The Telegraph-courier. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1888-1946, 1917-03-08

my Of the United States and at the
end of six months of service at the
army base at San Francisco, he was
honorably discharged on account of
illness Later he was athletic trainer
for the Olympic Athletic Club at San
Francisco, the most notable organiza-
ton among athletes on the Pacific
Coast.
He did newspaper work at Los An
geles and Fresno in California and in
the summer of 1905 he returned to Ke-
nosha and started to work in the plant
Of the Simmons Manufacturing Com
pany. He started in the foundry of
the plant and was soon advanced to
the position of assistant foreman and
later taken into the Office where he
was in charge of the order department
as manager. When the Simmons Com
pany began the manufacture of auto
seats and cushions, he was placed in
entire charge of this department.. In
the fall Of 1915 he was associated with
John w. WHY'S of Cleveland in the
organization of new company known
as the Toledo Coil Wire Products Com
pany and this company took over the
business Of the Simmons Company in
the line which Mr.. Cavanaah had su-
perintended He was in charge Of the
building of the new plant at Toledo
and had been president and general
manager of the company since the or
ganization of it. The company had
been very successful In its business
during the past year.
In Kenosha on November 1, 1906,
Mr., Cavanagh was married to Miss
Edith Murray Brown, daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Charles c. Brown. They con-
tinued to make their home in Kenosha
until October of 1915, when they re-
moved to Toledo. The home in Toledo
was at 527 West Bancroft street.
Their home life had been of an un-
usually pleasant nature. Mr.. and Mrs,
Cavanagh had taken an active part in
the social life of Kenosha following
their marriage and both Mr.. and Mrs.
Cavanagh We're members of many Ke-
nosha organizations.
During his college course Mr.. Cava-
nagh was a member of the "Three
Quarters Club of the university and
Of the Illinois Beta Chapter of the Phi
Kappa Psi fraternity. He was an
honorary member of the Press Club of
Chicago and of other social organiza-
tions in that city.
In recent years he had been prom
inent in many lines of work in Keno
sha. He was one of the founders of
the Men $ Club of St. Matthew IS
Church and served as it's president.
He led in the campaign for raising
funds for the ST. Andrews Mission
and brought this work to highly sue
cessful conclusion. He was also prom
inent in the work Of ST. Matthew g
Sunday school and other church soci-
cites. He was a member of the vari-
GUS Masonic bodies represented in Ke-
nosha and for years took an active
part in the work of the order here.
He was for years an enthusiastic
member of the Kenosha Country Club
and an ardent golfer. He was form
er secretary of the Wisconsin State
Golf Association and was in charge of
the tournament Of the association held
on the Kenosha links in 1914.
At the time Mrs. Cavanagh received
the report of the fatal injury to her
husband, she was confined to her bed
with an attack of infammatory rheu-
matism, but with a great effort she
came to Kenosha on Monday.
Funeral services were held at the
Cavanagh home, $40 Prairie avenue, at
three o'clock Tuesday afternoon. Tn
terment will be at the Cavanagh fam
lily plot at Green Ridge.