The Ledger Star, Page 4 (Norfolk, Virginia) Tuesday, 16 Nov 1948
Sisters of Cradock Woman South For Death Notice
Funeral services for Mrs. Hannah M. McCafferty, elderly Cradock recluse, will be conducted Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth. Burial will be in St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery.
Mrs. McCafferty's body was discovered Monday by Norfolk County police who went to her home, 29 Bainbridge Boulevard, to check reports that the woman had not been seen by neighbors for some time.
E. Robert Sturtevant, to whose funeral home the body was taken, said today that efforts are being made to reach Mrs. Mary Delaney of Albany, N. Y., sister of Mrs. McCafferty and two other sisters, one in California, and another in Ireland. Names of the latter two were not known.
Mrs. McCafferty's body was discovered when Norfolk County Patrolman, J. J. Kelley, in answer to a neighbor's call, went out to the woman's residence for a routine check to see if the woman was alright. Police reported that they received calls three or four times a year from neighbors who became alarmed when they did not see Mrs. McCafferty for weeks at a time.
Police said that ordinarily when they knocked on the woman's door and threatened to break in, she would come to door and tell them to go away, that she was alright. Monday, however, when Patrolman Kelley received no answer to his knock, he enlisted the help of three members of the Cradock Fire Department and broke into the house. They found Mrs. McCafferty in her bedroom on the second floor of the house. She had been dead for about 18 hours, according to the Norfolk Coroner, Dr. J. M. Ratliff.
Investigation revealed that the woman had a little over five dollars in cash and a government check on the premises. The money and check were discovered in a pocketbook which was on the shelf of an upstairs closet. The woman had kept the closet locked.
Mrs. McCafferty was reported to have been the widow of Patrick McCafferty, a retired Naval officer. She had resided in Cradock for about 25 years, and had been in seclusion for about seven years, according to Norfolk County Police. Neighbors said that they seldom saw her except when she went out for groceries. Her front door and front windows were kept boarded up and the house itself is almost hidden from the street by high hedges and shrubbery.
Patrolman Kelley said that he found a baptismal certificate in the house dated 1879. From this, he placed her age at about 70. She was reported to have been a native of Ireland.
Assistant Fire Chief W. H. Whitehurst, Shirley Muter and George Mills, of the Cradock Fire Department, assisted Patrolamn Kelley in gaining entrance to the house.
Sisters of Cradock Woman South For Death Notice
Funeral services for Mrs. Hannah M. McCafferty, elderly Cradock recluse, will be conducted Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth. Burial will be in St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery.
Mrs. McCafferty's body was discovered Monday by Norfolk County police who went to her home, 29 Bainbridge Boulevard, to check reports that the woman had not been seen by neighbors for some time.
E. Robert Sturtevant, to whose funeral home the body was taken, said today that efforts are being made to reach Mrs. Mary Delaney of Albany, N. Y., sister of Mrs. McCafferty and two other sisters, one in California, and another in Ireland. Names of the latter two were not known.
Mrs. McCafferty's body was discovered when Norfolk County Patrolman, J. J. Kelley, in answer to a neighbor's call, went out to the woman's residence for a routine check to see if the woman was alright. Police reported that they received calls three or four times a year from neighbors who became alarmed when they did not see Mrs. McCafferty for weeks at a time.
Police said that ordinarily when they knocked on the woman's door and threatened to break in, she would come to door and tell them to go away, that she was alright. Monday, however, when Patrolman Kelley received no answer to his knock, he enlisted the help of three members of the Cradock Fire Department and broke into the house. They found Mrs. McCafferty in her bedroom on the second floor of the house. She had been dead for about 18 hours, according to the Norfolk Coroner, Dr. J. M. Ratliff.
Investigation revealed that the woman had a little over five dollars in cash and a government check on the premises. The money and check were discovered in a pocketbook which was on the shelf of an upstairs closet. The woman had kept the closet locked.
Mrs. McCafferty was reported to have been the widow of Patrick McCafferty, a retired Naval officer. She had resided in Cradock for about 25 years, and had been in seclusion for about seven years, according to Norfolk County Police. Neighbors said that they seldom saw her except when she went out for groceries. Her front door and front windows were kept boarded up and the house itself is almost hidden from the street by high hedges and shrubbery.
Patrolman Kelley said that he found a baptismal certificate in the house dated 1879. From this, he placed her age at about 70. She was reported to have been a native of Ireland.
Assistant Fire Chief W. H. Whitehurst, Shirley Muter and George Mills, of the Cradock Fire Department, assisted Patrolamn Kelley in gaining entrance to the house.
The Ledger Star, Page 4 (Norfolk, Virginia) Tuesday, 16 Nov 1948
Sisters of Cradock Woman South For Death Notice
Funeral services for Mrs. Hannah M. McCafferty, elderly Cradock recluse, will be conducted Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth. Burial will be in St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery.
Mrs. McCafferty's body was discovered Monday by Norfolk County police who went to her home, 29 Bainbridge Boulevard, to check reports that the woman had not been seen by neighbors for some time.
E. Robert Sturtevant, to whose funeral home the body was taken, said today that efforts are being made to reach Mrs. Mary Delaney of Albany, N. Y., sister of Mrs. McCafferty and two other sisters, one in California, and another in Ireland. Names of the latter two were not known.
Mrs. McCafferty's body was discovered when Norfolk County Patrolman, J. J. Kelley, in answer to a neighbor's call, went out to the woman's residence for a routine check to see if the woman was alright. Police reported that they received calls three or four times a year from neighbors who became alarmed when they did not see Mrs. McCafferty for weeks at a time.
Police said that ordinarily when they knocked on the woman's door and threatened to break in, she would come to door and tell them to go away, that she was alright. Monday, however, when Patrolman Kelley received no answer to his knock, he enlisted the help of three members of the Cradock Fire Department and broke into the house. They found Mrs. McCafferty in her bedroom on the second floor of the house. She had been dead for about 18 hours, according to the Norfolk Coroner, Dr. J. M. Ratliff.
Investigation revealed that the woman had a little over five dollars in cash and a government check on the premises. The money and check were discovered in a pocketbook which was on the shelf of an upstairs closet. The woman had kept the closet locked.
Mrs. McCafferty was reported to have been the widow of Patrick McCafferty, a retired Naval officer. She had resided in Cradock for about 25 years, and had been in seclusion for about seven years, according to Norfolk County Police. Neighbors said that they seldom saw her except when she went out for groceries. Her front door and front windows were kept boarded up and the house itself is almost hidden from the street by high hedges and shrubbery.
Patrolman Kelley said that he found a baptismal certificate in the house dated 1879. From this, he placed her age at about 70. She was reported to have been a native of Ireland.
Assistant Fire Chief W. H. Whitehurst, Shirley Muter and George Mills, of the Cradock Fire Department, assisted Patrolamn Kelley in gaining entrance to the house.
Sisters of Cradock Woman South For Death Notice
Funeral services for Mrs. Hannah M. McCafferty, elderly Cradock recluse, will be conducted Thursday at 10:30 a.m. in Sturtevant Funeral Home, Portsmouth. Burial will be in St. Paul's Catholic Cemetery.
Mrs. McCafferty's body was discovered Monday by Norfolk County police who went to her home, 29 Bainbridge Boulevard, to check reports that the woman had not been seen by neighbors for some time.
E. Robert Sturtevant, to whose funeral home the body was taken, said today that efforts are being made to reach Mrs. Mary Delaney of Albany, N. Y., sister of Mrs. McCafferty and two other sisters, one in California, and another in Ireland. Names of the latter two were not known.
Mrs. McCafferty's body was discovered when Norfolk County Patrolman, J. J. Kelley, in answer to a neighbor's call, went out to the woman's residence for a routine check to see if the woman was alright. Police reported that they received calls three or four times a year from neighbors who became alarmed when they did not see Mrs. McCafferty for weeks at a time.
Police said that ordinarily when they knocked on the woman's door and threatened to break in, she would come to door and tell them to go away, that she was alright. Monday, however, when Patrolman Kelley received no answer to his knock, he enlisted the help of three members of the Cradock Fire Department and broke into the house. They found Mrs. McCafferty in her bedroom on the second floor of the house. She had been dead for about 18 hours, according to the Norfolk Coroner, Dr. J. M. Ratliff.
Investigation revealed that the woman had a little over five dollars in cash and a government check on the premises. The money and check were discovered in a pocketbook which was on the shelf of an upstairs closet. The woman had kept the closet locked.
Mrs. McCafferty was reported to have been the widow of Patrick McCafferty, a retired Naval officer. She had resided in Cradock for about 25 years, and had been in seclusion for about seven years, according to Norfolk County Police. Neighbors said that they seldom saw her except when she went out for groceries. Her front door and front windows were kept boarded up and the house itself is almost hidden from the street by high hedges and shrubbery.
Patrolman Kelley said that he found a baptismal certificate in the house dated 1879. From this, he placed her age at about 70. She was reported to have been a native of Ireland.
Assistant Fire Chief W. H. Whitehurst, Shirley Muter and George Mills, of the Cradock Fire Department, assisted Patrolamn Kelley in gaining entrance to the house.
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