Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth "Betty" Loughlin

On October 26, 2023, Catherine Elizabeth “Betty” Loughlin, 94, of Seneca, SC passed away peacefully at the Foothills Cottingham Hospice House. Betty was born in Norristown, PA on September 26, 1929. She graduated from Norristown High School and then went to work for Ehret’s Manufacturing as a secretary and then Norristown State Hospital as a Transcriptionist. She married Richard R. Loughlin on June 18, 1950 and moved to Philadelphia, PA. While he finished medical school, she worked as a secretary at the University of Pennsylvania. They then moved to King of Prussia, PA., and finally to Bridgeport, PA where they finished raising their four children. During those years, Betty worked as receptionist and bookkeeper for Richard’s medical practice. Betty and Richard retired to Chalfont, PA and both volunteered at Montgomery Hospital. Betty continued volunteering at the hospital after Richard’s death in 1995, for a total of 25 plus years. She then moved to Norristown, PA and then to Wilmington, DE to live with her daughter, Kathleen, and son-in-law, Craig. When they retired to Seneca, SC, Catherine moved them and continued to enjoy her passions for reading, doing counted cross-stitching, quilting, and completing crosswords and cryptograms. Remembered for her quiet demeanor, easy laughter, and loving manner, Betty’s sisters- in-law and she were known for their jam making, card and game playing late into the night, and getting together to for general fun and laughter. She is predeceased by her mother and father, Catherine E. and Samuel Cheatley, her husband Richard, her sister Frances, her grandson-in-law, James Kyle Settle, and her sisters-in-laws Phyllis Ferrari, Shirley Elliot, Patricia Patton Mathias, and Virginia Loughlin, as well as her brothers-in-law Russell Loughlin and Lewis Loughlin. Betty is survived by her sister-in-law Betty Nuttall. Betty’s four children are: Frances P. Bennett (Michael), Kathleen A. Gilbert (Craig), Richard R. Loughlin (Karen) and Jonathan B. Loughlin (Amy). She has nine grandchildren: Ryan (Christina), Kyle, Allison, & Kevin Loughlin, Katy Gilbert Furr (Stephen), Jennifer Gilbert Settle, Ian Bennett, Erin Loughlin Engle (Jake) and Patti Loughlin Conlen (Ryan). Additionally, she has twelve great-grandchildren: Marianna, Cecelia, and Philomena Loughlin, Emma and Benjamin Furr, Kinsley, Wyatt, Mary Hartwell Settle, Corbin, and Maya Engle, and Jonathan and Peyton Conlen. Betty will be interred at St. John’s Episcopal Church’s Cemetery in Norristown, Pennsylvania. In lieu of flowers, the family requests that memorial gifts be made to Oconee Memorial Hospital Foundation (designated to Prisma Foothill Cottingham Hospice House). Donations can be mailed to: OMH Foundation, 298 Memorial Drive, Seneca, SC 29672.

Mrs. Catherine Elizabeth "Betty" Loughlin

September 26, 1929 - October 26, 2023