Parents: James Sr and Flora (Ferns) Sweeney
Half-siblings: Patrick, Julia, Bridget, Kathryn, Martha, Marie, Hannah
Full-Siblings: Grace, Elizabeth, Florence, Frank, Viola, Madeline, Lawrence
Spouse: Mary Kathleen Boegner
Their Children: Barbara, Edna Mae, Theresa, Patrick, James Thomas, Mary
The "Lapeer County Press": James T. Sweeney, Sr, of Hadley, Michigan, age 86, died Friday, July 30, 1993, at home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 3, 1993, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Lapeer, Michigan, Fr John Mabarak officiating. Burial at Green Corners Cemetery. Visitation begins at 3 p.m. today. A Rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to Lapeer Area Hospice. Surviving are: wife, Mary; 2 sons, James Thomas (wife, Phyllis) Sweeney, Jr of Metamora, Michigan, and Patrick J.(wife, Barbara) Sweeney of Hadley; 3 daughters, Edna Mae (Walter) Sierakowski of Hadley, Theresa Brady of Gaines, Michigan, and Mary K. Butzier of Hadley; 29 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 9 great-great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Viola Wagner of Lapeer and Madeline (Carl) Munrow of Clarkston, Michigan; 2 brothers, Frank of Fenton, Michigan, and Lawrence (Jerry) of Durand, Michigan. He was preceded in death by daughter, Barbara Pack, 1961; several brothers and 1 sister.
Muir Brothers Funeral Home, Lapeer, Michigan
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Those who attended James' funeral will not soon forget what a grand and touching farewell, to this Irish horseman and farmer, it was! He was dressed in a new plaid, flannel shirt and denim bib overalls. After the Lapeer funeral service, mourners drove to the Hadley Elementary School, where each adult received a bottle of beer, and family members led the group in singing several Irish melodies. Meanwhile, "Muir Brothers" transferred James' body to their antique, horse-drawn hearse, with two of James' beautiful Percheron horses hitched to it. Led by the horses and hearse, the motorcade of family and friends began the procession to "Greenwood Cemetery". After burial services, everyone was served a delicious meal at "Hadley Acres Golf & Country Club", owned by James' daughter and son-in-law, Edna Mae and Walt Sierakowski. There, more Irish music and singing were enjoyed. Indeed, the day was a well-deserved and fitting tribute to a prominent and beloved Metamora farmer and resident!
Many thanks to Maryellen Rogers for the photos she contributed to James' memorial.
"WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE; LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH."
Half-siblings: Patrick, Julia, Bridget, Kathryn, Martha, Marie, Hannah
Full-Siblings: Grace, Elizabeth, Florence, Frank, Viola, Madeline, Lawrence
Spouse: Mary Kathleen Boegner
Their Children: Barbara, Edna Mae, Theresa, Patrick, James Thomas, Mary
The "Lapeer County Press": James T. Sweeney, Sr, of Hadley, Michigan, age 86, died Friday, July 30, 1993, at home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 3, 1993, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Lapeer, Michigan, Fr John Mabarak officiating. Burial at Green Corners Cemetery. Visitation begins at 3 p.m. today. A Rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to Lapeer Area Hospice. Surviving are: wife, Mary; 2 sons, James Thomas (wife, Phyllis) Sweeney, Jr of Metamora, Michigan, and Patrick J.(wife, Barbara) Sweeney of Hadley; 3 daughters, Edna Mae (Walter) Sierakowski of Hadley, Theresa Brady of Gaines, Michigan, and Mary K. Butzier of Hadley; 29 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 9 great-great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Viola Wagner of Lapeer and Madeline (Carl) Munrow of Clarkston, Michigan; 2 brothers, Frank of Fenton, Michigan, and Lawrence (Jerry) of Durand, Michigan. He was preceded in death by daughter, Barbara Pack, 1961; several brothers and 1 sister.
Muir Brothers Funeral Home, Lapeer, Michigan
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Those who attended James' funeral will not soon forget what a grand and touching farewell, to this Irish horseman and farmer, it was! He was dressed in a new plaid, flannel shirt and denim bib overalls. After the Lapeer funeral service, mourners drove to the Hadley Elementary School, where each adult received a bottle of beer, and family members led the group in singing several Irish melodies. Meanwhile, "Muir Brothers" transferred James' body to their antique, horse-drawn hearse, with two of James' beautiful Percheron horses hitched to it. Led by the horses and hearse, the motorcade of family and friends began the procession to "Greenwood Cemetery". After burial services, everyone was served a delicious meal at "Hadley Acres Golf & Country Club", owned by James' daughter and son-in-law, Edna Mae and Walt Sierakowski. There, more Irish music and singing were enjoyed. Indeed, the day was a well-deserved and fitting tribute to a prominent and beloved Metamora farmer and resident!
Many thanks to Maryellen Rogers for the photos she contributed to James' memorial.
"WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE; LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH."
Parents: James Sr and Flora (Ferns) Sweeney
Half-siblings: Patrick, Julia, Bridget, Kathryn, Martha, Marie, Hannah
Full-Siblings: Grace, Elizabeth, Florence, Frank, Viola, Madeline, Lawrence
Spouse: Mary Kathleen Boegner
Their Children: Barbara, Edna Mae, Theresa, Patrick, James Thomas, Mary
The "Lapeer County Press": James T. Sweeney, Sr, of Hadley, Michigan, age 86, died Friday, July 30, 1993, at home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 3, 1993, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Lapeer, Michigan, Fr John Mabarak officiating. Burial at Green Corners Cemetery. Visitation begins at 3 p.m. today. A Rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to Lapeer Area Hospice. Surviving are: wife, Mary; 2 sons, James Thomas (wife, Phyllis) Sweeney, Jr of Metamora, Michigan, and Patrick J.(wife, Barbara) Sweeney of Hadley; 3 daughters, Edna Mae (Walter) Sierakowski of Hadley, Theresa Brady of Gaines, Michigan, and Mary K. Butzier of Hadley; 29 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 9 great-great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Viola Wagner of Lapeer and Madeline (Carl) Munrow of Clarkston, Michigan; 2 brothers, Frank of Fenton, Michigan, and Lawrence (Jerry) of Durand, Michigan. He was preceded in death by daughter, Barbara Pack, 1961; several brothers and 1 sister.
Muir Brothers Funeral Home, Lapeer, Michigan
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Those who attended James' funeral will not soon forget what a grand and touching farewell, to this Irish horseman and farmer, it was! He was dressed in a new plaid, flannel shirt and denim bib overalls. After the Lapeer funeral service, mourners drove to the Hadley Elementary School, where each adult received a bottle of beer, and family members led the group in singing several Irish melodies. Meanwhile, "Muir Brothers" transferred James' body to their antique, horse-drawn hearse, with two of James' beautiful Percheron horses hitched to it. Led by the horses and hearse, the motorcade of family and friends began the procession to "Greenwood Cemetery". After burial services, everyone was served a delicious meal at "Hadley Acres Golf & Country Club", owned by James' daughter and son-in-law, Edna Mae and Walt Sierakowski. There, more Irish music and singing were enjoyed. Indeed, the day was a well-deserved and fitting tribute to a prominent and beloved Metamora farmer and resident!
Many thanks to Maryellen Rogers for the photos she contributed to James' memorial.
"WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE; LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH."
Half-siblings: Patrick, Julia, Bridget, Kathryn, Martha, Marie, Hannah
Full-Siblings: Grace, Elizabeth, Florence, Frank, Viola, Madeline, Lawrence
Spouse: Mary Kathleen Boegner
Their Children: Barbara, Edna Mae, Theresa, Patrick, James Thomas, Mary
The "Lapeer County Press": James T. Sweeney, Sr, of Hadley, Michigan, age 86, died Friday, July 30, 1993, at home. Funeral services will be 10 a.m., Tuesday, August 3, 1993, at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, Lapeer, Michigan, Fr John Mabarak officiating. Burial at Green Corners Cemetery. Visitation begins at 3 p.m. today. A Rosary will be prayed at 7 p.m. Memorials may be made to Lapeer Area Hospice. Surviving are: wife, Mary; 2 sons, James Thomas (wife, Phyllis) Sweeney, Jr of Metamora, Michigan, and Patrick J.(wife, Barbara) Sweeney of Hadley; 3 daughters, Edna Mae (Walter) Sierakowski of Hadley, Theresa Brady of Gaines, Michigan, and Mary K. Butzier of Hadley; 29 grandchildren; 29 great-grandchildren; 9 great-great grandchildren; 2 sisters, Viola Wagner of Lapeer and Madeline (Carl) Munrow of Clarkston, Michigan; 2 brothers, Frank of Fenton, Michigan, and Lawrence (Jerry) of Durand, Michigan. He was preceded in death by daughter, Barbara Pack, 1961; several brothers and 1 sister.
Muir Brothers Funeral Home, Lapeer, Michigan
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Those who attended James' funeral will not soon forget what a grand and touching farewell, to this Irish horseman and farmer, it was! He was dressed in a new plaid, flannel shirt and denim bib overalls. After the Lapeer funeral service, mourners drove to the Hadley Elementary School, where each adult received a bottle of beer, and family members led the group in singing several Irish melodies. Meanwhile, "Muir Brothers" transferred James' body to their antique, horse-drawn hearse, with two of James' beautiful Percheron horses hitched to it. Led by the horses and hearse, the motorcade of family and friends began the procession to "Greenwood Cemetery". After burial services, everyone was served a delicious meal at "Hadley Acres Golf & Country Club", owned by James' daughter and son-in-law, Edna Mae and Walt Sierakowski. There, more Irish music and singing were enjoyed. Indeed, the day was a well-deserved and fitting tribute to a prominent and beloved Metamora farmer and resident!
Many thanks to Maryellen Rogers for the photos she contributed to James' memorial.
"WE LOVED HIM IN LIFE; LET US NOT FORGET HIM IN DEATH."
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