Catherine L. Fries, 89 of Westminster, passed away Saturday morning, September 21, 2019 at Residential Hospice, Geisinger South, Wilkes-Barre, PA.

Born in Westminster, Jenkins Township, she was the daughter of the late Dominick and Cora (Jenkins) Rodeghiero.

Catherine was a graduate of Jenkins Township High School, Class of 1948, and was employed as a seamstress in the area dress factories. She was a member of St. Maria Goretti Church, Laflin.

Catherine loved to travel. She visited Alaska and Hawaii on several occasions and especially loved traveling with her husband in their motor home to La Verendrye Wildlife Reserve in Quebec, Canada.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 66 years, William R. Fries on May 19, 2017, and her sister Claire Solano.

Surviving are her sister Shirley Ercolani and her husband, Louis, Bear Creek; brothers, Larry Rodeghiero and his wife, Lorraine, Westminster; Dave Rodeghiero and his wife, MaryAnn, Westminster; Richard Rodeghiero and his wife, Ruth, Quakertown; and Lee Rodeghiero and his wife, Carol, Avoca; and numerous nieces and nephews.

Funeral will be held Wednesday, September 25, 2019 at 10:00 am at the Corcoran Funeral Home, Inc., 20 South Main Street, Plains, PA 18705, with a Mass of Christian Burial at 10:30 am at St. Maria Goretti Church, 42 Redwood Drive, Laflin, PA 18702, with Father James J. Walsh, J.C.L., Pastor, officiating. The Parish Rosary Group will pray the Divine Mercy Chaplet and Rosary in the Church 30 minutes before the Mass. All are invited to attend. Interment will be held in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Carverton section of Wyoming. Family and friends may call Tuesday evening from 6:00 to 8:00 pm at the funeral home.

In lieu of flowers, memorial donations may be made to St. Maria Goretti Church or to St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, 501 St. Jude Place, Memphis, TN 38105 in Catherine’s memory.