The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1897-07-07
LOSS TO WICHITA
q J. M'NAMARA DIED VERY SUD
DENLY YESTERDAY.

Well Known and Popular IN wichita aud
southwest KaDsss-One of the Bisxsst
Dry Goods Merchants In the west-Loss
to Wichita Will be Great-Went Home
Friday Noon aud became Seriously
Another Attack of Appendicitis-Fun-
eraI to Occur Thursday.
Vt II o'clock yesterday morning people
Ill over Wichita met each other and said:
mcnamara is dead" He died at 1850,
but the sad news few over town like
lightning.
: Friday noon Mr.. Mcnamara left the
2.ore and went home quite unweH, but
40 one thought for moment that he was
seriously sick. Early Saturday morning
ne became suddenly worse and knew
that the old dread dtsease. appendicitis,
OF which he supposed he had been cured
years ago, was upon him. From that
hour Mr.. Mcnamara looked worried; his
face was haggard and pale.
DR.. Purdue said: Mac was more de-
Dressed in spirit during the last hours Of
bis sickness than ever saw him before"
Yesterday morning the family and init
mate friends were advised by DR.. Pur-
due that there was no hope for his re-
though unconscious, the little girls al,
came to his room and kissed him good
bye in their gTief-tenderly as he had
taught them in home life that was all
tenderness.
At 1880 he was dead. Messages were
Sent to the friends and relatives advising
them Of the death and funeral
The remains can be seen al the Mona
mara home. HOS North Lawrence, from
Will occur al the Pro-cathedral at
o'clock Thursday morning. with solemn
high mass.of requiem by Father Then.
1t is now fcrty-seven years since Mr..
McNamara first saw this world at Creagh
ireland. In 1865 ne came to America In
search OF his fortune. Unlike most boys
who came from Ireland, ne sought in
door work. Securing employment in a
dry goods house in New York. he trained
IN the mercantile business till IA, when
ne came TO Newton. Kan. where he un-
dertook business for himself year later,
along with W. E. Chapman. In 1887 he
transferred his interests 10 Wichita and
in partnership with A. S. Munson began
'fhe business of Munson & Mcnamara.
For two years Mr.. Mcnamara has been
sole proprietor Of the big business on
North Main street. He was the kind of
business man who believed that the
for his customers either in goods or
treatment, and he became famous in
southwest Kansas for his business ca
,pacity and his sterling business integri-
ty.
Firm with his employees, he never IN
nulged any needless censure or the
whining proclivities so common among
managers. His kindness and generosity
towards his clerks secured in their serv-
Zee always the best they could do for his
interests and their loyal respect. And
this kindness was noticeable TO custom
ers and received no little comment.
He was married 70 Louise May Slattery
at the old home in Ireland. June Is, 1888.
He leaves four children: Louise. 13;
Margaret, 3; Vivian, 5, and little Doro-
thy. only 6 months old.
e. He carried life insurance Of $4,000 in
khe Massachusetts, Mutual, $10,o 600 in the
Mutual Reserve of New York and $4,000
in the A. O. U. W. and Select Knights.
In providing this legacy for his fam
lily he exhibited his usual foresight in
business. andthe great tender carefulness
for his family that has made him an az
1ectionate father and a manly. tender
husband
He was a director Of the Commercial
club, which club will attend his funeral
in a body. Dry goods houses will close
for the service Thursday from to II
O'Clock a. m