Katherine M. Wittke

WITTKE, Katherine M. Katherine M. Wittke, 81, of Manchester, wife of the late Henry R. Wittke died Saturday, (November 26, 2005) at Manchester Memorial Hospital. Born in Manchester, she was the daughter of the late Jane (Keegan) and John McCooe. Katherine was a very active person who was an avid golfer, bowler, and mall walker. She also enjoyed dancercise until the time of her death. Katherine was a member of the Manchester Senior Center and was a tremendous support to her grandchildren and their activities. She is survived by her children and their spouses, Jane Pesaturo and her husband Jack of Palm City, FL, Rudi Wittke and his wife Jean of Broad Brook, Connie W. Swetzes and her husband Michael of Coventry and Christopher J. Wittke of Somerville, MA; her grandchildren, Julie Pesaturo Carter and her husband Tim, and their son Logan, Michael Pesaturo and his wife Kate, Johnathan and Rachel Pesaturo, Lynn Pesaturo and her daughter Lila, Jennifer and Kacie Wittke, and Kathryn and Mary Swetzes. She is also survived by her siblings, John McCooe, Charles McCooe and Jeanette Bakanas; her sisters-in-law, Alice McCooe, Josephine McCooe and Alice F. McCooe; and many nieces and nephews. Besides her husband, she was predeceased by her brothers, C. Thomas McCooe, Joseph McCooe, James McCooe and her sister, Bernadette Madama. Funeral service will be held on Wednesday, November 30, at 10:15 a.m. from the John F. Tierney Funeral Home, 219 West Center St., Manchester, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 11 a.m. at the Church of the Assumption, Adams Street South, Manchester, followed by burial in East Cemetery. Family and friends may call at the funeral home TODAY, from 4-8 p.m. Memorial donations may be made to either the Aids Action Committee of Massachusetts, Inc., 294 Washington Street, 5th Floor Boston, MA 02108 or to the Tolland County 4-H Fair Association, 24 Hyde Ave., Vernon, CT 06066.