DUDLEY JEREMIAH RICE COUNTY JOURNAL 25/MAR/1914 AND 01/APR/1914 JEREMIAH DUDLEY, AGED 21 YEARS, SON OF MR. AND MRS. JOHN DUDLEY OF THE TOWN OF SHIELDSVILLE, DIED SUDDENLY SOMETIME FRIDAY NIGHT LAST, MAR. 20, CAUSE OF DEATH BEING HEART TROUBLE. MR. DUDLEY HAD BEEN TO CHOIR PRACTICE AT THE SHIELDSVILLE CHURCH, AFTER WHICH HE LEFT FOR HIS HOME IN HIS BUGGY. THE NEXT MORNING HIS BODY WAS FOUND ON THE ROADSIDE, HAVING FALLEN OUT OF THE BUGGY WHEN HE WAS STRICKEN. FUNERAL SERVICES WERE HELD FROM ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH, SHIELDSVILLE, ON MONDAY, REV. FATHER MALLOY OFFICIATING. BURIAL WAS IN THE CEMETERY AT SHIELDSVILLE. THE FUNERAL WAS ONE OF THE LARGEST EVER HELD FROM THE CHURCH. DECEASED WAS A MODEL YOUNG MAN AND HAD MANY FRIENDS, WHO MOURN HIS EARLY DEPARTURE. HE IS SURVIVED BY HIS FATHER AND MOTHER, SIX BROTHERS, JOSEPH, WILLIAM, ROBERT, EDWARD, GEORGE AND VINCENT, AND FOUR SISTERS, MRS. BURNS, MISSES ANNA, HANNAH AND NELL. 01/APR/1914---THE COMMUNITY WAS GREATLY SHOCKED TO HEAR OF THE SUDDEN DEATH OF JEREMIAH DUDLEY, WHO DIED FRIDAY EVENING OF HEART FAILURE. DECEASED WAS ABOUT 21 YEARS OF AGE, AND WAS HIGHLY RESPECTED AND LOVED BY ALL WHO KNEW HIM. HE LEAVES TO MOURN HIS SAD DEMISE HIS PARENTS, MR. AND MRS. JOHN DUDLEY, SIX BROTHERS, ROBERT, WHO RESIDES AT HOME; WILLIAM , JOSEPH, EDWARD, OF NORTHFIELD, GEORGE, OF ST. PAUL, AND VINCENT, WHO IS A STUDENT AT ST. THOMAS COLLEGE, AND FOUR SISTER, MRS. THOMAS BYRNE OF KILKENNY, ANNA, AND HANNAH, AT HOME, AND ELLEN, WHO IS ATTENDING BETHLEHEM ACADEMY AT FARIBAULT. THE FUNERAL WAS HELD AT ST. PATRICK'S CHURCH MONDAY MORNING. REV. J. J. MALLOY PREACHED A MOST TOUCHING SERMON. INTERMENT WAS MADE IN THE FAMILY LOT. THE FUNERAL WAS ATTENDED BY A LARGE CONCOURSE OF PEOPLE, ALL OF WHOM EXTENDED THEIR HEARTFELT SYMPATHY TO THE BEREAVED FAMILY.