Catherine "Katie" Romanski was a young girl of only 23 and had not been in the U.S. long before she met Ike Jorski. Ike was a 40 year old widow with five children when he and Katie were married in Marche Arkansas. They came to Oklahoma in the land run of 1891 and settled in Harrah, Oklahoma where they raised their children.
THE OKLAHOMA COUNTY HERALD Aug. 30, 1956 Pg. 1
Catherine Jorski Passes Away At Age of 86.
Mrs. Catherine Jorski, 86, of Harrah, passed away last Wednesday. Rosary was held Thursday evening in the Wilson funeral home. Requiem mass was at 9 a. m. Friday in St. Teresa's church, and burial was in the Harrah Catholic cemetery.
Mrs. Jorski a 50-year resident of Harrah was born in Poland. She was a member of the Catholic church.
Survivors include two sons, Andrew Jorski, Harrah, and John Jorski, Oklahoma City; and three daughters, Mrs. Slena Kusek, Harrah, Mrs. Mary Nowokowski, McLoud, and Mrs. Anna Kozak, Wagoner.
Note: These were Catherin's step children, she raised them after Ike's first wife Victoria died. Also, her grand daughter said her birth date was 1870, on the 1900 census it has 1867, and her headstone has 1866.
Katie Romanski 
