The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-08
OBITUAR

widow of Patrick Kelly, died at the
home Of her son Frank A. Kelly of
Eastview street, West Hartford
Tuesday morning. She was former
resident of Waterbury residing on
Wall street.
She was born in ireland and liv-
ed in West Hartford 20 years, Be-
sides her son, she leaves two grand
children, Francis A. Kelly and Miss
Mary e. Kelly, both Of West Hart
ford. The funeral will be held from
her home Thursday at 8:l5 a. M,
with a solemn requiem Mass at the
Church of st. Thomas the Apostle,
West Hartford, at 8. Burial will be
In st. Josephs cemetery, Water
bury.
BRACKEN Mrs. Elizabeth
Mahan Bracken, wife of James j.
Bracken Of So Maple street, died
early this morning at st. Mary's
hospital after an illness Of six weeks.
A native of Cheshire, Mrs. Bracken
had been a resident Of waterbury
for 40 years. She was a communl-
cant of the Immaculate Conception
church.
She is survived by two sons, James
and Walter Bracken; three grand.
children, Elizabeth, William and
Walter: q nephew, James Kane; ana
a niece, Mrs. John Phelan.
The funeral will be held at $3.50
Friday morning from the Bergin
funeral home, 29O East Main street,
to the Immaculate Conception
church at 9 for q solemn high Mass.
burial will be In the family plot IN
Calvary cemetery. Friends may call
at the funeral home this evening
and tomorrow afternoon and eve
ming.
McGRATH-John T. McGrath, SO,
A native of waterbury, died yester-
day afternoon at st. Raphael's nos
pital, New Haven, after llnger-
ing illness. He had been q resident
of the North End section OF water
bury until he moved to New Haven
is years ago. He was a former ma
chinist at the Scovill Mfg. Co.
Survivors include his wife, Helen
Keefe McGrath, a daughter, Sis
ter Alice Marie Of st. Mary's Con-
vent, Hartford; four sons, Harold
F. McGrath Of the Navy, John T.
Waterbury; Robert, a Hartford
druggist; and Gerald Of New York
and six grandchildren.
He is also survived by brother,
Robert of Chicago; Ave sisters, Mrs.
Mary Cronan, Mrs. Margaret Nc
Carthy, Mrs. Agnes Blondin and
Mrs. Grace Garrity Of Waterbury
and Mrs. Gertrude Schloz, New
Jersey.
The funeral will be held Thurs
day morning at 10 o'clock from the
Sisk Bros. Funeral Home, 1913 Dwight
St., New Haven, to st. Bernards
Church, that city. Burial will be In
st. Jones' cemtery, Derby.
MACKEY-Mrs. Ada Mackey, SO,
Of Bridgeport, formerly Of this city
and Torrington, died Monday in
Bridgeport Hospital after an ILL
ness Of two weeks. She was born
In Taunton, Mass, on September
26, 1860.
She leaves two sons, Robert w.
and Charles w. Mackey of Water
bury; three daughters, Mrs. Flor
ence Scranton Of Bridgeport, Mrs.
Walter Lingard Of Santa Monica,
Calf, and Mrs. Elmer Main Of
Waterbury; eight grandchildren and
three great-grand-children.
The funeral was held today at
2:S0 p. m. at the Potter Funeral
Home, Bridgeport. Burial was in
Milford cemetery.
MONTAGUE - Mary Lord Mon
tague died Sunday at her home in
Saybrook. She was the daughter of
the late George and Susan C. Mon
tague. Survivors include a brother,
Hobart T. Montague, WATERFOWL.
Funeral services were held yes
terday at Grace Church, Saybrook.
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