PIONEER WOMAN DIES WITH MANY RELATIVES ABOUT HER; THE INTERMENT MONDAY IN THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
Surrounded by loved ones, peaceful and content, Mrs. Mary E1izabeth Corcoran, one of Grand Junction's beloved Pioneer women entered the Brightest Kingdom at twenty minutes of one o'clock this morning, November 29, 1913, at her home, 305 White Avenue. Seriously ill less than a month and confined to her bed but ten days, Mrs. Corcoran's passing away will be a shock to many friends all over the western slope many of whom, the news of her illness had not reached.
As the sad tidings were sent from the home today, old friends universally bowed their heads in sorrow and more fully realized that a noble woman, a true mother and beloved pioneer had been taken from a community wherein she had been honored, needed and happily placed and will be sorely missed.
It is a pleasure to relate the story of a life such as Mrs. Corcoran lived. She was born October 16, 1846, in Green Settlement, Pa., the daughter of honored parents, sturdy and thrifty people. Mary Elizabeth Kelly was her maiden name and she was educated in the East and at the age of 29 was married to Michael Corcoran in Dushore, Pa., September 29, 1875. Their union was an exceedingly happy one and after eight years' residence in the East they came to this valley in 1883 and together with the handful of sturdy frontiersmen they planned this valley's future. They built solidly and built well and often in the early days related their struggles of the day or week by the open hearth fire of the rude pioneer cabin, planning greater things which later came to pass. Ten children blessed their lives and of the ten, nine survive to day to look back with pride upon the heritage of honor left them.
The surviving sons and daughters are George, William, Austin, Martin, and John, all but the later living in this valley today. John Corcoran is in Phoenix, Ariz. The daughters, Mrs. Mayme Goette, Mrs. Rose Hynes, and Misses Frances and Madge Corcoran all call this city home. She was grandma to 12 grandchildren and right well did she love the appellation.
Fifteen years ago, Nov. 3, 1898, the deceased lost her life partner and the blow was hard to bear, as she was of an affectionate and loving nature and mourned her husband's death deepy. Her children never have allowed her fireside to be lonesome or cheerless and always she was surrounded with many loved ones. Her great heart was so full of human kindness that notwithstanding the fact that she had ten children of her own, she raised two others, Mrs. Nels Pritchard of this valley and Victor Whittemore, now in business in California.
Devout Catholic.
A lifelong member of the Catholic Church., Mrs. Corcoran's life was full of charity and kindness and she was never know to let pass an opportunity to smooth away care and trouble wherever she met them. While living on the ranch west of the city, prior to moving to the city five years ago, it is said that Mrs. Corcoran's table very seldom had less than twenty people around it at a meal.
A month ago her health began to fail and she was taken to the Pacific coast by her daughters, Mrs. Goette and Miss Madge Corcoran, to spend the winter. Two weeks ago she was brought home in a serious condition, the result of uranic poisoning and death was a matter of a few days, so serious had grown the inroads of the disease.
The funeral will he held probably Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Catholic Church and will be one of the largest in the history of the city. Interment will he made in Calvary Cemetery on Orchard Mesa.
The deceased was always a devoted reader of The Sentinel and her family states that the last thing she ever asked to read was a copy of the paper which she had enjoyed for twenty years.
Transcribed from original clipping dated Nov. 29, 1913 in The Sentinel by John Michael Corcoran, 10/1/2000.
Contributor: Edward M Kelly (50774809)
Here is a link to photo of Corcoran Point Near Grand Junction/Fruita Colorado. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Corcoran+Point/@39.2358333,-108.5152777,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNZYZi7n729sYfdin_JISrrb7SOhwGlwvm37nt5!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNZYZi7n729sYfdin_JISrrb7SOhwGlwvm37nt5%3Dw176-h86-k-no!7i4032!8i1960!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8746e8baf6d02bdd:0x28def1ef2506a136!2sCorcoran+Peak!3b1!8m2!3d39.3105343!4d-108.5087036!3m4!1s0x8746e6a215108733:0x61ff33a9ab14f063!8m2!3d39.2358432!4d-108.5152674!5m1!1e4#.
Corcoran Peak
I recently took photos of James Kelly's and Michael Corcoran's headstones here in Fruita. I have been mountain biking in a canyon just a few miles from where I live and while looking at a topographic map of the area discovered a small peak named Corcoran.
Surrounded by loved ones, peaceful and content, Mrs. Mary E1izabeth Corcoran, one of Grand Junction's beloved Pioneer women entered the Brightest Kingdom at twenty minutes of one o'clock this morning, November 29, 1913, at her home, 305 White Avenue. Seriously ill less than a month and confined to her bed but ten days, Mrs. Corcoran's passing away will be a shock to many friends all over the western slope many of whom, the news of her illness had not reached.
As the sad tidings were sent from the home today, old friends universally bowed their heads in sorrow and more fully realized that a noble woman, a true mother and beloved pioneer had been taken from a community wherein she had been honored, needed and happily placed and will be sorely missed.
It is a pleasure to relate the story of a life such as Mrs. Corcoran lived. She was born October 16, 1846, in Green Settlement, Pa., the daughter of honored parents, sturdy and thrifty people. Mary Elizabeth Kelly was her maiden name and she was educated in the East and at the age of 29 was married to Michael Corcoran in Dushore, Pa., September 29, 1875. Their union was an exceedingly happy one and after eight years' residence in the East they came to this valley in 1883 and together with the handful of sturdy frontiersmen they planned this valley's future. They built solidly and built well and often in the early days related their struggles of the day or week by the open hearth fire of the rude pioneer cabin, planning greater things which later came to pass. Ten children blessed their lives and of the ten, nine survive to day to look back with pride upon the heritage of honor left them.
The surviving sons and daughters are George, William, Austin, Martin, and John, all but the later living in this valley today. John Corcoran is in Phoenix, Ariz. The daughters, Mrs. Mayme Goette, Mrs. Rose Hynes, and Misses Frances and Madge Corcoran all call this city home. She was grandma to 12 grandchildren and right well did she love the appellation.
Fifteen years ago, Nov. 3, 1898, the deceased lost her life partner and the blow was hard to bear, as she was of an affectionate and loving nature and mourned her husband's death deepy. Her children never have allowed her fireside to be lonesome or cheerless and always she was surrounded with many loved ones. Her great heart was so full of human kindness that notwithstanding the fact that she had ten children of her own, she raised two others, Mrs. Nels Pritchard of this valley and Victor Whittemore, now in business in California.
Devout Catholic.
A lifelong member of the Catholic Church., Mrs. Corcoran's life was full of charity and kindness and she was never know to let pass an opportunity to smooth away care and trouble wherever she met them. While living on the ranch west of the city, prior to moving to the city five years ago, it is said that Mrs. Corcoran's table very seldom had less than twenty people around it at a meal.
A month ago her health began to fail and she was taken to the Pacific coast by her daughters, Mrs. Goette and Miss Madge Corcoran, to spend the winter. Two weeks ago she was brought home in a serious condition, the result of uranic poisoning and death was a matter of a few days, so serious had grown the inroads of the disease.
The funeral will he held probably Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Catholic Church and will be one of the largest in the history of the city. Interment will he made in Calvary Cemetery on Orchard Mesa.
The deceased was always a devoted reader of The Sentinel and her family states that the last thing she ever asked to read was a copy of the paper which she had enjoyed for twenty years.
Transcribed from original clipping dated Nov. 29, 1913 in The Sentinel by John Michael Corcoran, 10/1/2000.
Contributor: Edward M Kelly (50774809)
Here is a link to photo of Corcoran Point Near Grand Junction/Fruita Colorado. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Corcoran+Point/@39.2358333,-108.5152777,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNZYZi7n729sYfdin_JISrrb7SOhwGlwvm37nt5!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNZYZi7n729sYfdin_JISrrb7SOhwGlwvm37nt5%3Dw176-h86-k-no!7i4032!8i1960!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8746e8baf6d02bdd:0x28def1ef2506a136!2sCorcoran+Peak!3b1!8m2!3d39.3105343!4d-108.5087036!3m4!1s0x8746e6a215108733:0x61ff33a9ab14f063!8m2!3d39.2358432!4d-108.5152674!5m1!1e4#.
Corcoran Peak
I recently took photos of James Kelly's and Michael Corcoran's headstones here in Fruita. I have been mountain biking in a canyon just a few miles from where I live and while looking at a topographic map of the area discovered a small peak named Corcoran.
PIONEER WOMAN DIES WITH MANY RELATIVES ABOUT HER; THE INTERMENT MONDAY IN THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY.
Surrounded by loved ones, peaceful and content, Mrs. Mary E1izabeth Corcoran, one of Grand Junction's beloved Pioneer women entered the Brightest Kingdom at twenty minutes of one o'clock this morning, November 29, 1913, at her home, 305 White Avenue. Seriously ill less than a month and confined to her bed but ten days, Mrs. Corcoran's passing away will be a shock to many friends all over the western slope many of whom, the news of her illness had not reached.
As the sad tidings were sent from the home today, old friends universally bowed their heads in sorrow and more fully realized that a noble woman, a true mother and beloved pioneer had been taken from a community wherein she had been honored, needed and happily placed and will be sorely missed.
It is a pleasure to relate the story of a life such as Mrs. Corcoran lived. She was born October 16, 1846, in Green Settlement, Pa., the daughter of honored parents, sturdy and thrifty people. Mary Elizabeth Kelly was her maiden name and she was educated in the East and at the age of 29 was married to Michael Corcoran in Dushore, Pa., September 29, 1875. Their union was an exceedingly happy one and after eight years' residence in the East they came to this valley in 1883 and together with the handful of sturdy frontiersmen they planned this valley's future. They built solidly and built well and often in the early days related their struggles of the day or week by the open hearth fire of the rude pioneer cabin, planning greater things which later came to pass. Ten children blessed their lives and of the ten, nine survive to day to look back with pride upon the heritage of honor left them.
The surviving sons and daughters are George, William, Austin, Martin, and John, all but the later living in this valley today. John Corcoran is in Phoenix, Ariz. The daughters, Mrs. Mayme Goette, Mrs. Rose Hynes, and Misses Frances and Madge Corcoran all call this city home. She was grandma to 12 grandchildren and right well did she love the appellation.
Fifteen years ago, Nov. 3, 1898, the deceased lost her life partner and the blow was hard to bear, as she was of an affectionate and loving nature and mourned her husband's death deepy. Her children never have allowed her fireside to be lonesome or cheerless and always she was surrounded with many loved ones. Her great heart was so full of human kindness that notwithstanding the fact that she had ten children of her own, she raised two others, Mrs. Nels Pritchard of this valley and Victor Whittemore, now in business in California.
Devout Catholic.
A lifelong member of the Catholic Church., Mrs. Corcoran's life was full of charity and kindness and she was never know to let pass an opportunity to smooth away care and trouble wherever she met them. While living on the ranch west of the city, prior to moving to the city five years ago, it is said that Mrs. Corcoran's table very seldom had less than twenty people around it at a meal.
A month ago her health began to fail and she was taken to the Pacific coast by her daughters, Mrs. Goette and Miss Madge Corcoran, to spend the winter. Two weeks ago she was brought home in a serious condition, the result of uranic poisoning and death was a matter of a few days, so serious had grown the inroads of the disease.
The funeral will he held probably Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Catholic Church and will be one of the largest in the history of the city. Interment will he made in Calvary Cemetery on Orchard Mesa.
The deceased was always a devoted reader of The Sentinel and her family states that the last thing she ever asked to read was a copy of the paper which she had enjoyed for twenty years.
Transcribed from original clipping dated Nov. 29, 1913 in The Sentinel by John Michael Corcoran, 10/1/2000.
Contributor: Edward M Kelly (50774809)
Here is a link to photo of Corcoran Point Near Grand Junction/Fruita Colorado. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Corcoran+Point/@39.2358333,-108.5152777,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNZYZi7n729sYfdin_JISrrb7SOhwGlwvm37nt5!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNZYZi7n729sYfdin_JISrrb7SOhwGlwvm37nt5%3Dw176-h86-k-no!7i4032!8i1960!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8746e8baf6d02bdd:0x28def1ef2506a136!2sCorcoran+Peak!3b1!8m2!3d39.3105343!4d-108.5087036!3m4!1s0x8746e6a215108733:0x61ff33a9ab14f063!8m2!3d39.2358432!4d-108.5152674!5m1!1e4#.
Corcoran Peak
I recently took photos of James Kelly's and Michael Corcoran's headstones here in Fruita. I have been mountain biking in a canyon just a few miles from where I live and while looking at a topographic map of the area discovered a small peak named Corcoran.
Surrounded by loved ones, peaceful and content, Mrs. Mary E1izabeth Corcoran, one of Grand Junction's beloved Pioneer women entered the Brightest Kingdom at twenty minutes of one o'clock this morning, November 29, 1913, at her home, 305 White Avenue. Seriously ill less than a month and confined to her bed but ten days, Mrs. Corcoran's passing away will be a shock to many friends all over the western slope many of whom, the news of her illness had not reached.
As the sad tidings were sent from the home today, old friends universally bowed their heads in sorrow and more fully realized that a noble woman, a true mother and beloved pioneer had been taken from a community wherein she had been honored, needed and happily placed and will be sorely missed.
It is a pleasure to relate the story of a life such as Mrs. Corcoran lived. She was born October 16, 1846, in Green Settlement, Pa., the daughter of honored parents, sturdy and thrifty people. Mary Elizabeth Kelly was her maiden name and she was educated in the East and at the age of 29 was married to Michael Corcoran in Dushore, Pa., September 29, 1875. Their union was an exceedingly happy one and after eight years' residence in the East they came to this valley in 1883 and together with the handful of sturdy frontiersmen they planned this valley's future. They built solidly and built well and often in the early days related their struggles of the day or week by the open hearth fire of the rude pioneer cabin, planning greater things which later came to pass. Ten children blessed their lives and of the ten, nine survive to day to look back with pride upon the heritage of honor left them.
The surviving sons and daughters are George, William, Austin, Martin, and John, all but the later living in this valley today. John Corcoran is in Phoenix, Ariz. The daughters, Mrs. Mayme Goette, Mrs. Rose Hynes, and Misses Frances and Madge Corcoran all call this city home. She was grandma to 12 grandchildren and right well did she love the appellation.
Fifteen years ago, Nov. 3, 1898, the deceased lost her life partner and the blow was hard to bear, as she was of an affectionate and loving nature and mourned her husband's death deepy. Her children never have allowed her fireside to be lonesome or cheerless and always she was surrounded with many loved ones. Her great heart was so full of human kindness that notwithstanding the fact that she had ten children of her own, she raised two others, Mrs. Nels Pritchard of this valley and Victor Whittemore, now in business in California.
Devout Catholic.
A lifelong member of the Catholic Church., Mrs. Corcoran's life was full of charity and kindness and she was never know to let pass an opportunity to smooth away care and trouble wherever she met them. While living on the ranch west of the city, prior to moving to the city five years ago, it is said that Mrs. Corcoran's table very seldom had less than twenty people around it at a meal.
A month ago her health began to fail and she was taken to the Pacific coast by her daughters, Mrs. Goette and Miss Madge Corcoran, to spend the winter. Two weeks ago she was brought home in a serious condition, the result of uranic poisoning and death was a matter of a few days, so serious had grown the inroads of the disease.
The funeral will he held probably Monday morning at 9 o'clock at the Catholic Church and will be one of the largest in the history of the city. Interment will he made in Calvary Cemetery on Orchard Mesa.
The deceased was always a devoted reader of The Sentinel and her family states that the last thing she ever asked to read was a copy of the paper which she had enjoyed for twenty years.
Transcribed from original clipping dated Nov. 29, 1913 in The Sentinel by John Michael Corcoran, 10/1/2000.
Contributor: Edward M Kelly (50774809)
Here is a link to photo of Corcoran Point Near Grand Junction/Fruita Colorado. https://www.google.com/maps/place/Corcoran+Point/@39.2358333,-108.5152777,3a,75y,90t/data=!3m8!1e2!3m6!1sAF1QipNZYZi7n729sYfdin_JISrrb7SOhwGlwvm37nt5!2e10!3e12!6shttps:%2F%2Flh5.googleusercontent.com%2Fp%2FAF1QipNZYZi7n729sYfdin_JISrrb7SOhwGlwvm37nt5%3Dw176-h86-k-no!7i4032!8i1960!4m13!1m7!3m6!1s0x8746e8baf6d02bdd:0x28def1ef2506a136!2sCorcoran+Peak!3b1!8m2!3d39.3105343!4d-108.5087036!3m4!1s0x8746e6a215108733:0x61ff33a9ab14f063!8m2!3d39.2358432!4d-108.5152674!5m1!1e4#.
Corcoran Peak
I recently took photos of James Kelly's and Michael Corcoran's headstones here in Fruita. I have been mountain biking in a canyon just a few miles from where I live and while looking at a topographic map of the area discovered a small peak named Corcoran.
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