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From: "Cathy Joynt Labath" <>
Subject: [IAPALOAL] Obit of Wm O'Brien-1906
Date: Thu, 8 May 2003 20:00:17 -0500


Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler, Iowa
August 15, 1906

Obituary.
At the home of his daughter, Mrs. M. Hester, in Emmetsburg, Iowa, on
Wednesday, August 8th, 1906, occurred the death of Mr. Wm. O'Brien, at the
advanced age of almost 85 years.
The deceased was born in County Limmerick, Ireland, and came to this
country when only nineteen years of age, leaving his parents to make a home
for himself in America. He landed in New York City, where he remained until
his marriage to Miss Anna Pratt. Immediately after the young people moved to
Wisconsin, remaining there for ten years and then coming to Butler county.
He lived until about ten years ago, when he went to make his home with his
daughter.
Mr. O'Brien was the father of seven children, three daughters with the
wife and mother preceding him to the great beyond. Three daughters and one
son survive him: Mrs. Mary Hester, Emmetsburg; Mrs. Libbie Marlow, Allison;
Mrs. Nora Laughlin, Pipestone, Minn., and John O'Brien, Greene.
The remains were brought here Friday afternoon and taken to St. Mary's
church, where Father Sheehy conducted impressive services. Interment was
made in the Catholic cemetery south of town by the side of his wife.
The church was well filled with the neighbors and old friends of the
deceased and the following intimate friends of the family acted as
pallbearers: John Downing, Matt Higgins, M. McEniry, James Grady, B. Ramker
and S.A. Clarke.


[I do have a little more info on his daughter, Mary O'Brien Hester as
follows]

Descendants of Mary O'Brien

1 Mary O'Brien d: 10/08/1923
. +Michael Hester b: 04/10/1842 in Louisburg, Mayo, Ireland src: Obit m:
11/07/1873 d: 12/15/1925 in Emmetsburg, Palo Alto, Iowa Burial: St
John's Cemetery, Emmetsburg, Iowa
........ 2 William E Hester b: 09/22/1885 src: St. John's Cemetery
Records d: 01/16/1894 src: St. John's Cemetery Records Burial: St. John's
Cemetery/Palo Alto County, Iowa

Just an FYI-not related.
Cathy Joynt Labath
The Irish in Iowa
http://www.celticcousins.net/irishiniowa/index.htm


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