The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1912-01-03
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I. CHARTER OAK ITEMS.
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Last Tuesday, from st. Boniface
church, occurred the funeral OF Mr..
Thomas Heffernan, highly respect
ed and honored citizen of this place.
Mr. Heffernan had been ill for some
time, although no one thought serl-
ously so. On Saturday morning his
children all came to church, never
thinking but that their father, who
was apparently as we'll when they
left home as he had been for some
time, would be all right on their re-
turn. However, sudden change
came about II o'clock and few min
utes after the doctor, who had been
summoned, arrived he passed away.
The direct cause Of his death was
neuralgia of the heart. Mr.. Hetter-
nan was born in County Kerig, Ire
land, almost IS years ago. He left
the land of his birth when he was
% years of age and came to Preston,
Iowa. Soon afterward he came west
and settled near Aspinwall in CraW-
ford county. Here he married Miss
Mary Collins, who, with seven chill
dren, is left to mourn his loss. Mr..
and Mrs. Heffernan for several years
titled rented lands, and only few
months ago were enabled to enjoy
the sensation of possessing a farm OF
their own. Their lease on the Wad'
dington farm had not expired, SO
they rented their own farm to Emil
Norman, and planned to continue for
another year on the large place.
Among the out of town friends and
relatives who attended the funeral
we're: M. ]. Collins and wife, of Den
ison; Jerry O'Connor, M. j. Magner,
c. c.. HouIihan, Martin Houlihan, M.
l.. Houlihan and Frank Houlihan, OF
Denison; John Carey, John Meehan,
Martin Mcmahon and wife, of Manil-
la.
Mrs. A. C. Leeper and daughter,
Laveda, left Wednesday morning for
Omaha, where they will visit Mrs.
Leeper's sister, whom she has not
seen for several years.
Mrs. Schultz and her three chill
dren, of Cedar Rapids, are visiting
with her sister, Mrs. Chas. Turner.
Early Christmas morning at the
home of her sister, Mrs Nj. Cops, oc-
Cured the death of Mrs. Margaret
Winans. Mrs. Winans, who for sew
eral years had been a sufferer from
heart trouble, began almost year ago
to grow rapidly worse, complications
setting in which caused her death.
She was very patient sufferer and
her only wish during the last few
weeks that she lived was that she
might be spared until Christmas. Her
soul was called during the early
hours of the hottest of holy days at
300 o'clock on Christmas morning,
and being of Irish parentage she be-
lieved that if she could go on Christ
mas day the gates of heaven would
be opened to her, a privilege of which
she was deserving through her
patience, fortitude, suffering and the
preparation she made to meet her
Master. Margaret Hopper, daughter
of Thomas and Margaret Hopper, was
born in New York in 1874. Very soon
her people came to Chicago and from
there to Crawford county when she
was but three years old, the remand
er of her life having been spent in
this county She was united in mar
riage to Lawrence Winans in Novem-
Der, 1897, and to them one child, Miss
Jessie, who lives to mour her loss,
was born, Mr.. Winans having died
four years ago. The funeral services
were held at the Catholic church on
Wednesday morning at very early
hour in order that the remains might
be taken to Denison by rail for burl-
al beside her husband, father and
mother, who have gone before her.
Besides her sisters, Mrs. NJ. Copps
and Miss Lizzie Hopper, who cared
for her hourly during her illness,
there were present her two brothers,
John, of Sloan, Iowa, and Thomas, OF
Vienna, S. D., also cousin, Frank
Hopper, and wife of Chicago, who
came so far to pay their last respects
to the deceased.
Mr.. and Mrs. w. T. Petersen and
family returned Friday from Silver
City, where they went to spend
Christmas at the Pullman home.
Among the Charter Oak boys who
came home to spend Christmas were:
C. r. Holfer, of Harlan; Otto Hotter,
of Battle Creek; Irving Torrey, of
Correctionviile; Roy Probasco, OF
Iowa City; r. T. Thomson, of st,
Louis; D. r. McGrath, of Templeton,
and Will Ullerich, of Springfield, III.
P. w. Schenkelburg, of Carroll, has
been visiting his brother, Rev. l..
Schenkelburg, of this place.
Jonn Reetz and wife, OF Manning,
spent Christmas with their parents.
Chris Kortmann and wife, of Madi-
son. Neb., spent several days of last
week visiting at the John Kormann
home.
Mrs. NJ ]. McKinstry and daughter,
Winifred, spent Saturday in Charter
Oak calling on friends.
Leonard L. Smith, of Willow town
ship, wears a broad smile, enjoys be-
ing called papa" and is buying the
cigars on the strength of the arrival
of nice baby girl at his place on
the 2Sth of December.
Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. Schleiss, Jr, of
Sioux City, are spending a few days
at the home of Mr.. Schleiss' parents.
DR.. Waterhouse went to Ute last
Friday evening and from there accom-