Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1916-1918, 1917-01-30
Obituary
John p, Wagner.

John p. Wagner.
! Friends here will be sorry to learn OF
| the death of former Ottumwan, John
! P. Wagner, which occurred SUNDAY al
! ternoon at the soldiers home at Mar
shalltown The deceased, who was
seventy-two years old, was contrac
tor here for many years. The tunerai
will be held Tuesday afternoon and IN
terment will be in the Marshallto"n
cemetery. He is survived by two sons
and two daughters; Sam OF Saskatche'
wan, Kan; Porter of Nebraska; jennie
of Lucille, Idaho and Mrs. w. A.
Carnes of this city, who with her little
son, Billy, left this morning to attend
! the funeral.
| The Rev. Clement lowrey.
The Rev. Clement Lowrey, well
| known Iowa priest who has often VS.
tied in Ottumwa and who spent sew
eral weeks here as guest OF Rev. r.
w. Hoppmann two summers ago. oleo
! at Cedar Rapids Sunday. His funeral
will be held there Wednesday morn
! ing.
Father IIowrey built the first Cath
Ollie church in Cedar Rapids and held
pastorates at Burlington, Sioux CITY,
and various other places. For sever
al years he has been chaplain at
Mercy hospital in Cedar Rapids.
! He was stationed at Galveston,
Texas, during the time of tidal wave
! destruction and did great work IN
| helping to rebuild that city.
BIattner Funeral.
The funeral of Fred Blattner. well
known business man and life long resi-
dent of Oskaloosa. was held IN ST.
Mary's church there at 2 O'Clock Sun
day afternoon. Interment followed III
Forest Home cemetery at Oskaloosa.
Mr.. Blattner was well known in Of
tumwa and one Of his sisters, MRS
Laura Doherty lives here. Mr.. Blatt
ner married Miss Margaret j. Cava-
naugh of Ottumwa in 1888.
Clement Castro.
Clement Caastro, aged thirty five
! wears, died at 1870 o'clock Saturday
night in ST. Joseph's hospital.
He had been employed on the Bur
lington section work near Frederic
and was brought to the local hospital
on January II.
No arrangements have been maoo
for the funeral
Mrs. Arthur Suffer.
Mrs. Edah Elnora Suffer. wife OF Ar
thur Suffer, died at the family nome,
| 1923 Church street, at 1920 o'clock Sun
day morning. ;,
She was twenty-eight years old and
Is s,,rvived nv her husband
The body was taken to Jerome TINS
morning for burial
Jepson Funeral.
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Jepson
! was held at 2:30 O'Clock Sunday AFTER
noon in the First Lutheran church with
the pastor, Rev. P. o. Bersell III
charge. Interment followed In Ottum
wa cemetery.
| kittIeman Funeral.
The body of w. V. kittleman arrived
in Ottumwa at 1885 o'clock Sunday al
ternoon from Creston. 1t was met by
party of knights Templar and Blue
Lodge Masons, who proceeded in the
procession to the Ottumwa cemetery
where interment took place under the
ritual Of the orders.
Brady Funeral.
The funeral of Hugh Brady, who
died very suddenly at s:45 o'clock FIJI
| day evening, was held at $3.50 O'Clock
this morning from the family home,
| 1917 Plum street and at 8 o'clock IN
Sacred Heart church where the pastor,
Rev. Father James Foley, celebrated
requiem high mass. 1nterment follow
ed in Calvary cemetery. The pail bear
ers were Michael Murphy, Charles
Blitz, Frank wilkins, Peter Maloney..
| Robert Pasnau, John Denefe, Edward
| Mulcahy and Patrick Whelan.
Mr.. Brady's death came as shock
for he had been down town the day be-
fore he died. A complication OF dis
eases reached their climax and the Ill
| ness was only twenty-four hours IN dur
alton
Beside his widow, Mrs. Ellen Welch
Brady. the deceased is survived by his
daughters, the Misses Margaret, kath-
crime, Rose and Theresa Brady OF OF.
tumwa and Mrs. Peter Anderson OF
Burlington A sister, Mrs. Bridget
Mona CHAN lives In Ireland.
Those from out of town, who were
here for the funeral today were; 7. B.
O'Brien and Miss Anna O'Brien OF Lo'
! villa. Mr.. and Mrs. S. D. OBrien. Mrs.
NJ. Brady, Mathew Riley and Ed Hines
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