Catherine H. Lundberg

Catherine Hernley Glenn Lundberg died peacefully in her home in Goshen, Indiana on July 19, 2018 at the age of 93. Her younger sister, Martha, was at her side.

Catherine was born January 13, 1925 in Scottdale Pennsylvania to Henry and Daisy Cutrell Hernley.  She grew up in Scottdale, which was the home of the Mennonite Publishing House where her parents were some of the first employees.  After graduating from high school in Scottdale, she spent time working at the Mennonite Hospital in La Junta, Colorado where her sister Nancy was studying in the School of Nursing.  Catherine then attended Goshen College where she graduated in 1946 with a major in English and Bible.  Following this she worked as an editorial assistant to Paul Erb, editor of the Gospel Herald, which was the official publication of the Mennonite Church USA at that time.

She always knew she wanted to help people.  When she was 30 years old, she moved to Cleveland, Ohio where she attended the School of Nursing at Case Western Reserve University.  Her career included public health nursing, teaching at Goshen College and Western Reserve Schools of Nursing, as well as St. Alexis School of Nursing, Cuyahoga Community College, and nursing workshops in the Cleveland area.  During this time she was active in the Lee Heights Community Church, where she met and married Paul Glenn on April 6, 1968, having 10 years together before his passing.  At that point she moved back to her home town of Scottdale.  Retiring from nursing, Catherine volunteered for two years at Mennonite Central Committee in Akron, PA.  In 2001 she joined four siblings already at Greencroft Retirement Center in Goshen, IN.  Here she became known as ‘Kate’, then as Mrs. Bob Lundberg after their 4th of July marriage in 2004.  Bob passed in 2010.  Catherine moved to Evergreen Assisted Living in 2012 and then to Health Care in 2013.

Catherine was preceded in death by four of her five siblings, three nephews, two husbands, and her parents.  She is survived by her sister Martha Heath, four nieces, four nephews, several grandnieces and grandnephews, members of two step-families, and numerous friends and colleagues.

Catherine was much loved by her nephews and nieces, who always considered her and Martha to be very “cool”, being the youngest of the aunts: the oldest nephew was born when the sisters were still teenagers.

Catherine will be greatly missed by all who knew her.

A memorial service will be Saturday, October 6 at 2 p.m. at the Metzler Meetinghouse at Greencroft Healthcare. Pastor Julia Gingrich of Eighth Street Mennonite Church will officiate.