Katherine M. O’Malley, 78, of South Scranton died Sunday September 17, 2017 at home following an illness. She was preceded in death by her husband, Peter J. O’Malley.
Born in Scranton, she was the daughter of the late George and Catherine Birtel Riedmiller. She was a graduate of St. Mary’s High School and retired from CMC where she had been employed as a medical transcriptionist.
She was proud of her work at US Steel and at McDonnell Douglas where she was involved with work on the space shuttle program. She had also worked as a legal secretary.
She was an active member of Nativity Church and sang in their choir and volunteered her time for church events. She loved her family dearly and will be missed by all who knew her.
Surviving are daughters Kathleen O’Malley, Scranton, Maureen Capone and fiancé Alexander Neyman, Dupont, Patricia Fratzola and husband Joseph, Factoryville, and Lisa O’Malley, Scranton; granddaughters Jessica and Amanda Fratzola; brothers Thomas Riedmiller and wife Mary Ann, and George Riedmiller and wife Margaret, all of Scranton; many nieces and nephews.
The funeral will be conducted on Thursday from the Miller Bean Funeral Home Inc., 436 Cedar Ave. with Mass of Christian Burial at 9:30 a.m. in St. John Neumann Parish at Nativity Church, 633 Orchard St. Scranton. Interment St. Catherine’s Cemetery, Moscow. Friends may call Wednesday from 4:00 to 7:00 P.M.

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