Lane, John died 1907

LANE, MOYNA, HANSON

Posted By: Judy Bender Moyna (email)
Date: 3/8/2004 at 06:06:33

JOHN LANE DEAD
Last Saturday at Sacred Heart Church north of this city occurred the funeral of John Lane, Father John Hartigan, officiating.

The deceased passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Pat Moyna, of Cox Creek on May
30. As to his age all accounts show that he was the oldest in his section. The Cox Creek
correspondent of the Mail-Press says that Mr. Lane was born in Roscommon County, Ireland, in
1802, while the Mederville correspondent, who has known Mr. Lane throughout her lifetime, says
that he has told of things near his house within his recollection that occurred near his house in Ireland,
and which research has slowed happened from 100 to 102 years ago. For this reason the
Mederville correspondent feels safe in placing Mr. Lane's age at 107 years. Previous to his death
there were five generations of his family living. He was married in Ireland and while still
comparatively young he and his wife and children came to America, living first in the east and then
gradually coming westward until he settled on Cox Creek in 1854. Mrs. Lane died 24 years ago
and after the death of his youngest daughter, Annie, on Sept. 6, 1896, Mr. Lane went to the home of
his daughter, Mrs. Pat Moyna, where he has since lived. He leaves to mourn his loss three children,
Mrs. Patrick Moyna, of Cox Creek, Mrs. Peter Hanson, of Nebraska, and Patrick Lane, of
McGregor, Iowa,. There also survive a number of grandchildren, great-grandchildren and
great-great-grandchildren.

For some time previous to his death he was deaf, blind, and feeble, but he was always patient and
greatly enjoyed telling of the olden times, when he spent weeks on a sailboat drifting westward from
Emerald Isle to America, and later still when he came by boat, stage and team from New York to
Iowa. His knowledge of railroads is that of the old pioneer railways and of the telephone and other
more modern appliances he knew but very little. His ways were all of the old—of a day that is now
passing from the experience of memory of today.