CAVANAUGH, Nellie (Smith) c1873-1941

CAVANAUGH, SMITH, VEACH, DEACH

Posted By: S. Bell
Date: 10/29/2014 at 01:52:29

[Waterloo Daily Courier, Friday, August 29, 1941, Waterloo, Iowa]

Mrs. Nellie Cavanaugh, 65, former Waterloo resident, died Thursday afternoon in Chicago, where she had been living for six years with two daughter and a son.

She lived here for many years before moving to Chicago in 1935. Her husband, Patrick Cavanaugh, died here in 1933.

She was born in Dubuque, Iowa, in 1876* as Nellie Smith.

Surviving are the son and daughters in Chicago with whom she lived. Miss Monica and Miss Hilary Cavanaugh and Giles Cavanaugh: another son, Victor, Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Deach**. Jamestown, N. D., and Sister Mary, a nun living in San Francisco, Cal., and two brothers, Thomas and Joseph Smith, Epworth, Iowa. Chris Cavanaugh, 535 Vermont Street, is a brother-in-law.

There are also several nieces and nephews, among them Rev. Charles Deach*, a Catholic priest in Fargo, N. D.

The body will be brought to the Ray Hurley Funeral Home Saturday.

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[Waterloo Daily Courier, Sunday, August 31, 1941, Waterloo, Iowa]

Funeral for Mrs. Nellie Cavanaugh, 65, former Waterloo resident, who died Thursday afternoon in Chicago will be conducted at 9 a.m. Monday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church by Rt. Rev. Msgr. E. J. Dougherty, pastor. Burial will be at Calvary Cemetery.

Surviving are the son and daughter in Chicago with whom she lived. Miss Monica and Miss Hilary Cavanaugh and Giles Cavanaugh; another son, Victor, Seattle, Wash.; two sisters, Mrs. Charles Veach**, Jamestown, N. D. and Sister Mary, a nun living in San Francisco, Cal., and two brothers, Thomas and Joseph Smith, Epworth, Iowa. Christ Cavanaugh, 535 Vermont Street, is a brother-in-law.

There are also several nieces and nephews, among them, Rev. Charles Veach, a Catholic priest in Fargo, N. D.

Members of the Sacred Heart Rosary Society will meet at the Ray Hurley Funeral Home at 8 this evening to recite the Rosary.

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*Gravestone inscribed "Cavanaugh, Nellie S. 1873 - 1941 and Charles P. 1874-1934"
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**Surnames "Deach" and "Veach" are both mentioned in the two articles. There are a number of each on Social Security Death Index. Census information below indicates Veach may be the correct name.

1940 Fed. Census shows a Charles F. Veach
Birth: abt 1876 - Iowa
Spouse: Catherine Veach (spelled Katherine in 1920 census)
Residence: 1935 - Rural, Barnes, North Dakota
Catherine's birth is about 1880 in the 1940 census.
A Charles Deach was not found in a North Dakota census.