Rose Ellen Higgins, beloved wife of J. Tilson Higgins, passed away at her home on the Blue Ridge road, in Liberty township, at one o'clock Friday afternoon, after being seriously ill for eight months. Her death was due to a complication of diseases.
Funeral services will be conducted from the St. Vincent Catholic church at nine o'clock Monday morning. Requiem High Mass, with Rev. Pierce Dixon officiating. Burial, in charge of C. F. Fix & Son, will be in the family lot in the St. Vincent cemetery. Friends may call at the late home any time until the time of the funeral.
The deceased was the daughter of John and Cecilia Dolan, and was born in Jennings county, near Butlerville, Ind., August 11, 1855. At the time of death she was seventy-six years, one month and twenty-one days old. She was united in marriage with J. Tilson Higgins on November 15, 1876, at Columbus, Ind., and to this union were born eleven children, nine sons and two daughters. Five sons and a daughter survive. Two sons died in infancy and another son, Richard Carter, passed away November 14, 1930, in Canada.
One daughter, Portia, died twenty-two years ago, and Robert passed away twenty-five years ago. Those sons who survive the mother are Frank, of Charlottesville, VA., Victor, of Laos, NM.; Fred, of Pittsburg, PA.; John Tilson Jr., of Detroit, and Ambrose, at home. Mrs. Fred Fisher, the sister, of Liberty township, also survives. The deceased leaves twelve grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a sister, Mrs. Agnes Mill, of Versailles, Ind., and a brother, Frank Dolan, of near Versailles.
Mr. and Mrs. Higgins had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary November 15, 1926. She was a lifelong member of the St. Vincent Catholic church and belonged to the Daughters of Isabella. She was a faithful attendant until her health failed. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, and her death is a great loss to the community in which she lived. She has hundreds of friends who mourn her passing. (Obit: The Shelby Democrat, Oct. 3, 1931)
Funeral services will be conducted from the St. Vincent Catholic church at nine o'clock Monday morning. Requiem High Mass, with Rev. Pierce Dixon officiating. Burial, in charge of C. F. Fix & Son, will be in the family lot in the St. Vincent cemetery. Friends may call at the late home any time until the time of the funeral.
The deceased was the daughter of John and Cecilia Dolan, and was born in Jennings county, near Butlerville, Ind., August 11, 1855. At the time of death she was seventy-six years, one month and twenty-one days old. She was united in marriage with J. Tilson Higgins on November 15, 1876, at Columbus, Ind., and to this union were born eleven children, nine sons and two daughters. Five sons and a daughter survive. Two sons died in infancy and another son, Richard Carter, passed away November 14, 1930, in Canada.
One daughter, Portia, died twenty-two years ago, and Robert passed away twenty-five years ago. Those sons who survive the mother are Frank, of Charlottesville, VA., Victor, of Laos, NM.; Fred, of Pittsburg, PA.; John Tilson Jr., of Detroit, and Ambrose, at home. Mrs. Fred Fisher, the sister, of Liberty township, also survives. The deceased leaves twelve grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a sister, Mrs. Agnes Mill, of Versailles, Ind., and a brother, Frank Dolan, of near Versailles.
Mr. and Mrs. Higgins had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary November 15, 1926. She was a lifelong member of the St. Vincent Catholic church and belonged to the Daughters of Isabella. She was a faithful attendant until her health failed. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, and her death is a great loss to the community in which she lived. She has hundreds of friends who mourn her passing. (Obit: The Shelby Democrat, Oct. 3, 1931)
Rose Ellen Higgins, beloved wife of J. Tilson Higgins, passed away at her home on the Blue Ridge road, in Liberty township, at one o'clock Friday afternoon, after being seriously ill for eight months. Her death was due to a complication of diseases.
Funeral services will be conducted from the St. Vincent Catholic church at nine o'clock Monday morning. Requiem High Mass, with Rev. Pierce Dixon officiating. Burial, in charge of C. F. Fix & Son, will be in the family lot in the St. Vincent cemetery. Friends may call at the late home any time until the time of the funeral.
The deceased was the daughter of John and Cecilia Dolan, and was born in Jennings county, near Butlerville, Ind., August 11, 1855. At the time of death she was seventy-six years, one month and twenty-one days old. She was united in marriage with J. Tilson Higgins on November 15, 1876, at Columbus, Ind., and to this union were born eleven children, nine sons and two daughters. Five sons and a daughter survive. Two sons died in infancy and another son, Richard Carter, passed away November 14, 1930, in Canada.
One daughter, Portia, died twenty-two years ago, and Robert passed away twenty-five years ago. Those sons who survive the mother are Frank, of Charlottesville, VA., Victor, of Laos, NM.; Fred, of Pittsburg, PA.; John Tilson Jr., of Detroit, and Ambrose, at home. Mrs. Fred Fisher, the sister, of Liberty township, also survives. The deceased leaves twelve grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a sister, Mrs. Agnes Mill, of Versailles, Ind., and a brother, Frank Dolan, of near Versailles.
Mr. and Mrs. Higgins had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary November 15, 1926. She was a lifelong member of the St. Vincent Catholic church and belonged to the Daughters of Isabella. She was a faithful attendant until her health failed. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, and her death is a great loss to the community in which she lived. She has hundreds of friends who mourn her passing. (Obit: The Shelby Democrat, Oct. 3, 1931)
Funeral services will be conducted from the St. Vincent Catholic church at nine o'clock Monday morning. Requiem High Mass, with Rev. Pierce Dixon officiating. Burial, in charge of C. F. Fix & Son, will be in the family lot in the St. Vincent cemetery. Friends may call at the late home any time until the time of the funeral.
The deceased was the daughter of John and Cecilia Dolan, and was born in Jennings county, near Butlerville, Ind., August 11, 1855. At the time of death she was seventy-six years, one month and twenty-one days old. She was united in marriage with J. Tilson Higgins on November 15, 1876, at Columbus, Ind., and to this union were born eleven children, nine sons and two daughters. Five sons and a daughter survive. Two sons died in infancy and another son, Richard Carter, passed away November 14, 1930, in Canada.
One daughter, Portia, died twenty-two years ago, and Robert passed away twenty-five years ago. Those sons who survive the mother are Frank, of Charlottesville, VA., Victor, of Laos, NM.; Fred, of Pittsburg, PA.; John Tilson Jr., of Detroit, and Ambrose, at home. Mrs. Fred Fisher, the sister, of Liberty township, also survives. The deceased leaves twelve grandchildren, one great-grandchild, a sister, Mrs. Agnes Mill, of Versailles, Ind., and a brother, Frank Dolan, of near Versailles.
Mr. and Mrs. Higgins had celebrated their golden wedding anniversary November 15, 1926. She was a lifelong member of the St. Vincent Catholic church and belonged to the Daughters of Isabella. She was a faithful attendant until her health failed. She was a kind and loving wife and mother, and her death is a great loss to the community in which she lived. She has hundreds of friends who mourn her passing. (Obit: The Shelby Democrat, Oct. 3, 1931)
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