July 14 2010: SCHEMPP, Catherine Dolan

CATHERINE ANN DOLAN SCHEMPP

“KITTY” (Age 86)

Kitty Schempp of Washington, DC, passed away peacefully on Wednesday, July 14, 2010 in her home surrounded by her adoring family following a short but determined battle with cancer. Kitty came to Washington, DC as a child relocating from New York with her parents and brother, the late Catherine Looram and Michael F. X. Dolan, and the late Michael F.X. Dolan, Esquire. Kitty is survived by her husband of 64 years, Leonard F., Jr. and her seven loving children: Leonard F., III (Kathy), Michael (Rosetta), Patrick (Esther), Catherine M. Schempp, PhD, Terrence (Eileen), Mary Ann Rimel (Chris) and Dr. Rosemary Schempp (Raul). She is also survived by ten of her eleven grandchildren and two great grandchildren as well as many relatives and close friends.

As a Washingtonian, she attended Blessed Sacrament parochial school, graduated from Holy Cross High School and remained a lifelong parishioner of the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament serving as a member of the Sodality. She was a dedicated volunteer with the Christ Child Society of Washington and in 2009 she was honored for her exemplary and outstanding service with the Marge Kearney Award.

The family will receive friends at Collins Funeral Home, 500 University Boulevard, West, Silver Spring, MD, (valet parking), on Friday, 2 to 4 p.m. and at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament Chapel, 3630 Quesada St. NW, Washington, DC, on Friday, 6 to 8 p.m. and again on Saturday, 10-11 a.m. Mass of Christian Burial to follow at the Shrine of the Most Blessed Sacrament on Saturday, July 17 at 11 a.m. Interment will be private. Memorials may be made to the Christ Child Society of Washington in Kitty’s name.

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