Miss Nell Carey, 87, of 854 N. Ninth St., Manitowoc, who retired seven years ago after 65 years as a rural school teacher and later a saleslady in Manitowoc department stores, died Saturday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a six weeks illness.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. L. M. Schorn will officiate and burial will be in St. Isidore Cemetery at Osman.
Miss Carey was born in Meeme in 1866, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carey. Her father was a former state senator from Manitowoc County. She attended rural schools, received a teacher's certificate and for 10 years taught district schools in Liberty and Meeme.
Coming to Manitowoc, Miss Carey became a saleslady at the Esch department store and later at the O. Torrison Company, Henderson-Hoyt Company and the Boston Store.
She returned in 1946. She was a member of the Sacred Heart congregation and the Catholic Women's Club.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. J. J. Trudel Sr., of Manitowoc, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Viola Wilson of Los Angeles; two brothers, J.E. Carey
of Manitowoc and Thomas F. Carey of Seattle. Wash.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday, where the rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday by the Cathlic Women's Club and at 8:15 p.m. by the Sacred Heart parishioners.
Manitowoc Herald Times, December 26, 1953 P. 13
Miss Nell Carey, 87, of 854 N. Ninth St., Manitowoc, who retired seven years ago after 65 years as a rural school teacher and later a saleslady in Manitowoc department stores, died Saturday morning at Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc, following a six weeks illness.
Funeral services will be held at 8:30 a.m. Monday at the Mittnacht Funeral Home, Manitowoc, and at 9 a.m. at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Manitowoc. The Rev. L. M. Schorn will officiate and burial will be in St. Isidore Cemetery at Osman.
Miss Carey was born in Meeme in 1866, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John Carey. Her father was a former state senator from Manitowoc County. She attended rural schools, received a teacher's certificate and for 10 years taught district schools in Liberty and Meeme.
Coming to Manitowoc, Miss Carey became a saleslady at the Esch department store and later at the O. Torrison Company, Henderson-Hoyt Company and the Boston Store.
She returned in 1946. She was a member of the Sacred Heart congregation and the Catholic Women's Club.
Survivors are two sisters, Mrs. J. J. Trudel Sr., of Manitowoc, with whom she made her home, and Mrs. Viola Wilson of Los Angeles; two brothers, J.E. Carey
of Manitowoc and Thomas F. Carey of Seattle. Wash.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 2 p.m. Sunday, where the rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. Sunday by the Cathlic Women's Club and at 8:15 p.m. by the Sacred Heart parishioners.
Manitowoc Herald Times, December 26, 1953 P. 13
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