Background
Colling, Catharine Mary was born on January 15, 1909 in Broomfield, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Patrick and Margaret Mary (Ryan) Kirby.
Colling, Catharine Mary was born on January 15, 1909 in Broomfield, Colorado, United States. Daughter of Patrick and Margaret Mary (Ryan) Kirby.
Bachelor, Ursuline College, 1934.
Supervisor, Mary's Help Hospital, 1945-1950; administrative industrial nurse, Standard Oil Corporation of California, San Francisco, 1951-1962; ward conservator, Bank of America Trust Department, 1964-1967; instructor industrial nursing, University San Francisco, 1954-1969; administrator, White Sands Convalescent Hospital, Pleasant Hill, California, 1967-1970; administrator, Hillhaven Lawton Convalescent Hospital, San Francisco, 1970-1991; director, Hillhaven, San Francisco, 1991-1995; retired, 1994.
Founder, chairman Volumes Auxiliary for Hillhaven, San Francisco, since 1994. Member American College Nursing Home Administrator, Northern California Association Industrial Nurses, Western Industrial Nurses, California Nurses Association, Mary's Help Hospital Alumni Association, California Association Hospital Facilities.
Married Anthony Joseph Colling. 1 child, Mary Helen Colling Nightingale.