Catherine Smedley

Catherine Moran Smedley, loving Mother and friend of the Catholic Church of St. Ignatius, Kingston, passed away peacefully at home on Tuesday, October 14, 2025, she was 90 years old.Catherine is the wife of the late William P. Smedley, MD.

She was a lifelong resident of Kingston, and a graduate of Kingston High School.Catherine later pursued her Music degree with a scholarship to College Misericordia and double majored in Education. Catherine enjoyed performing in various musicals and had an opportunity of a professional career in voice but discovered her love for teaching which immediately fit with her love of children.

Catherine taught fifth grade in the Chicago Illinois Catholic School system while her husband attended Medical School at Loyola of Chicago. Later, they would return to Kingston where she began teaching in the Kingston borough public school system. She later became a full-time wife and mother of five children. She undertook the task of chauffeuring them all to school, school events, and school sports, always immensely proud with a smile on her face, and pure joy.

Catherine also had a deep devotion to the clergy, always helping in any way asked of her, forming strong friendships along the way. Catherine was actively involved with St. Ignatius Church, Kingston, where she would serve as a Eucharistic Minister as well as a lector. She was a daily attendee of 12:10 p.m. Mass and enjoyed her fellow parishioners daily, talking and going for coffee and donuts on occasion.

For her, her greatest accomplishment were her children, and her main goal for them was to be a friend of God.

She was preceded in death by her husband William, brothers Thomas Moran and his wife Joan, Joseph, sister Mary Boyle, and her husband Phil.

Surviving are her son William Jr. and his wife Sandy, Swoyersville; son Paul and his wife Denise, Tampa, Florida; daughter Katie and her husband Joe, Orlando, Florida; daughter Jane Smedley-Anzalone and her husband William, Shavertown;son Anthony and his wife Sheri, Downingtown. Also surviving are grandchildren,William and Charles Anzalone, Tony Smedley Jr., and Savannah Smedley;numerous nieces and nephews.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Saturday at 10:00 a.m. in the Church of Saint Ignatius Loyola. Friends may call Friday from 6-8 p.m. at the Maher-Collins Funeral Home, 360 North Maple Avenue, Kingston and Saturday from 9 - 9.45 a.m. at the church.

Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Hanover Township. Memorial donations may be made to St. Ignatius Church, 339 North Maple Avenue, Kingston, PA 18704.