Smyrna times., 1924-07-02
DEATH RECORD OF THE WEEK
John J. Monaghan, Wilmington Real
tor and Frequent Visitor to Smyr-
na-ClaytOn, Dies After OperatiOn

John }. Monaghan, Wilmington Real
tor and Frequent Visitor to Smvr-
na-ClaytOn, Dies After Operation
John ]. Monaghan, well known real
estate dealer of Wilmington, died sud
denly at $50 o'clock Friday morning
at his home, I'll South Broome street
He was forty-six years old. Deceas-
ed was well known in Smyna-Clayton
where he had been a frequent visitor
The night before his death he was
operated upon by DR.. J. NJ. Barskv
and DR.. James G. Spackman for in
tiamation of the stomach. The phv-
sicians believed, following the opera
tiOn, that he would in all likelihood
improve. They were so optimistic
that they had made preparations to
irrigate their patients stomach. Mr..
Monaghan had been confined to his
'hOme for the last ten days. His death
is attributed to a blood clot on the
brain, which is believed to have form
ed after the operation. Besides being
prominently identified with the real
estate business in Wilmington and
throughout the state, Mr.. Monaghan,
who is spoken of by friends as ga man
who gave himself for others" was
secretary of the Wilmington Sinking
Fund Commission, a former clerk of
City Council and a former clerk to
the Wilmington city treasurer. He
served in both the latter offices for
several years prior to 1910. In 1910,
after leaving Council, he became con-
nected with the real estate business,
| buying, selling and financing. Two of
| his nephewS, Francis 7. Monaghan,
426 S. Broome street, and William J..
Monaghan, I'll South Broome street,
were associated with him in the real
estate business. His place of business
was at 832 Orange street. He never
married. He is survived by a sister,
Rose A. Monaghan, who lived with
him; brother, ex-senator Thomas
NJ. Monaghan, 700 South Broome
street, and three nephews, Francis T.
and William j. Monaghan and ]. E.
Cassidy, 2134 Lancaster avenue. He
was not a member of any fraternal
societies. He attended St. Paul's
Catholic Church. Because of Mr..
Monaghan's excessive weight (about
$50 pounds) and size, funeral services
were not held until a specially built
casket arrived from Philadelphia.
The funeral took place yesterday,
Tuesday Interment was made in the
Cathedral Cemetery.
]. f. Griffenburg, Delaware City, Dead
]. Everton Griffenburg, of Delaware
City, Levy Court inspector, in charge
of the Port Penn-Delaware City road
construction, dropped dead Friday as
he was getting into his automobile to
go home. Mr.. Griffenburg early in
the afternoon had complained of a
pain in his chest, and had decided to
leave when he was stricken. His
death was due to an attack of valvu-
lar heart disease. Mr.. Griffenburg
was born in Odessa, April 26, 1858
In 1886 he established the Delaware
Weekly Review, one of the first news
papers of lower Delaware, which he
edited for about ten years. For Is
years he was engaged in the real
estate business in Chicago, returning
to Delaware City in 1918. He was a
prominent member of the Methodist
Church, and a member of the Garden
City Lodge of MasOns, the Oriental
Consistory, and Medinah Temple, all
of Chicago. The funeral took place
Monday at Delaware City. Interment
was in Silverbrook Cemetery, Will
mingtOn. The Delaware City MasOns
were in charge of the services. He is
survived by his wife, one daughter
Mrs. L.Schlessinger; two sisters, Mrs
S. ]. Phillips, of Cleveland, o., and
Mrs. Fanny S. Brown, of Wilmington
and by two brothers, Harry A. Grif-
fenburg, of HagerstOwp, Nd, and E
B. Griffenburg, of Wilmington.