Sunday, February 13, 2011

Sunday's Obituary - Theresa Burns

Yankton Press & Dakotan
July 23, 1945
p. 6, Col. 7

Mrs. Slowey is Called Sunday


Mayfield, (Special) - Death after a long illness came at 11:30 p.m., Sunday, to Mrs. John Slowey, sr., of the Mayfield community.  Mrs. Slowey, who would have been 80 years old tomorrow, passed away at Sacred Heart hospital where she had been a patient for five weeks.

The deceased, resident of Mayfield for 60 years, was Theresa Burns before her marriage.  Her husband preceded her in death years ago, and she is survived by eight children, five sons and three daughters.  They are: Peter, Thomas and Clement Slowey of Yankton, John Slowey, Sioux City, and Clarence of Mayfield; Mrs. John Nooney, Utica; Mrs. John Gemmill, Volin; and Mrs. Roy Stephens, Yankton.

The body will be taken to the Clarence Slowey home in Mayfield Tuesday and rosary will be said there Tuesday evening at 8:30.  Funeral services will be 9:30 a.m., Wednesday from St. Columba church with the Rev. Fr. O'Conner officiating.  Burial, in charge of Kabeiseman-Donohoe morticians, will be in the Mayfield cemetery.

1 comments:

Linda Gartz said...

Always poignant. Seems like you're doing a lot to further your grandfather's research. She died just shortly after VE Day. I hope she was aware of it with her long illness.

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