Catherine M. Bittner on Saturday, April 28, 2012. Formerly of Arlington. Wife of Harry L. Bittner; mother of Harry (Pat) Bittner, Robert (Alice) Bittner, Kathryn Watson, and Joan (William) Matesa; sister of the late Henry L. (Betty) Bechtold and the late John A. (Rene) Bechtold, Rita (the late Joseph) Lanetz; grandmother of Harry (Joan) Bittner, Neil (Tara) Bittner, Joanna Bittner, Christina and Daniel Watson, Raymond Bittner, and Maria Matesa and the late Ricky Bittner; great-grandmother of Haley, Alyssa, Sage, and Troy Bittner. Friends received at the JOHN J. GMITER FUNERAL HOME LTD., 119 South 15th St., South Side, on Tuesday from 2-8 p.m. Funeral Prayer on Wednesday morning at 9. Mass of Christian Burial in St. John Vianney Church at 10 a.m. If desired, family suggests contributions to St. Paul of the Cross Monastery and Special Olypmics.

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