Catherine Margaret Driscoll Kantack, age 68, died Thursday, January 26, 2012 at Baptist Memorial Hospital Columbus. A Mass of Resurrection will be held Saturday, January 28, 2012 at 11:00 a.m. at Columbus Air Force Base Chapel with Father Vincent Burns, Celebrant. Visitation will be held one hour prior to service at the base chapel. A graveside service with Father Richard Smith, Celebrant, will be held at 1:00 p.m. Monday January 30, 2012 at the Corinth National Cemetery Corinth, MS.
Mrs. Kantack was born on Friday, July 30, 1943 in Cedar Rapids, IA to the late Roy and Icel Tiernan Driscoll. She is listed in the Marquis Who’s Who In The World 2009 edition, the following is the excerpt from that listing: First Name: Catherine Margaret Last Name: Kantack Occupation: retired music educator, international and bank broker Born: Cedar Rapids, Iowa, July 30, 1943 Education: Student, Creighton University, Omaha, 1961—1962 Attended, St. Joseph's School Nursing, 1961—1962 Student, Jefferson Davis College, 1975—1976 Career: Teacher piano Naval Battalion Construction Center, Gulfport, Mississippi, 1974—1984; teacher piano private studio New Orleans, 1984—2003; retired, 1986— Career Related: President C.M.II Fin. Services, Inc., New Orleans, 1986—2007; vol. pianist Vets. Hospital, 1980 Awards: Recipient Ministry award, Keesler Medical Center, 1984, Special Recognition award, National Security Studies Grad. School Georgetown University, 1979, Wall of Tolerance, Montgomery, 2002, International CPA Tax Box award, 2005 Civic: Founding sponsor Washington Martin Luther King, National Memorial Project Foundation Inc.; board director National Women's History Museum, Washington; American Red Cross swimming instructor Keesler AFB, Biloxi, Mississippi, 1975—1981 Memberships: Mem.: Keesler Medical Wives Club, Keesler Officers' Wives Club Religion: Roman Catholic Hobbies and Special Interests: Reading, cooking, swimming Family: Daughter of Roy William and Icel Margaret (Tiernan) Driscoll; Married Paul Wayne Kantack, October 5, 1963; children: Keith C., Kelly She is survived by her husband Paul Wayne Kantack, Columbus MS; one daughter Kelly Ann Kantack, Columbus, MS; one son Keith Curtis Kantack (Jerri), Tupelo, MS; two sisters Mary Elizabeth Lutz, Van Horne, IA and Ann Driscoll Kirkman and one granddaughter Emma Driscoll Kantack.
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