PERU WOMAN IS DEATH'S VICTIM
Mrs. Jerome Sullivan died Saturday at her home on Prospect Avenue, Peru, after a long illness with a complication of diseases. She was formerly Kate Meehan and was born in Peru fifty-eight- years ago. Thirty-five years ago she was married at St. Mary's church to Mr. Sullivan by Father Gray.
Seven children were born, five of whom with the husband survive. They are Mrs. Thomas Simms, Peru; Mrs. Ben Evans, Joliet; Gertrude and John Sullivan, Peru.
The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at St. Mary's church and thence to St. Vincents Cemetery in LaSalle.
Mrs. Sullivan
s death is the third in the family since last March. On the 17th of that month, son Frank passed away, and on the 5th of last November, a daughter, Mrs. Henry Arnold succumbed.
The LaSalle Daily Tribune and Peru Evening Press
Monday, January 11, 1915
courtesy of FAG member vande # 48363693
birth year estimated
Her obit and death certif says her maiden name was Meehan, but some of her children's death records say it was Mahoney. There is an updated Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920 record
for Jeremiah Sullivan and Catherine Mahoney in LaSalle Co. Possibly she had a prior marriage.
Contributor: Steph McGrath (47790079)
MARRIED: SULLIVAN ACCORDING TO WIFE'S OBITUARY: St Mary's church May 8, 1880 in Peru, La Salle County, Illinois
WIFE: Kate MEEHAN or MAHONEY
WIFE'S SIBLINGS: Andrew, Timothy, Margaret, Kate
WIFE'S DAD: John MAHONEY
WIFE'S MOM: Mary 1820–29 JUL 1896 in Peru, La Salle, Illinois, USA
Contributor: Oodus Zmorg (49755247)
PERU WOMAN IS DEATH'S VICTIM
Mrs. Jerome Sullivan died Saturday at her home on Prospect Avenue, Peru, after a long illness with a complication of diseases. She was formerly Kate Meehan and was born in Peru fifty-eight- years ago. Thirty-five years ago she was married at St. Mary's church to Mr. Sullivan by Father Gray.
Seven children were born, five of whom with the husband survive. They are Mrs. Thomas Simms, Peru; Mrs. Ben Evans, Joliet; Gertrude and John Sullivan, Peru.
The funeral will be held Tuesday morning at St. Mary's church and thence to St. Vincents Cemetery in LaSalle.
Mrs. Sullivan
s death is the third in the family since last March. On the 17th of that month, son Frank passed away, and on the 5th of last November, a daughter, Mrs. Henry Arnold succumbed.
The LaSalle Daily Tribune and Peru Evening Press
Monday, January 11, 1915
courtesy of FAG member vande # 48363693
birth year estimated
Her obit and death certif says her maiden name was Meehan, but some of her children's death records say it was Mahoney. There is an updated Illinois, Marriage Index, 1860-1920 record
for Jeremiah Sullivan and Catherine Mahoney in LaSalle Co. Possibly she had a prior marriage.
Contributor: Steph McGrath (47790079)
MARRIED: SULLIVAN ACCORDING TO WIFE'S OBITUARY: St Mary's church May 8, 1880 in Peru, La Salle County, Illinois
WIFE: Kate MEEHAN or MAHONEY
WIFE'S SIBLINGS: Andrew, Timothy, Margaret, Kate
WIFE'S DAD: John MAHONEY
WIFE'S MOM: Mary 1820–29 JUL 1896 in Peru, La Salle, Illinois, USA
Contributor: Oodus Zmorg (49755247)
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