Kathleen (Shea) Horan Rabke of Warminster passed away Sunday, September 2, 2018. She was 85. Born September 22, 1932, Kathy was a daughter of the late Thomas and Mabel (Lewis) Shea of Hartford, CT. She graduated from Bulkeley High School in Hartford, Class of 1950. After marriage to her first husband William F Horan in 1952, she moved to the Philadelphia area and later to Warminster Township where she resided since 1962. Kathy was creative and compassionate. She enjoyed gardening, sewing, crocheting, and cake decorating and active with “Meals on Wheels”. She was the proud mother of eight children who survive her: Kevin Horan (Diane), Mark Horan, W. Gareth Horan (Luan), Karen Quinn (Steve), Laura Jean Horan (Roger Goodson), Christopher (Dana), Matthew (Lisa), Paula Gore (Kyle); 14 grandchildren; five great grandchildren; and her siblings Mary Boyle (Michael) and James Shea and many nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her first husband William Horan, second husband Nicholas Rabke, and brothers Rev. Thomas Shea, Rev. Lewis Shea, John Shea, and Francis Shea. Relatives and friends are invited to her visitation from 7:00 to 9:00 PM on Friday, September 21 at The Decker Funeral Home, 216 York Road, Warminster, PA and funeral mass at 10:30 AM on Saturday, September 22 at St. John Bosco Church 215 E County Line Rd, Hatboro, PA 19040. Her interment will follow in St. John Neumann cemetery. In lieu of flowers, donations can be made in Kathleen’s name to Dominican Friars, Province of St. Albert the Great 1910 S. Ashland Ave • Chicago, IL 60608 • (312) 243-0011 • www.domcentral.org.

Arrang. By The Decker Funeral Home, Warminster

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