The Irish standard., 1910-01-01
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taken over to Danvers by road. The
funeral services were held from the
Catholic church there, Rev FIR. Shea,
of that city, officiating. The services
were largely attended Nv relatives and
friends. The nterment took place in
the cemetery by the church. Those who
attended the services from oue Of town
were Mr.. and Mrs. ]. c. Dolan and Mr..
and Mrs. J. T. Dolan, of Minneapolis,
Miss Elizabeth Carney, o. Ogcma,
Mimi, and Peter Carney, of Glenwood.
Green Isle. Naturalization Of a
class of 40 into the Council of the
Knights Of Columbus took place here on
Sunday. Dec. 10. Three degrees W. re
conferred. A special train brought out
great number Of knights from the
Twin Cities. and State Deputy Nightin-
i gale and the degree team of Henne-
pin Council conferred the third degree.
In the evening an elaborate banquet
was served and so excellently by the
fair maids of Green Isle that almost
every speaker Wed in their praise.
Belle Plaine, Minn.-The A. o. II.
elected the following officers at their
! last meeting: President, Dn G. r.
Moloney; vice president, Jas. Kelly:
recording secretary, H. B. Conlon; tinan-
cial and insurance secretary. j.. H.
Stratton; treasurer, ]. F. Clark; medical
examiner, DR.. G. r. Moloney.
Rochester Minn.-Off1cers were elect
ed at the regular meeting of the An
cient Order Of Hilbernians held in
Castle Hall last week. They will be
jointly installed with the A. o. H.
Ladies' Auxiliary, on Jan. 4. The new
A. o. H. officers are: President, John
E. McGovern; vice president, b. Hea-
ton; recording secretary, G. F.. Boyce;
financial secretary, P. j.. Seaman;
treasurer, Il. r. Lawler; chairman
standing committee, John Fitzgerald;
Marshal. M. F. Madden; sergeant at
arms, M. Madden; sentinel, J. T. Con-
way
/ Faribault, Mnn-John f. Comford
died at his home in this city, Sunday
morning, Dec. 10, the result of a COM
plication of diseases, from which he
had been confined to his bed for sew
eral months. Deceased was born here
October II, 1885, and was at the time Of
his death 40 years of age He was for
many years engaged in.the coal and
from the church of the Immaculate
Conception at 10 o'clock Tuesday
morning. Funeral services were con-
Quoted by the Rev. Father Cahill. The
remains were placed in the vault at
Calvary cemetery. He is survived by
three sisters. Mrs. M Kelly, Miss Mary
Comford and Miss Margaret Comford,
and two brothers. James f., and d.
w. Conford, all of this city. The pail
bearers were Geo. Lieb, Il. j.. Casey,
p. j. Coogan, J. F. Murphy and Garrett
Moore.
Wabasha, Enthusiastically morning,
Dec. is, John Holahan, an old resi-
dent of this city, passed away peace
fully and without much warning. In
the morning when one Of the men,
bers of the family approached his bed
to wait on him, he was found cold in
death. MIR. Molahan was born in
County Waterford, Ireland, June Is.
1924. He was married in the old coun-
try to Miss Anne O'Reilly, and they
came to America in 1862. They settled
at Fall River, Mass, and lived in the
| east until 1877, when they answered
the call of the Golden West and came
to Minnesota. They decided upon Wa
basha as their future home, first resid-
ing down town and later purchasing the
present home on the west side. Their
union was blessed with seven chill
drsn, three of whom are still living.
They are Mrs. M. Mccormick of Spo-
kane, WASH; Mrs. w. S. Law of Evans
ton, Wyoming; and Mrs. Morris Wheel
err. Sr. Of this city. Besides these the
deceased is survived by his brother
Martin. who lives in England; one sis
ter in England and another in West
Chicago. The funeral took place Mon
day morning at 10 o'clock from st. Felix
church, Rev. Max Wurst officiating. The
remains were laid to rest in st. Felix
/ cemetery beside those of his faithful
wife, who died Aug. 20, 1906.
/ Litchfield. Minn.-Mrs Jennie Grove
Peterson, wife Of Attorney E. P. Peter
son, died at her home in this city on
Thursday morning, Dec. 16, from lung
trouble, having suffered from it for
about five years. Mrs. Peterson is
! survived by her husband and two
daughters. She was married to Mr..
Peterson in 1886. She was one of a
family of sixteen children, of.whom six
now survive. Deceased was born in
County Galway, and came to Meeker
county with her parents, Mrs. and Mrs.