of Mountain Home, AR

April 4, 1914 - July 5, 2005

Catherine "Kay" Mrva, age 91, of Redmond, Oregon, formerly of Mountain Home, died Tuesday, July 5, 2005. She was born April 4, 1914, in Chicago, Illinois, to Joseph and Katherine Arnold Denk. On November 24, 1935, she married Andrew Edward Mrva in Chicago, and moved to this area in 1981 from Chicago.

Mrs. Mrva's energies were devoted to the education of Chicago's children. Her thirty years plus association with the Parent Teachers Association was devoted towards that goal. She assumed the presidency of the Chicago Region Parent Teachers Association and subsequently held executive positions in the State of Illinois P. T. A.

Mrs. Mrva was a lifetime member of the Lutheran Church. Both at the Zion Lutheran Church in Chicago, and the Redeemer Lutheran Church in Mountain Home, she was an active member and contributor. She assumed the presidency of the Guild at both in addition to other activities such as participation in the choir and prayer chain.

After their move to Mountain Home in 1981, she and her late husband were members of the Czech Club and the Ozark Organ Guild.

Survivors are: her children: Edward (Diane) Mrva: Aiken, South Carolina; Carol (Bert) Swift: Bend, Oregon; and Robert Mrva: Lafayette, Colorado; grandchildren: Gregory Mrva; Trista Neubauer; Jennifer Swift-Flatz; Cathy Swift; Roberta Swift; Stephanie Swift; Elizabeth Coleman; ;and Katherine Mrva; great-grandchildren: Selina and Leander Flatz; brother: Joseph Denk: Midlothian, Illinois; brothers-in-law: Rudy (Maxine) Mrva and David Jones: all of Mountain Home; she was preceded in death by her parents; husband; and sisters: Helen and Marie.

Visitation will be from 3-5P.M. Saturday with family receiving friends at Roller Funeral Home. Funeral Services will be 2:00 P.M. Sunday at Redeemer Lutheran Church with Reverend Ken Taglauer officiating. Interment will follow in Baxter Memorial Gardens with family members as pallbearers. In lieu of flowers memorials may be made to Lutheran World Relief c/o Redeemer Lutheran Church.

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