KANE, Bridget

LYNCH, KANE, FARRELLY, BESCH, HARTZ, CARPENTER, MCGOEY, DUHIGG, EGAN, FITZPATRICK, CAIN, MCCOY, LILLY, JACKMAN, BRENNAN, KELLY, LAUGHLIN, HIGLEY, RYAN, PHELAN, SCHANY, MCNALLY, FINN

Posted By: Colette Miles (email)
Date: 4/23/2005 at 00:11:56

Emmetsburg Democrat, April 13, 1961

Funeral Rites For Mrs. Kane Are Held Here

Funeral services for Bridget Kane, 84, of Cherokee were held Wednesday, April 12, in St. Thomas church. The Rev. L. J. Lynch of Cherokee was the celebrant of the requiem solemn high mass. Burial was at St. John's cemetery with the Martin Funeral home in charge.

Mrs. Kane died of a cerebral hemorrhage Sunday morning in front of Wigdahl's Hardware store. She had been here visiting relatives and was coming from church when death occured about 9:30 a.m.

The funeral sermon was given by the Rev. C. E. Farrelly, pastor of St. Thomas. The Rev. Cletus Besch, assistant pastor, was master of ceremonies. The Rev. Gerald Hartz of Cherokee ws deacon while the Rev. Edward V. Carpenter of Early was sub-deacon. Also present in the sanctuary were the Rev. Fathers David McGoey of Fort Dodge, James Duhigg of Estherville, John Egan of Laurens, Joseph Fitzpatrick, John Cain of Fort Dodge, Leo McCoy of Spencer, and the Rt. Rev. Msgr. Edward Lilly of Sioux City.

Mrs. Kane was born Bridget Jackman June 4, 1876, in Emmetsburg, a daughter of Patrick and Margaret Brennan Jackman. She was united in marriage June 1, 1908, to Eugene Kane, in the Catholic church at Graettinger. The Rev. Father Kelly officiated at their marriage. The couple had no children.

Survivors include a brother, Francis Jackman; two sisters, Mrs. Robert Laughlin of Mason City and Alice Jackman of Marcus and a number of nieces and nephews.

Mrs. Kane was a housekeeper for the Rev. L. J. Lynch, Cherokee, for many years. She was a member of the Catholic Daughters of America.

The pallbearers were John Higley, Jr., Bert Ryan, Budd Phelan, William Schany, Frances McNally and John Finn. Mrs. Kane will be remembered as a kind, considerate person who was well liked by all who knew her. The daughter of a pioneer Palo Alto county family, she will be greatly missed by her many friends.

Subject: Obit of Bridget Jackman Kane - 1961
Author: Kathleen Puls
Date: 06 Jun 2000 12:00 PM GMT
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