THE MEETING OF ALFRED AND EVA O'CONNELL
Grandma Eva McKay met Alfred O'Connell for the first time while in Couderay, Wisconsin. Alfred was driving his team of horses and a load of logs. He ran across a school marm walking along the road and asked of her if she knew of any place he could board while in Couderay. She gave him directions and they parted.
Years later Eva was to teach at Elmherst School located on the O'Connell property. In those days the school teachers had to board with people in the community so Eva stayed at William and Mary Ellen O'Connell's home as it was closest to the school where she taught. It was during this time Eva and Alfred began to court and when Alfred recalled the day he was driving the horses in Couderay and met the teacher on the road, Eva knew it was she that he had met.
Alfred and Eva lived for the first few years in the Alfred O'Connell farm grainery. Later, they built their house and moved in just prior to Robert being born. They had lathe walls and wood floors. Years later, Robert remembers his mother gluing cloth scraps over the lathe walls so she could hang wallpaper. Eva's brother, Frank, was a carpenter and helped build their home. Their water was outside the home. Hot and cold running water came in about 1960, when the house was remodeled. At this time the home's interior became wallboard. The closed stairway was opened up to allow heat to travel upwards.
Grandma Eva played the piano quite well and her brother, from Cadott, Robert Frances (Frank) played the fiddle. From time to time Eva and Alfred would have a dance in their home. With Eva and Frank playing for the crowd. All the furniture would be moved to the side of the room so dancers had room to dance. These were enjoyed by many neighbors. Frank taught Robert to play the fiddle to some degree. Frank later gave up the fiddle when one of his daughters died. The grief was taken out on his fiddle.
Alfred Henry O'Connell and Eva Catherine McKay were married by Father Calling and their witnesses were Grant O'Connell (younger brother) and Lillian Barrington (niece to Eva McKay).
The birth record for Robert Henry O'Connell states that his mother, Eve Catherine McKay O'Connell, gave birth to two other children, one born alive but now dead and one stillborn. Alfred Henry O'Connell and Eva McKay O'Connell had a total of eight children, only Robert Henry lived to adulthood.
OBITUARY
FORMER RESIDENT DIES; SERVICES SET FOR BLOOMER
Mrs. Eva O'Connell, 69, of Bloomer passed away early Wednesday morning at St. Joseph's hospital in Chippewa Fall as the result of a heart attack.
Mrs. O'Connell was the former Eva McKay, and Cadott was her address for many years. She is well known by many in this community. Born in Cadott on Dec. 20, 1887, she attended Eau Claire and Superior State Colleges', and on Oct. 15, 1919, she was married to Alfred O'Connell in Cadott. They resided on a farm in the Town of Bloomer. After his death in 1949, she taught at the Hilltop School in Chippewa county, and The Popple Lake School. She taught in Chicago then until Christmas of last year.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock at St. Paul's Catholic church in Bloomer. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Paschel Hirt will officiate, and burial will be at the St. Rose of Lima cemetery in Cadott. Friends may call at the funeral home in Bloomer from Thursday evening until the time of services.
The parish Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday at the church.
Mrs. O'Connell is survived by a son, Robert, Town of Bloomer; a brother, Frank of Cadott; and four grandchildren.
She was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, the Christian Mothers Society, and the Ladies Benefit Club of the Town of Sampson.
Grandma Eva McKay met Alfred O'Connell for the first time while in Couderay, Wisconsin. Alfred was driving his team of horses and a load of logs. He ran across a school marm walking along the road and asked of her if she knew of any place he could board while in Couderay. She gave him directions and they parted.
Years later Eva was to teach at Elmherst School located on the O'Connell property. In those days the school teachers had to board with people in the community so Eva stayed at William and Mary Ellen O'Connell's home as it was closest to the school where she taught. It was during this time Eva and Alfred began to court and when Alfred recalled the day he was driving the horses in Couderay and met the teacher on the road, Eva knew it was she that he had met.
Alfred and Eva lived for the first few years in the Alfred O'Connell farm grainery. Later, they built their house and moved in just prior to Robert being born. They had lathe walls and wood floors. Years later, Robert remembers his mother gluing cloth scraps over the lathe walls so she could hang wallpaper. Eva's brother, Frank, was a carpenter and helped build their home. Their water was outside the home. Hot and cold running water came in about 1960, when the house was remodeled. At this time the home's interior became wallboard. The closed stairway was opened up to allow heat to travel upwards.
Grandma Eva played the piano quite well and her brother, from Cadott, Robert Frances (Frank) played the fiddle. From time to time Eva and Alfred would have a dance in their home. With Eva and Frank playing for the crowd. All the furniture would be moved to the side of the room so dancers had room to dance. These were enjoyed by many neighbors. Frank taught Robert to play the fiddle to some degree. Frank later gave up the fiddle when one of his daughters died. The grief was taken out on his fiddle.
Alfred Henry O'Connell and Eva Catherine McKay were married by Father Calling and their witnesses were Grant O'Connell (younger brother) and Lillian Barrington (niece to Eva McKay).
The birth record for Robert Henry O'Connell states that his mother, Eve Catherine McKay O'Connell, gave birth to two other children, one born alive but now dead and one stillborn. Alfred Henry O'Connell and Eva McKay O'Connell had a total of eight children, only Robert Henry lived to adulthood.
OBITUARY
FORMER RESIDENT DIES; SERVICES SET FOR BLOOMER
Mrs. Eva O'Connell, 69, of Bloomer passed away early Wednesday morning at St. Joseph's hospital in Chippewa Fall as the result of a heart attack.
Mrs. O'Connell was the former Eva McKay, and Cadott was her address for many years. She is well known by many in this community. Born in Cadott on Dec. 20, 1887, she attended Eau Claire and Superior State Colleges', and on Oct. 15, 1919, she was married to Alfred O'Connell in Cadott. They resided on a farm in the Town of Bloomer. After his death in 1949, she taught at the Hilltop School in Chippewa county, and The Popple Lake School. She taught in Chicago then until Christmas of last year.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock at St. Paul's Catholic church in Bloomer. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Paschel Hirt will officiate, and burial will be at the St. Rose of Lima cemetery in Cadott. Friends may call at the funeral home in Bloomer from Thursday evening until the time of services.
The parish Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday at the church.
Mrs. O'Connell is survived by a son, Robert, Town of Bloomer; a brother, Frank of Cadott; and four grandchildren.
She was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, the Christian Mothers Society, and the Ladies Benefit Club of the Town of Sampson.
THE MEETING OF ALFRED AND EVA O'CONNELL
Grandma Eva McKay met Alfred O'Connell for the first time while in Couderay, Wisconsin. Alfred was driving his team of horses and a load of logs. He ran across a school marm walking along the road and asked of her if she knew of any place he could board while in Couderay. She gave him directions and they parted.
Years later Eva was to teach at Elmherst School located on the O'Connell property. In those days the school teachers had to board with people in the community so Eva stayed at William and Mary Ellen O'Connell's home as it was closest to the school where she taught. It was during this time Eva and Alfred began to court and when Alfred recalled the day he was driving the horses in Couderay and met the teacher on the road, Eva knew it was she that he had met.
Alfred and Eva lived for the first few years in the Alfred O'Connell farm grainery. Later, they built their house and moved in just prior to Robert being born. They had lathe walls and wood floors. Years later, Robert remembers his mother gluing cloth scraps over the lathe walls so she could hang wallpaper. Eva's brother, Frank, was a carpenter and helped build their home. Their water was outside the home. Hot and cold running water came in about 1960, when the house was remodeled. At this time the home's interior became wallboard. The closed stairway was opened up to allow heat to travel upwards.
Grandma Eva played the piano quite well and her brother, from Cadott, Robert Frances (Frank) played the fiddle. From time to time Eva and Alfred would have a dance in their home. With Eva and Frank playing for the crowd. All the furniture would be moved to the side of the room so dancers had room to dance. These were enjoyed by many neighbors. Frank taught Robert to play the fiddle to some degree. Frank later gave up the fiddle when one of his daughters died. The grief was taken out on his fiddle.
Alfred Henry O'Connell and Eva Catherine McKay were married by Father Calling and their witnesses were Grant O'Connell (younger brother) and Lillian Barrington (niece to Eva McKay).
The birth record for Robert Henry O'Connell states that his mother, Eve Catherine McKay O'Connell, gave birth to two other children, one born alive but now dead and one stillborn. Alfred Henry O'Connell and Eva McKay O'Connell had a total of eight children, only Robert Henry lived to adulthood.
OBITUARY
FORMER RESIDENT DIES; SERVICES SET FOR BLOOMER
Mrs. Eva O'Connell, 69, of Bloomer passed away early Wednesday morning at St. Joseph's hospital in Chippewa Fall as the result of a heart attack.
Mrs. O'Connell was the former Eva McKay, and Cadott was her address for many years. She is well known by many in this community. Born in Cadott on Dec. 20, 1887, she attended Eau Claire and Superior State Colleges', and on Oct. 15, 1919, she was married to Alfred O'Connell in Cadott. They resided on a farm in the Town of Bloomer. After his death in 1949, she taught at the Hilltop School in Chippewa county, and The Popple Lake School. She taught in Chicago then until Christmas of last year.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock at St. Paul's Catholic church in Bloomer. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Paschel Hirt will officiate, and burial will be at the St. Rose of Lima cemetery in Cadott. Friends may call at the funeral home in Bloomer from Thursday evening until the time of services.
The parish Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday at the church.
Mrs. O'Connell is survived by a son, Robert, Town of Bloomer; a brother, Frank of Cadott; and four grandchildren.
She was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, the Christian Mothers Society, and the Ladies Benefit Club of the Town of Sampson.
Grandma Eva McKay met Alfred O'Connell for the first time while in Couderay, Wisconsin. Alfred was driving his team of horses and a load of logs. He ran across a school marm walking along the road and asked of her if she knew of any place he could board while in Couderay. She gave him directions and they parted.
Years later Eva was to teach at Elmherst School located on the O'Connell property. In those days the school teachers had to board with people in the community so Eva stayed at William and Mary Ellen O'Connell's home as it was closest to the school where she taught. It was during this time Eva and Alfred began to court and when Alfred recalled the day he was driving the horses in Couderay and met the teacher on the road, Eva knew it was she that he had met.
Alfred and Eva lived for the first few years in the Alfred O'Connell farm grainery. Later, they built their house and moved in just prior to Robert being born. They had lathe walls and wood floors. Years later, Robert remembers his mother gluing cloth scraps over the lathe walls so she could hang wallpaper. Eva's brother, Frank, was a carpenter and helped build their home. Their water was outside the home. Hot and cold running water came in about 1960, when the house was remodeled. At this time the home's interior became wallboard. The closed stairway was opened up to allow heat to travel upwards.
Grandma Eva played the piano quite well and her brother, from Cadott, Robert Frances (Frank) played the fiddle. From time to time Eva and Alfred would have a dance in their home. With Eva and Frank playing for the crowd. All the furniture would be moved to the side of the room so dancers had room to dance. These were enjoyed by many neighbors. Frank taught Robert to play the fiddle to some degree. Frank later gave up the fiddle when one of his daughters died. The grief was taken out on his fiddle.
Alfred Henry O'Connell and Eva Catherine McKay were married by Father Calling and their witnesses were Grant O'Connell (younger brother) and Lillian Barrington (niece to Eva McKay).
The birth record for Robert Henry O'Connell states that his mother, Eve Catherine McKay O'Connell, gave birth to two other children, one born alive but now dead and one stillborn. Alfred Henry O'Connell and Eva McKay O'Connell had a total of eight children, only Robert Henry lived to adulthood.
OBITUARY
FORMER RESIDENT DIES; SERVICES SET FOR BLOOMER
Mrs. Eva O'Connell, 69, of Bloomer passed away early Wednesday morning at St. Joseph's hospital in Chippewa Fall as the result of a heart attack.
Mrs. O'Connell was the former Eva McKay, and Cadott was her address for many years. She is well known by many in this community. Born in Cadott on Dec. 20, 1887, she attended Eau Claire and Superior State Colleges', and on Oct. 15, 1919, she was married to Alfred O'Connell in Cadott. They resided on a farm in the Town of Bloomer. After his death in 1949, she taught at the Hilltop School in Chippewa county, and The Popple Lake School. She taught in Chicago then until Christmas of last year.
Funeral services will be held Saturday morning at 9:30 o'clock at St. Paul's Catholic church in Bloomer. The Rt. Rev. Msgr. Paschel Hirt will officiate, and burial will be at the St. Rose of Lima cemetery in Cadott. Friends may call at the funeral home in Bloomer from Thursday evening until the time of services.
The parish Rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. Friday at the church.
Mrs. O'Connell is survived by a son, Robert, Town of Bloomer; a brother, Frank of Cadott; and four grandchildren.
She was a member of St. Paul's Catholic Church, the Christian Mothers Society, and the Ladies Benefit Club of the Town of Sampson.
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