Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1912-12-25

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here Of her son. the NJ. E, minister.
. A large number Of enthusiastic Pc
irons We're present at the annuls.
} creamery meeting Saturday, when TIL
routine Of business and election G.
officers was attended to. III the al
ternoon a program of music, speech
es, ETC., occupied the attention O.
those present. The occasion was en-
nvened by music by the German Cor
net band. .-
Mrs. L. j. Strader of Spokane
Washington, arrived in the city FIJI
day morning, and will spend the win
ter with Mr.. and Mrs. C. w. Strad
er. This is good news to her Coles
burg friends, OF which she has many.
t. Mrs. James Canada and Mrs. Rob
ert Quinn OF Elkader were called here
during the week by the illness and
death OF their mother, Mrs. Ryan.
The ladies' Of the NJ. E. church feel
very grateful to their friends for the
liberal assistance and patronage Civ
en- their annual fair Saturday. Even
the weather man was propitious, and
the crowd was the largest .ever--the
receipts for the dinner alone being
$40. All told, the receipts to date
| are near the $160 mark, with some
articles yet to be sold and some mon.
ey yet to be paid in. The amoant
will probably reach close to 5000.
Miss Minnie Hyde has recently
been quite i'll at the home of her
aunt near Cherokee, where she has
been guest for several weeks. The
doctors employed on her case have
advised an operation as the only
means of permanent relief from her
trouble. Mr.. Hyde went to Cherokee
the latter part of the week, and viii
accompany Miss Minnie to Roches-
ter, Minnesota, to consult Drs. Mayo
and submit to an operation if neces-
sary. f..
Honora Kennedy was born at Linz
erick, Ireland, May LIST, 1880, and was
united in marriage with Cornelius
Ryan February LIST, lS49. Mr.. and
Mrs. Ryan came to this country short
ly after their marriage, locating at
New York, and afterwards moved to
Springfield, Ohio. On coming west
they lived at Elkport for a few months
and then moved to Elkader, which
was the family home for over half
a century. Mr.. Ryan departed this
life in November, 1891. Seven years
ago, Mrs. Ryan came to Colesburg, to
make her home with her daughter,
Mrs. William Adams. For the past
two OR three years she had been in
declining health, and for eight weeks
past had been confined to her bed.
Her illness was due to the inflrmltles
of age. The end came PEACEFULLY on
the night of. December 18th just as
the clock had struck the midnia hit
hour. During her long illness she |
was given every care and considera- !
ton, and all possible things were done |
to make her last days comfortable. |
The remains were taken to Elkader
on Friday, where the funeral servic- |
es were held from the Catholic churcl |
on Saturday morning, Rev. Reilly Of
and Rev. Minogue of Elkport
The services We're largely |
and the floral offerings
prcfuse and beautiful. Mrs. Ryan IS |
by five chiidren-four daugh-
tiers and one son-besides a host OF
other relatives and friends. The CHI
dren are Mrs. Anna Grant and Glen
Ryan of Omaha, Nebraska; Mrs: Jas.
Canada and Mrs Robert Quinn OF Ell
kader: Mrs. William Adams of Coles
burg and Mrs. D. ]. Costigan or
Prairie, Minnesota. BY
these the memory of a good mother
will be held in sacred remembrance.
'Out of the night very dreary,
Into the mansions of rest;
Out of the world very weary,
Into the land of the blest.