The Irish standard., 1910-04-09
oVER THE NORTHWEST

40 years, died at the home of his
daughter in st. Paul, Tuesday morn
!. ing Of last week. Death resulted from
general debility and the infirmities of
advanced age. Deceased was born in
the County Tipperary, Ireland, April
. 20, 1880, grew to manhood and re-
! sceived his education in his native
country. When a young man he came
to this country and shortly after to
this city, where in 1863 he was united
lin marriage to Ellen Shanahan. He
remained a resident of this city until
9 eight years ago when he went to st.
Paul and there resided with his daugh-
tiers until his death. He is survived
by Mrs Johanna Mcdonald of Nor
y ris, Mimi; Mrs. E. E. Evans of Fari-
bault; Mrs. John Scanlon, Miss Nellie
Sweeney, Miss Katie Sweeney, Miss
i Agnes Sweeney and Mr.. P. Sweeney,
all of ST. Paul, and E. ]. Sweeney of
Faribault.
r" Green Isle, Minn.-Thursday eve
e ming, March 81, Miss Bridget D. Fahey
passed away after lingering illness
of several years. She was born Sept.
: z, 1888, in this county and was the
Oldest of four children left orphans.
She leaves to mourn her untimely de-
mise, brother and two sisters, name
ly, John D. and Margaret of this place,
nd Of
Mont. The funeral occurred last Sat-
> urday from ST. Brendan's church, the
following being the pallbearers: II.
f. w. Davitt, Robt. Fitzpatrick, VIM. Da-
=, witt, Thos. Slavin, Frank Davitt and
/. Patrick Toole, active, and Cora Nc
:: Carthy, Etha Dwyer, Ella Murphy
Mary Murphy, Mayme Murphy and
Mayme Dwyer, honorary.
Coleraine, Minn.-A new Catholic
church will be erected here this sum-
mer to cost over $4,000. 1t will be
constructed of brick.
Jordan, Minn.-Mrs Patrick OCon-
:. nell, who left Credit River some Is
years ago to reside in st. Paul. was
buried here on Wednesday, March 25.
Deceased was about II years old. One
son, Maurice, lives in Seattle and an
!. other is in China, the two being en-
e gagged extensively in the tea trade.
Two daughters reside in Seattle and
two in st. Paul. All were here to the
funeral excepting the son residing in
China.
Hudson, Wis.-Thomas O'Brien a
pioneer Of the county, died at his
8 home on Third street at 1880 wednes-
1. day afternoon. March 80. at the age
: of Is years. Funeral services were
Father Barney officiating, and a long
cortege followed the remains to their
resting place in the local cemetery.
Olivia, Minn.-Mr. James Kirwan OF
y this city celebrated his Dist birthday
:. anniversary on Sunday, March 9th.
). A number of his children and grand
children met at the kirwan home and
made the occasion an enjoyable one
for the old gentleman. Mr.. Kirwan
is probably the oldest man in the
county. He is we'll preserved for one
Z. of his years, and enjoys fairly good
{ health.
Faribault, Minn.-Patrick Degnan, a
native of Roscommon. Ire, died on
March rs at his farm home in the
!. township of Richland. He was SO
!, years old. When % years of age he
left his native land and was married
to Elizabeth Ford in Newark, N. j.,
: In 1857. They moved to Wisconsin in
1861 and to Minnesota in 1869, settling
in Richland township, not far from,
this city. His wife died five years ago
). Three children out of ten survive them
81 Mr. Degnan possessed the best traits
"a of his race He was a man of deeply
= religious convictions and a practical
member Of the Catholic church. He
!, donated the site for st. Edwards
church, Richland and the priests who
/. attended the church were always well
! coined to his home and partook of his
!, hospitality for the past 40 years. His
funeral was largely attended: Rev
Father Slevin officiated at the obse-
quies.
]. Owatonna, Minn.-Mrs. Kate Shea
!. and son, Elliott Shea, left Saturday
4, March 2e, for Chicago, ILL.,, where they
were Joined by Mrs. Fred Orme of st
Paul and Vim. T. Shea. They sailed
& from New York city last week fo1
Europe. They went direct to Gibral
Il tar, and from there will visit points
4 in Italy, Algeria, Egypt and Turkey
Returning they again cross Italy, jour
Il ney through Switzerland, Germany
"a France and Austria. crossing to tn,
Il, British Isles, and will spend severa
sf.weeks in England and Ireland ant