Katherine Byrne

Katherine E. “Kay” Byrne, 92 of Sioux City passed away on Sunday, February 24, 2019 at Westwood Specialty Care.

Funeral Services will be at 10:00 A.M. Friday at Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church. Rev. Luke Melakrinos will officiate. Burial will be in Memorial Park Cemetery. Visitation will be from 4:00 – 8:00 P.M. Thursday with the family present from 6:00 – 8:00 P.M. and a Trisagion Service at 7:00 P.M. all at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel. Online condolences may be sent to www.meyerbroschapels.com.

Kay was born January 7, 1927 in Sioux City; she was the daughter of George and Jeannette (Spanos) Paulos. Kay grew up in Sioux City and graduated from Central High School.

On May 7, 1947, Kay married Donald “Bud” Byrne in Sioux City; he passed away on March 30, 1992 in Sioux City.

Kay was a telephone operator for Northwestern Bell Telephone for many years, and also worked at the YWCA and Mary Tregelia Community Center.

Kay was a longtime member of Holy Trinity Greek Orthodox Church.

Survivors include her children: Karen Sowienski (Stan), Craig Byrne (Jan) and Lisa Barker (Charlie) all of Sioux City; 11 grandchildren: Kara, Talon, Kelli, Shannon, Molli, Ryan, Patrick, Justin, Blake, Bobby and Allison; 15 great grandchildren and 2 great great grandchildren. Kay is also survived by a very close friend Arlene “Arzy” Baldes.

Kay was preceded in death by her parents, husband Bud, son Jeff, daughter Jana, brother Tom Paulos and 2 sisters Mary Mann and Betty Edison

The family would like to thank all the staff at Westwood for the excellent care given to Kay,