Katherine Nellie Brophy

July 8, 1919 - April 6, 2021

Katherine Nellie Brophy, age 101, of Wibaux, Montana passed away on Tuesday, April 6, 2021 at her home in Wibaux. Katherine’s Celebration of Life will be held near her 102nd birthday on Friday, July 2, 2021 at St. Peter’s Catholic Church in Wibaux. A Rosary Service will be held at 10:00 A.M. with the Mass of Christian Burial immediately following. Rite of Committal will take place at the Wibaux Cemetery. Katherine was born in the Wibaux Hospital on July 8, 1919 to John Bernard and Ida Mae (Macabee) Brophy, the fifth of six siblings. She grew up on a farm south of Wibaux, attending the Brophy School and part time at the Lynn School. She helped shock grain, pitched hay, milked cows, and worked in their garden. Katherine’s favorite activity in her youth was riding horses. There was a time when she went to give her horse a drink in the frozen creek and it fell in and she had to go and get help to get it out. Katherine was in the flood of 1929, and remembered her Uncle Tom opening both doors in their house to let the water through. He then went upstairs and played his fiddle until the water went down. Katherine moved into Wibaux in 1975, and worked for St. Peter’s Catholic Church for seven years doing laundry and ironing. She was a caregiver for her parents and a sister for many years. Katherine also took care of many nieces and nephews over the years and said that she loved every "850+" one of them (great, great-great, and great-great-great). Katherine was a lady of great Faith and enjoyed the visits from the Priests and her trips to the Abby in Richardton, North Dakota. She was a member of St. Peter’s Catholic Church and Alter Society. She loved the visits, letters and calls from family and friends. Katherine was preceded in death by her parents, John and Ida Brophy; her brother, John (Frances) Brophy; her sisters, Mary Alice (Phillip) Zinda, Mabel (John) Kahl, Ida (Hans) Zinda, and Margaret (Vince) Knapkewicz; and many nieces and nephews. Katherine is survived by her many nieces, nephews and cousins. Memorials may be given in her name to St. Peter’s Alter Society Wibaux or St. Jude’s Children’s Hospital. They may also be mailed to: Janel Ordahl, P.O. Box 671, Beach, ND 58621. Remembrances and condolences may be shared with the family at: www.silhafuneralhomes.com. Silha Funeral Home of Wibaux has been entrusted with the arrangements.