Obituary

Mary catherine wilson depaulo, 99, died march 11, 2016 at the arthur b. Hodges center of edgewood summit, charleston.

She was preceded in death by her husband of 50 years, j. Raymond depaulo; her parents, louis l. And lillian dorsey wilson; and siblings, l.L. Wilson jr., margaret durham, and dorsey wilson.

She is survived by her daughters, elizabeth “bettina” jordan and rebecca ross (alex) of charleston, and sons; j. Raymond depaulo, jr. (joanne althoff) of baltimore, md; and william v. Depaul of lewisburg, wv; grandchildren, carl and jim jordan, alec and stephen ross, catherine lundy, marianne plant and margaret kottke; 12 great-grandchildren; sister, victoria davis of sutter creek, ca and brother, jack wilson of hurricane.

While working at workers compensation, mrs. Depaul operated some of the state’s first computers in the late 1930’s. She served as personal assistant for the late first lady mrs. Hulett c. Smith as they oversaw the refurbishing of the governor’s mansion. She accompanied her
husband to rome where he was serving as commercial counselor for the us state department and lived there for three years before returning to charleston.

Funeral mass will be held at 11:00 a.M. Monday, march 14, 2016 at st. Agnes catholic church with father joseph augustine officiating.

Visitation will be held from 2:00 ““ 4:00 p.M. Sunday, march 13 at barlow bonsall funeral home.

The family request donations to: kanawha hospice care, 1606 kanawha blvd., west, charleston, wv 25387