SWEENEY, Mary (McGuill) c1855-1934

SWEENEY, MCGUILL, SOHRT, SHEA

Posted By: Tom Fitzsimmons (email)
Date: 5/3/2003 at 05:19:00

Mrs. Mary Sweeney Has Passed
to Great Beyond, Age 84

Is Survived by Her Husband
and Two Daughters and Two Sons.
Funeral Was Held Tuesday.

The death of Mrs. Mark Sweeney, aged 84 years, occurred at her home
in this city at 5 p.m., Sunday, October 21, 1934. Her death came as
a relief from a lingering illness with which she had been afflicted
for a number of years. Final rites were conducted for the deceased
at 7 a.m. Tuesday, October 23 at St. Joseph's Church in this city,
Very Reverend Thomas J. Dowling, pastor, conducted the services and
interment was made in Calvary Cemetery here.

The following acted as pall bearers: A.A. Hughes, J.F. Tiernan,
C.D. Gleason, J.C. Tierney, R.H. Smith and W.H. Smith.

Mrs. Sweeney was born Mary McGuin [Should be "McGuill"] on October
5, 1850 [more likely born in August, 1852], in Dandalk, [Should be
"Dundalk"] Ireland. She came to the United States in 1868 and
settled in Dunmor [Should be "Dunmore"], Pennsylvania. On August
19, 1876, she was happily united in marriage to Mr. Mark Sweeney at
Scranton, Pennsylvania and several years later the couple moved to
New Hampton, Iowa, which has since been their home.

To this union seven children were born. One daughter and two sons
preceded their mother in death. Besides the father, two daughters,
Mrs. Lucy Sohrt of New Hampton, Mrs. Margaret Shea of Marty, South
Dakota, two sons, John Sweeney of Parkston, South Dakota, Charles
Sweeney of New Hampton, also seven grandchildren and two great
grandchildren survive.

The death of Mrs. Sweeney removes one of the older women of this
community. A long period of illness was peacefully closed in death,
and as a life long and devoted Catholic, she met her Creator with
true resignation. She was a member of the Rosary Society. However,
her passing is a sad and hard blow to the family and friends for
which she was ever a splendid wife and mother and a good Christian
woman. We join the friends of the Sweeney family in extending our
sincerest and most heartfelt sympathy in their sorrow."

New Hampton Tribune, Thursday, October 25, 1934, page 1.

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NOTES: Gravestone at Calvary Cemetery, New Hampton inscribed "Sweeney, Mary M. 1855-1934" (S. Bell)