CAHALAN, Ambrose P. "Jiggs"

CAHALAN, COYLE, FIRGARD, EASTON, CAMPBELL, HOFFMAN, LARSON, FERREERS, SPAHN, COVER, FEY

Posted By: Sharon R Becker (email)
Date: 7/8/2018 at 08:05:26

Obituary ~ Ambrose P. "Jiggs" Cahalan
December 05, 1917 ~ May 03, 2003

The Globe Gazette
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa
Monday, May 05, 2003

MASON CITY -- Ambrose P. "Jiggs" Cahalan, 85, of 361 S. Pennsylvania Ave., died Saturday (May 3, 2003) at Mercy Medical Center-North Iowa, Mason City.

His funeral Mass will be held at noon Tuesday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church, 302 Fifth St. S.E., Mason City, with the Rev. Carl A. Ries officiating. Interment will follow at Elmwood-St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City.

Visitation will be held from 4 to 7 p.m. Monday at Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, 126 Third St., N.E., Mason City. A Third Degree Knights of Columbus rosary will be said at 5:30 p.m. and a scriptural prayer service will also be held at 6:30 p.m. at the funeral home.

Memorials may be directed to Newman Catholic Schools.

Ambrose P. Cahalan was born Dec. 5, 1917, in rural Dougherty, Iowa, a son of Fred and Leocadia (Coyle) Cahalan. He attended Rockwell High School.

Jiggs was united in marriage to Marguerite Firgard on May 29, 1940. After her death, he was united in marriage to Shirley Easton on Sept. 24, 1982, at St. John’s Catholic Church in Cartersville, Iowa.

Jiggs spent his entire life farming. It was “the love of his life.” He was a member of Cerro Gordo County ASCS for many years, a former member of the Iowa Association of Farmer’s elected committees, and was a Cerro Gordo County Supervisor for 12 years.

Jiggs was also a member of St. Joseph’s Catholic Church, a Third Degree Member of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of the Newman Century Club. He belonged to the Moose and Elks lodges, the AARP, and the Democratic Party. During his retirement, he and Shirley enjoyed wintering in Mesa, Ariz., and playing golf.

Jiggs is survived by his wife, Shirley, of Mason City; six sisters, Rose Campbell, Mary Hoffman and Imogene Larson, all of Mason City, Bernadine Ferreera and her husband, Adrian, of Peru, Ind., Bonnie Spahn of Marion, Iowa, and Sally Cover and her husband, James, of Middleburg, Ind.; three sisters-in-law, Lois Fey, Donna Cahalan and Esther Cahalan, all of Mason City; two brothers-in-law, Jack Easton and his wife, Jeannine, of Clear Lake, and Locke Easton of Topsfield, Miss.; and many nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his first wife, Marguerite; two daughters, Rose Marie and Sally; four brothers, Pat, Jerry, John and Daniel Cahalan; and seven brothers-in-law, Art, “Red,” and Oscar Firgard, Tom Spahn, “Boots” Larson, Vern Hoffman, and Al Campbell.

Hogan-Bremer-Moore Colonial Chapel, (641) 423-2372.

Transcription by Sharon R. Becker, July of 2018