dec. 12, 1924 in Powhatan, W.Va., a daughter of the late John L. and Mary Elizabeth Jennings Armstrong. She retired after 30 years of service as a registered nurse from the VA Hospital in Huntington, W.Va. She attended First United Methodist Church in Ashland and was a 1945 graduate of St. Francis Hospital School of Nursing.
In addition to her parents, she was preceded in death by her husband, William H. Miranda, in 2000.
Mrs. Miranda is survived by a daughter, Frances Miranda Abell and her husband, Gene, of Lexington; a sister, Dorothy Marcinkus of Winthrop Harbor, Ill.; and two grandchildren, Marisa and Kyle Abell of Lexington.
Funeral services will be at 1 p.m. Tuesday, Aug. 8, 2006, at Steen Funeral Home-Marshall Steen Chapel in Ashland. The Rev. Gene Pillow will officiate the ceremony with assistance from the Rev. Phillip Stephens. Burial will be in Ashland Cemetery.
Friends may call from 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. Tuesday at the funeral home.
Contributions may be sent to Community Hospice, 1538 Central Ave., Ashland, KY 41101.
