Sheridan, Cecilia (Lee) 1896-1987

LEE, KENNEDY, SHERIDAN, CUNNINGHAM, TERHUNE

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 2/28/2011 at 16:10:59

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON DEMOCRAT June 11,1987
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Funeral services were held Monday, June 8 at 11 a.m. from St. Patrick's Catholic Church in Waukon, Iowa for Cecilia A. Sheridan, age 90, who died June 4, 1987 in Waukon, Iowa. The Rev. Larry Duenas officiated at the services. Burial was in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Waukon, Iowa. Casket bearers were Shawn and Jeffrey Sheridan, Gustave Kerndt, Verdine Berns, Walter Larson, and Richard Heiderscheit. Hanson Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

Cecilia was born November 25, 1896 in Wabasha, Minnesota to Thomas J. and Ellen E. (Kennedy) Lee. She was a graduate of the St. Paul, Minnesota school of business; a member of Bernadette and 19th Century Clubs and a founding member of the Waukon Golf and Country Club. She was a member of the St. Patrick's Catholic Church. She married Arthur E. Sheridan on June 21, 1921. He died November 17, 1986.

In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a son Arthur Lee Sheridan, a brother Thomas J. Lee, Jr. and a sister, Mary A. Lee.

Survivors are 2 daughters, Mary Eleanore Cunningham of Tucson, Arizona and Dorothy Ann Terhune of Grand Rapids, Michigan; 7 grandchildren, Patrick Sheridan Cunningham of Moorhead, Minnesota, Cecilia Cunningham, Arthur E. Sheridan II of Fort Worth, Texas, Roxanne Sheridan of Naperville, Illinois, Shawn Sheridan of Arlington Heights, Illinois, Michael Sheridan of Champaign, Illinois and Jeffrey Sheridan of Minneapolis, Minnesota; 5 great-grandchildren, Patrick Jr., Emily, John, and Mary Cunningham and Meghan Sheridan.