Obituary of Katherine E. O'Donnell

Katherine “Kay” E. O’Donnell

(nee Harding)

3/24/1927 – 11/11/2023

Kay, age 96, passed away on Saturday, November 11, 2023. She was married to the love of her life, the late Joseph J. O’Donnell who passed in 1999.  She is survived by her loving daughter Karen M. (Steven) Smith; her two cherished grandchildren Alexander and Zachary Smith; her dear sister Mary (late James) Donohoe and many nieces and nephews.  She was predeceased by her beloved husband, her parents Patrick J. and Mary E. (nee McDonald) Harding, her son Brian O’Donnell, two brothers Robert and Thomas Harding and two grandsons Christopher and David O’Donnell.

She was a 1945 graduate of Our Lady of Victory and worked as a teller at the Federal Bank in Lackawanna.  She was a member of SS Peter & Paul RC Church. In her free time, she enjoyed her Friday hair appointments with the ladies at the salon and her “Casino” outings with her sister. She loved a good conversation and always had a great story to share. 

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 12PM (noon) on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at SS Peter & Paul Church, 66 E. Main St. in Hamburg, NY.  Arrangements have been entrusted to the Donald M. Demmerley Funeral Home located at 21 Pierce Ave., Hamburg, NY. Please share condolences at www.demmerleyfuneralhome.com