Katherine Eble, 79, of Hollywood, MD, died August 15, 2009 at her residence.

Katherine was born, February 22, 1930 in Dorsey, MD, the oldest daughter of Howard Joseph DePascal and Gertrude Katherine DePascal.

She graduated from St. Joseph's Parochial School (1944) and from Seton High School Baltimore Maryland (1948). After graduating from high school, she took a job with a local telephone company. She married George Edward Eble Jr., also from Dorsey Maryland, upon his return home from service in the US Navy during World War II. He preceded her in death on February 4th, 1999.

After marrying, Katherine lived near her home town of Dorsey at Harmans, Maryland until 1983, raising six children there. The family moved to Preston Maryland in 1983 after her husband retired from the Baltimore City Police Department. For the past seven years she resided in Hollywood, Maryland with her son, George, and daughter-in-law, Betty Eble. She faithfully attended mass at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Leonardtown.

She was actively involved in her parish at St. Lawrence in Jessup, Maryland and was President of the Anne Arundel County Homemakers Association for many years. After retiring to the Eastern Shore she was instrumental in the revival and restoration of the Holy Child Chapel in Bethlehem, Maryland. She had a passion for gardening, knitting, crocheting, reading, and traveling and was a devout Catholic and a devoted grandmother.

Surviving children: Raymond Eble (Twila), Andrew Eble (Barbara), George Eble (Betty), Anne Marie Drake (Harry), Timothy Eble (Teresa), and Valerie Fluharty (Frank).

Surviving siblings: Anna Johnson, Gertrude Levesque and Marie Hartmeyer.
She was preceded in death by her brother Joseph DePascal and sister Loretta Delawder.

Surviving grandchildren: Elizabeth Drake, Marc Eble, Harry Drake Jr., Lawrence Fluharty, Frank Fluharty Jr, Joshua Eble, Kristin Fluharty, Katherine (Cassie) Drake, and Nicholas Eble.

A memorial service will be held on August 20th at 10:00 a.m. at St. Aloysius Catholic Church in Leonardtown, with Father John Dakes officiating. Interment will be held on Friday, August 21st at the Eastern Shore of Maryland Veteran's Cemetery, Hurlock, MD, where she will be buried along side of her husband.

In lieu of flowers, memorial contributions may be made to St. Aloysius Parish, Leonardtown, MD, P.O. Box 310, Leonardtown, MD 20650 and/or Hospice of St.
Mary's, Inc. P.O. Box 625, Leonardtown, MD 20650.

Arrangements provided by the Brinsfield Funeral Home, P.A., Leonardtown, MD.