Katherine G. (Levell) Lyons, 89, of Swansea, passed away, Monday, April 18, at Autumn Glen in Dartmouth. She was the wife of the late John J. Lyons Jr.

Born in Fall River, a daughter of the late Edward F. and Katherine G. (Lowney) Levell, she lived in Fall River before moving to Swansea in 1962.

A graduate of Durfee High School, class of 1943, she attended the Trusedale Hospital School of Nursing, Mount Auburn and Bristol Community College. A registered nurse, she was the owner of the former Swansea Rest Home before retiring in 1974.

An avid reader, she loved to ballroom dance and was an excellent seamstress.

She is survived by four daughters: Sharon Broadbent and her husband William, Pat Goss and her husband Wayne all of Swansea, Bobbi Garvey of Somerset, Kathi Torres of Rehoboth, eight grandchildren: Megan Silva and her husband Jordan, Keith Doherty and his wife Maria L., Keelin Matkovics and her husband Chris, Jonathan Goss, Kathleen Garvey, Erin Smith and her husband Scott, and Melissa and Trisha Torres, nine great-grandchildren: Savannah and Jaxon Goss, Luca William Doherty, Austin and Landon Silva, Molly and Hunter Matkovics, Branigan and Lucy Smith, and several nieces and nephews. She was sister of the late Edward, Clement, and Raymond Levell.

Her funeral will be held on Saturday, April 23, at 8 a.m from the Waring-Sullivan Home of Memorial Tribute at Birchcrest, 189 Gardners Neck Rd., Swansea, followed by a funeral mass at 9 a.m in St. Francis of Assisi Church, 530 Gardners Neck Rd., Swansea. Visiting hours Friday from 4 to 7 p.m. Contributions in her honor may be made to Compassionate Care Hospice, 174 Dean St., Suite B., Taunton, MA 02780. Burial in Mount Hope Cemetery, Swansea.