Cathryn Tolan Higgins of Flushing died Sept. 10, 2019, at Peconic Bay Medical Center in Riverhead. She was 98 years old.
She was born in New York City Oct. 2, 1921, to Patrick and Ellen Tunney Tolan and raised in College Point. In August of 1945, she married Arthur V. Higgins and together they made their home in College Point and later, in Flushing for many years.
She had been a teacher’s aide for the New York City Board of Education.
Family members said that family meant everything to her. She was also fond of her Newfoundland dogs.
Predeceased by her husband, Arthur, in 1984 and son Kenneth in 2018; she is survived by her son James Higgins of Glen Oaks and a granddaughter Elizabeth Higgins of Connecticut. At the time of her death, she was also survived by her son Brian Higgins of Flushing and Greenport who died Sept. 16, 2019, at the age of 65.
The Liturgy of Christian Burial for Cathryn and Brian will be celebrated at 10:45 a.m. Monday, Sept. 23, at St. Andrew Avellino R.C. Church in Flushing. Interment will be in Mount St. Mary’s Cemetery in Flushing.
DeFriest-Grattan Funeral Home in Southold is serving the Higgins Family.
