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    1. [ILWHITE] CATO FULL OBIT
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    3. Doris Cato, 91, passed away Saturday, October 24, 2009, at Good Samaritan Home. She was exactly one month short of her 92nd birthday. Doris Etta Eichem was born November 24, 1917, in Enfield, Ill., to Charles G. and Mamie Eichem. She attended and graduated from high school in Fairfield, Ill. After graduation she worked at Crab Orchard Ordinance Plant in Southern Illinois, assembling mortar shells and bombs. She also worked at Republic Aviation assembling planes. She was one of many "Rosie the Riveters" during World War II. She worked a number of years in the office of the Knight Township Justice of the Peace, and then as supervisor in Misdemeanor and Traffic Division of the County Clerk's Office until retirement. After retirement, she spent her time working in her flower gardens. She was especially proud of her roses. She continued to do so until her health no longer permitted it. She was preceded in death by her parents, Charles and Mamie Eichem, her younger brother, Charles W. Eichem, and nephew, C.W. Eichem. Survivors are daughter and son-in-law, Judith and Ronald Russell, of Evansville; son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Patricia Cato, of Evansville and Beverly Beach, Fla.; and son, Delwin Cato, Evansville; granddaughters, Laura Fraser and her husband, Kelly, Evansville, Wendy BeVier and her husband, Steven, Panama City Beach, Fla., and Holli Price and her husband, Josh, Evansville. She is also survived by nine great-grandchildren, Dustin Beck, Tiffany Beck, Steffani Beck, Arin Fraser, Derreck Fraser, Brandon BeVier, Alex Williams, Brittany BeVier and Zachary BeVier; and one great-great-grandchild, Kendalynn Wersich; her sister-in-law, Beth Eichem, Enfield, Ill.; and nieces and nephews and cousins. Funeral services are planned for 10 a.m. Thursday, October 29, 2009, at Browning Funeral Home, 738 Diamond Ave., with Father Henry Kuykendall officiating. Burial will be held in Enfield Cemetery in Enfield, Ill. Friends may visit from 4 to 7 p.m. Wednesday, October 28, 2009, at Browning Funeral Home. Memorial contributions may be made to Deaconess Hospice, 600 Mary St. Evansville, IN 47747, or The Good Samaritan Home Foundation, Inc., P.O. Box 2788, Evansville, IN 47728, or the Vanderburgh Humane Society, P.O. Box 6711, Evansville, IN 47719. Condolences may be made online at www.browningfuneral.com. Published in Courier Press on October 27, 2009

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