Kathleen Evans dies of cancer after an earlier cancer recovery helps Mary MacKillop become Australia's first saint

By Joanne McCarthy
December 30 2016 - 10:00am
Kathleen Evans, wearing the red scarf, arrives at St Peter's Square ahead of the canonisation service for Mary MacKillop in 2010.
Kathleen Evans, wearing the red scarf, arrives at St Peter's Square ahead of the canonisation service for Mary MacKillop in 2010.

HUNTER woman Kathleen Evans was farewelled at a funeral on Wednesday, more than two decades after her “miraculous” cancer recovery that led to Mary MacKillop becoming Australia’s first saint.

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