Bridgeman, Elizabeth Sullivan
BRIDGEMAN, SULLIVAN
Posted By: Lorelei Rusco (email)
Date: 11/26/2011 at 21:49:04
Bridgeman, Elizabeth Sullivan –
Mrs. James Bridgeman died at the hospital in Rochester last week Wednesday. Her condition had not been considered serious and the news came as a distinct shock to the family and friends.She had made the trip alone to Rochester the Saturday before and the husband had just received a cheerful letter from her in which she told of her safe arrival and the plans for consultation and but a short time later the telegram telling of her death reached him.
Mr. Bridgeman, accompanied by J. H. Barber, left at once for Rochester and brought the body to Lenox.
Funeral services were held Monday at 10:00 'o'clock at St. Patrick’s Catholic church of Lenox. Requiem high mass was celebrated by Father Gaul, of Afton Special music and the sermon was rendered by her pastor, Father Henry Pouget. Interment was made in Calvary cemetery in this city.
Funeral services were held at the Catholic church in this city, Monday morning, conducted by Father Pouget.
The sympathy of many friends is extended to the husband and four little motherless children.
Elizabeth Sullivan, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Chas. Sullivan was born in Mercer township, Adams county, April 11, 1892, and died January 15, 1929 at Rochester, Minn. at the age of 36 years, 9 months and 5 days. She had lived all her life in this community, attending the public schools in Mercer township, near the place of her birth. She was married to James Bridgeman, February 23, 1915, and to this union, four children were born, all surviving. They are Frances, Margaret Ann, John Charles, and James Richard, the latter being about one year old.
Besides her husband and four children, Mrs. Bridgeman is survived by three sisters and two brothers. They are Mrs. Nellie Jackson, of Plentywood, Mont.,
Mrs. Nora Scott, of Burian, Wash., Mrs. Frances Williams, residing in Idaho, Dan and William Sullivan residing in Mercer township. The deceased is also survived by one half-brother, Chas. Sullivan, of Corning, and four half sisters, Anna Glew, of Manchester, la., Margaret ScanIan, of Cromwell, Mary Sullivan, of National Home, Kan., and Katie Sullivan, of Corning. Four half-brothers are deceased.
Lenox Time Table, Lenox, Iowa Thursday January 24, 1929
Adams Obituaries maintained by Kathy Parmenter.
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