Kathryn A. Brown

Funeral Mass for Kathryn Ann Brown (nee Showalter), 93, of Palatine, will be held Monday, May 19, 2025, at 10:00 a.m. at the St. Joseph’s Home, 80 W. Northwest Highway, Palatine, IL 60067. All are welcome. Interment will be private.

Kathryn went to be with God at 11:37 am on Thursday, May 8, 2025.  She was born November 27, 1931, in Evanston, Illinois.

Catherine Ann Showalter was changed to Kathryn, and she was known to all as “Kitty”; born to Henry Earl Showalter, a shoe store owner; and Catherine Isabella Showalter (nee McBrien), both of Lancaster, Wisconsin.

She is survived by her ten children; Ed (Julie) Brown, Terry Waldrup, Kathy (Rob Johns) Brown, Jeannie Brown, Patty (Terry- Deceased) Bryant, Jim (Terri -Deceased) Brown, Nancy (Kevin) Bobbit, Tom (Heida) Brown, Tim Brown and Bill (Maria) Brown. 

Grandmother to 17 grandchildren; Jake Brown, Jimmy Brown, Billy Brown, and Kaeli Brown. Jennifer Jones, Stacey Waldrup, and Scott Waldrup (Deceased). Lindsey Mathisen, Jackie Brown Mullins, Monica Hill, and Jeremy Brown. J.T. Bobbit, Chad Bobbit, Cody Bobbit and Jesse Bobbit. Zach Brown and Alex Brown; and Great Grandmother to 17 great grandchildren.

Crossing Guard to hundreds of students at St. John Brébeuf in Niles, IL, where our family grew up on Merrill Street.

Throughout her life, Kitty was a person of great faith and instilled in each of her children a belief in God and a positive outlook on life.

In her later years, she lived at Little Sisters of the Poor in Palatine.  The nurses, CNA’s and staff loved her, and she loved them.  It was a blessing from God when she moved in there.  She was feisty and full of energy. She made new friends and always had a smile to warm your soul and enough joy to fill your heart. She will be missed by so many.  We love you, Mom, Kitty, Grandma.

She joins in eternal life, her parents, Henry Earl and Catherine Showalter and her two sisters, Mary Loper and Pat Jones.