MUSCATINE, Iowa -- Kathryn Barber Mulligan, 87, Muscatine, formerly of Iowa City, died Friday, May 2, 2003, at Lutheran Homes.

Funeral Mass was at St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, Iowa City. Burial will be at St. Patrick Catholic Cemetery, Britt.

The Gay and Ciha Funeral and Cremation Service, Iowa City, is handling the arrangements.

Mrs. Barber Mulligan was born on Aug. 13, 1915, in Topeka, Kan., the daughter of George and Margaret Oberst Kloster. She married Harold I. Barber on Feb. 15, 1932, in Sioux Falls, S.D. He preceded her in death in 1960. She later married James P. Mulligan on Sept. 7, 1963, in Milwaukee, Wis. He preceded her in death in 1978.

She and Harold farmed for many years near Buffalo Center, Winnebago County. From 1949-1959 they operated the Standard filling station in Crystal Lake before moving to Phoenix due to his health. In 1960, she moved to Milwaukee after Harold's death.

She worked at the J.C. Penney Warehouse in Milwaukee and was the director of housekeeping at Milwaukee Hospital and retired from the Amron Corp. She and James retired to Iowa City in 1975, where he died in 1978.

She was a member of St. Wenceslaus Catholic Church, the Altar and Rosary Society and the Catholic Daughters of America.

In 1999, she moved to Muscatine due to failing health.

She enjoyed bingo, crocheting, fishing, cards, walking and spending time on the riverboats.

Survivors include a son, Bernard C. Barber and his wife, Lois, of Iowa City; a daughter-in-law, Dorothy Barber of Illinois City, Ill.; nine grandchildren, Keri Barber, Brice Barber and his friend, Sarah, Jessie Westfall and her husband, Luke, Tony Barber and his wife, Lori, Doris Kilkenny and her husband, Kevin, Charles Kenney, Dona Bivens and her husband, Randy, Lloyd Kenney Jr. and his wife, Patsy, and Diane Gehn and her husband, Eric; 19 great-grandchildren; a sister, Marge Stevens of Crystal Lake; and several nieces and nephews.

She was preceded in death by her parents; two husbands; a son, Harold L. Barber; a sister, Mary Sheets; four brothers, John, Tony, George and Gene Kloster; several brothers- and sisters-in-law; and a daughter-in-law, Joan Strabla Barber