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The Obituary of Mrs. Katherine Setser

The Obituary of Mrs. Katherine Setser
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The Obituary of Mrs. Katherine Setser

Mrs. Katherine Setser, 28, wife of William Setser Jr., passed away at the residence here at 7:45 p.m. Monday after a long illness with tuberculosis.

Surviving are the husband and a daughter, Billie Kay; and the father, Roy Polley, of Franklin Furnace.

The body will be moved tonight to the home of VJ. Farley of Gray’s Branch. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at 2 p.m. at Brick Union church with burial in the church cemetery under the direction of Riggs-Sammons funeral home.1

Headstone of Katherine Setser at Brick Union Cemetery

  1. Mrs. William Setser Jr. (1947, July 1). Portsmouth Times, p. 19.
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