MCKEVITT, Mary (McDonall) 1867-1933

MCKEVITT, MCDONALL, RIORDAN

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 9/1/2013 at 23:51:17

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Monday, December 18, 1933]

No inquests will be held in the three deaths resulting from automobile accidents in and near Waterloo Saturday night, Coroner Sidney D Smith stated Monday.

Numbered among the victims were Mrs. James A. McKevitt, 66, 400 Sixth Street West, identified Sunday morning by her husband.

Mrs. McKevitt was killed instantly at 6:45 p. m. Saturday when struck by an automobile driven by C. J. Kelleher, 213 Elmwood Avenue, in the 400 block on Fifth Street West, as she stepped into a traffic lane from behind another car.

Unidentified Till Sunday Morning - Altho Mrs. McKevitt was killed within a block of her home, she remained unidentified for more than 12 hours. Two earlier tentative identifications proved erroneous. McKevitt said that when he retired Saturday night, he thought his wife was at the walkathon.

Funeral services for Mrs. McKevitt will be at 9 a. m. Thursday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, Rev. J. M. Malloy, pastor, officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Mary McDonnell was born June 20, 1867, in County Mayo, Ireland. She came to Waterloo July 28, 1894, and was married here May 24, 1905, to James McKevitt. The couple had resided here since.

Surviving besldes her husband are two stepdaughters, Grace and Nell, at home; one stepson, John McKevitt, 1360 Sycamore Street; two nieces, Mary and Delia Riordan, Berkeley, Cal., and one nephew, Michael Riordan, Brooklyn, N. Y.