Funeral services were held this morning, Wednesday, April 13, at St. Catherine's church in Aledo for Mrs. Eliza Meehan, 63, who died at her home on North College avenue at 3:30 p. m. Sunday, April 10, 1938, after two weeks illness caused by a heart ailment. Rev. John T. Shields, pastor, officiated at the services. Burial was in Calvary cemetery, Rock Island.
Mrs. Meehan was born in Edgington township May 20, 1873, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat McCarthy. She was married January 24, 1900, to Joseph Meehan of Aledo who preceded her in death about three years ago. Mrs. Meehan had resided in Aledo since that time. Previously she lived with her husband on a farm five miles southeast of Aledo.
Mrs. Meehan was a member of the Catholic faith and was affiliated with the Altar society. She was a charter member of the Mercer County Home Bureau.
(Aledo Times Record, Wednesday, April 13, 1938, p. 2)
Father Name: Patrick McCarthy
Father Birth Place: Cork County, Ireland
Mother Name: Joehana Horn
Mother Birth Place: Kerry County, Ireland
Spouse Name: Joseph Meehan
Comments: 2y residence where death occurred.
Source: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Eliza J. Meehan
Funeral services were held this morning, Wednesday, April 13, at St. Catherine's church in Aledo for Mrs. Eliza Meehan, 63, who died at her home on North College avenue at 3:30 p. m. Sunday, April 10, 1938, after two weeks illness caused by a heart ailment. Rev. John T. Shields, pastor, officiated at the services. Burial was in Calvary cemetery, Rock Island.
Mrs. Meehan was born in Edgington township May 20, 1873, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Pat McCarthy. She was married January 24, 1900, to Joseph Meehan of Aledo who preceded her in death about three years ago. Mrs. Meehan had resided in Aledo since that time. Previously she lived with her husband on a farm five miles southeast of Aledo.
Mrs. Meehan was a member of the Catholic faith and was affiliated with the Altar society. She was a charter member of the Mercer County Home Bureau.
(Aledo Times Record, Wednesday, April 13, 1938, p. 2)
Father Name: Patrick McCarthy
Father Birth Place: Cork County, Ireland
Mother Name: Joehana Horn
Mother Birth Place: Kerry County, Ireland
Spouse Name: Joseph Meehan
Comments: 2y residence where death occurred.
Source: Illinois, Deaths and Stillbirths Index, 1916-1947 about Eliza J. Meehan
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