John "Michael" WADE

WADE, BREEN

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 3/30/2011 at 03:43:25

Obituary ~ John "Michael" Wade

The Iowa Recorder
Greene, Butler County, Iowa
March 15, 1905

In Memoriam

We are this week called upon to record the death of as grand a man as resided in the state of Iowa. The father of a family as gifted and noble as the sun shines upon. Such men as Michael WADE, like new stars, only appear a few in a century.

Michael WADE was born at Kilkerney, Ireland, in 1831. When a boy he came to this country [1852] and in 1858 was united in marriage to Miss Mary BREEN in the state of Vermont. He moved to Charles City, Iowa, in 1868. In 1871 he became a resident of Butler County and for thirty-four years he has daily added friend to friend until he died honored and respected by every man, woman and child in the country.

On Saturday, March 11, at 10 o'clock, a.m. the funeral services were held in the Catholic church in Dougherty and the grand old pioneer now rests in peace [St. Patrick's Cemetery, Dougherty], after a long and eventful life, the pathway of which is thickly strewn with noble deeds. The world is better for Michael WADE having lived in it.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, March of 2011