The Anthon Herald, 6 April 1938, page 1: Catherine Coyne was born to John and Rose Ann Coyne October 2, 1867, at Inkerman, Canada. Her early days were spent in Canada, and in 1882 the Coyne family came to the United States settling at Dunlap, Iowa. They resided there a year and then moved to Woodbury County, becoming one of the pioneer families of this section. The deceased grew to womanhood in what in 1887 became the Anthon community, and she saw this town laid out and develop into a trading point for residents of a big territory. There being no Catholic Church in Anthon at that time, Catherine Coyne was married February 19, 1889, at Danbury to Jeffrey T. Curtin, a pioneer resident of the Cork Hill vicinity. Mr. and Mrs. Curtin started a home in Grant Twp. on a farm he previously had purchased, and there they spent thirty-one happy years together and reared a fine family. Their union was blessed with ten children, two of whom, Lawrence, 18, and an infant, preceded their parents to the grave in 1920. Mr. and Mrs. Curtin and family, after having worked hard, retired from farming and purchased a home in Anthon to spend their declining years. On February 20, 1932, Mr. Curtin died suddenly following a heart attack. However, Mrs. Curtin continued to maintain the home here for herself and children and her husband's brother, Cornelius Curtin, until she too passed away. Survivors include five sons, John of Oto, Raphael, Jeffrey, Daniel and Matt of Anthon; and three daughters, Sister M. Isabel of Davenport, Mrs. Rose Weathers of Anthon and Mrs. Anna Brady of Marcus; seven grandchildren; two brothers, Sylvester Coyne of Anthon and Thomas Coyne of Salix; three sisters, Mrs. Margaret Farmer of Anthon, Mrs. Anna Cole of Oto and Mrs. Bridget Malloy of Canada; many other relatives and a legion of friends. At 9 a.m. Thursday, March 31, funeral services were conducted at St. Joseph's Catholic Church . Solemn requiem high mass was celebrated by the pastor, Rev. D.K. Hurley, assisted by Rev. Francis McNeill of Danbury as deacon and Rev. F.J. Illg of Oto as sub-deacon. Rev. George Cooke, former pastor here and a friend of the Curtin family for many years, had hoped to participate in the last rites, but was prevented from doing so by a funeral in his own parish at Marcus the same day. However, he called the Curtin home Wednesday to express his sympathy to the survivors. Burial was in the family lot at Mt. St. Joseph's Cemetery beside her beloved husband, under direction of Hudgel's Funeral Service.