Hudson Reporter
A Mass of Christian Burial was celebrated April 6 at St. Aedan’s, The Saint Peter’s University Church, for Kathleen B. Chester, 90. She passed away March 30. Born in Jersey City, Kathleen attended St. Patrick’s Grammar School and was a proud graduate of the Abraham Lincoln High School Class of 1948. She spoke fondly of her involvement in the St. Patrick’s Teen Club, her participation in the chorale group at Lincoln High School and countless hours spent in Brummer’s Ice Cream parlor and other landmarks in the Junction section of Jersey City.
After high school Kathleen attended the prestigious Wood Secretarial School in Manhattan and graduated at the top of her class. She was quite adept at stenography and her record of words per minute was unbeaten when she last inquired thirty years later in the 1980’s. Following her completion of studies at the Wood School she was recruited for a position with the then newly formed Reynolds Aluminum Company. She su