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Cornelia Melissa <I>Ellis</I> Conroy

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Cornelia Melissa Ellis Conroy

Birth
Appanoose County, Iowa, USA
Death
16 Nov 1913 (aged 51)
York County, Nebraska, USA
Burial
Fairmont, Fillmore County, Nebraska, USA Add to Map
Plot
Lot 36
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Mrs. Cornelia M. Conroy, widow of James Conroy, died at her home south west of McCool Junction Sunday, November 16, following an extended illness. Her husband died eighteen days previously, on October 30.

Mrs. Conroy was born February 19, 1862, in Appanoose county, Iowa; hence lived to the age of fifty-one years, eight months and twenty-five days. In 1870 she came to york county with her parents, Hammond and Rachel Ellis, and was married to James Conroy, February 9, 1883. To this union seven children were born; bring four daughters and three sons. Deceased leaves four brothers and five sisters: Charles, Harlan, Jesse and John Ellis, Mrs. F.M. Churchill, Mrs. C.B. Barker, Mrs. Warren Price and Mrs. Frank Russell, all of McCool Junction, and Mrs. Hugh Armstrong, of Gordon, Nebraska.

Mrs. Conroy was a member of the Royal Neighbor and Degree of Honor lodges of McCool Junction.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 19, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fairmont Catholic church, under the direction of Evergreen Camp, Royal Neighbors of America No. 427, of which deceased was a member. Solemn requeim mass was held by Father McKenna of Aurora, assisted by Fathers Healy of Grafton and McDonald of Exeter, and interment made in the Fairmont Catholic cemetery.

Fillmore Week Chronicle (Fairmont) November 21st, 1913 page 1.
Mrs. Cornelia M. Conroy, widow of James Conroy, died at her home south west of McCool Junction Sunday, November 16, following an extended illness. Her husband died eighteen days previously, on October 30.

Mrs. Conroy was born February 19, 1862, in Appanoose county, Iowa; hence lived to the age of fifty-one years, eight months and twenty-five days. In 1870 she came to york county with her parents, Hammond and Rachel Ellis, and was married to James Conroy, February 9, 1883. To this union seven children were born; bring four daughters and three sons. Deceased leaves four brothers and five sisters: Charles, Harlan, Jesse and John Ellis, Mrs. F.M. Churchill, Mrs. C.B. Barker, Mrs. Warren Price and Mrs. Frank Russell, all of McCool Junction, and Mrs. Hugh Armstrong, of Gordon, Nebraska.

Mrs. Conroy was a member of the Royal Neighbor and Degree of Honor lodges of McCool Junction.

Funeral services were held Wednesday, November 19, at 10:30 a.m. at the Fairmont Catholic church, under the direction of Evergreen Camp, Royal Neighbors of America No. 427, of which deceased was a member. Solemn requeim mass was held by Father McKenna of Aurora, assisted by Fathers Healy of Grafton and McDonald of Exeter, and interment made in the Fairmont Catholic cemetery.

Fillmore Week Chronicle (Fairmont) November 21st, 1913 page 1.

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"May her soul rest in peace."



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