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Mary Alberta Murphy Shea

Birth
Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, USA
Death
24 Jul 1960 (aged 82)
Dayton, Montgomery County, Ohio, USA
Burial
Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, USA Add to Map
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(Taken from their obituaries and family records and transcribed by Michael Bowen, MRB, #47351043)

Ida County Pioneer Record, July 28, 1960
Mrs. Mary A. (Murphy) Shea, 82, former resident of Sioux City and Ida Grove died Sunday, July 24, 1960 at the home of her daughter, Mary (Shea) Deeg of Spring Valley, Ohio.

Mary Alberta Murphy was the only daughter of Daniel and Catherine Murphy, the sixth child or nine. She had eight brothers.

John Michael Shea, age 29, son of Dennis and Nora (Burke) Shea married Mary Alberta Murphy, age 25, daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Roche) Murphy at the Sacred Heart church in Ida Grove, Wednesday, June 24, 1903 at 8 o'clock a.m., Rev. D. J. Brian officiating. Catherine Shea, sister of the groom and Joseph Alberic Murphy, brother of the bride were the witnesses.

The 1920 US census shows John M. (45) and Mary A. (41) and their children Catherine (13), Mary (10), Bernard J. (8), John P. (6) and Robert F. (4) living in Sioux City, Iowa.

Survivors include two daughters, Mary Vivian (James) Deeg and Miss Catherine Virginia Shea of Arlington, Virginia and three sons Bernard J. Shea, John P. Shea and Robert F. Shea. Also, a brother, Raymond Murphy and eight grandchildren.

Her husband John Michael Shea, was born in Council Bluffs to Dennis and Hanora (Burke) Shea on May 5, 1874 and died in Sioux City in May 25, 1953. He was a stationary engineer and had charge of the first electric light plant at Ida Grove from 1893 to 1903. He formerly was employed as an inspector for the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co., and as a salesman for the Murray Iron Works Co., of Burlington, Iowa. He was a member of the Engineers club and Blessed Sacrament Catholic church. The couple is buried in the Catholic cemetery at Ida Grove.

John and Mary Shea's eight grandchildren and birth are,
Thomas J. Shea (Jun 1941-1997)
Marianne Shea, Nov 1944
Patricia J. Shea, May 1949
Dr. Lawrence M. Shea, Jan 1953
John Shea, Nov 1954
Terrill Shea, Oct 1955
Stephen Dennis Shea, 1958
James Shea, Sep 1959
(Taken from their obituaries and family records and transcribed by Michael Bowen, MRB, #47351043)

Ida County Pioneer Record, July 28, 1960
Mrs. Mary A. (Murphy) Shea, 82, former resident of Sioux City and Ida Grove died Sunday, July 24, 1960 at the home of her daughter, Mary (Shea) Deeg of Spring Valley, Ohio.

Mary Alberta Murphy was the only daughter of Daniel and Catherine Murphy, the sixth child or nine. She had eight brothers.

John Michael Shea, age 29, son of Dennis and Nora (Burke) Shea married Mary Alberta Murphy, age 25, daughter of Daniel and Catherine (Roche) Murphy at the Sacred Heart church in Ida Grove, Wednesday, June 24, 1903 at 8 o'clock a.m., Rev. D. J. Brian officiating. Catherine Shea, sister of the groom and Joseph Alberic Murphy, brother of the bride were the witnesses.

The 1920 US census shows John M. (45) and Mary A. (41) and their children Catherine (13), Mary (10), Bernard J. (8), John P. (6) and Robert F. (4) living in Sioux City, Iowa.

Survivors include two daughters, Mary Vivian (James) Deeg and Miss Catherine Virginia Shea of Arlington, Virginia and three sons Bernard J. Shea, John P. Shea and Robert F. Shea. Also, a brother, Raymond Murphy and eight grandchildren.

Her husband John Michael Shea, was born in Council Bluffs to Dennis and Hanora (Burke) Shea on May 5, 1874 and died in Sioux City in May 25, 1953. He was a stationary engineer and had charge of the first electric light plant at Ida Grove from 1893 to 1903. He formerly was employed as an inspector for the Hartford Steam Boiler Insurance Co., and as a salesman for the Murray Iron Works Co., of Burlington, Iowa. He was a member of the Engineers club and Blessed Sacrament Catholic church. The couple is buried in the Catholic cemetery at Ida Grove.

John and Mary Shea's eight grandchildren and birth are,
Thomas J. Shea (Jun 1941-1997)
Marianne Shea, Nov 1944
Patricia J. Shea, May 1949
Dr. Lawrence M. Shea, Jan 1953
John Shea, Nov 1954
Terrill Shea, Oct 1955
Stephen Dennis Shea, 1958
James Shea, Sep 1959


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  • Find a Grave, database and images (https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59049759/mary_alberta-shea: accessed ), memorial page for Mary Alberta Murphy Shea (17 Feb 1878–24 Jul 1960), Find a Grave Memorial ID 59049759, citing Ida Grove Catholic Cemetery, Ida Grove, Ida County, Iowa, USA; Maintained by MRB (contributor 47351043).