McAleer, Amy (Humphreys) 1877 - 1949

MCALEER, HUMPHREYS, EVITT, WOODS

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 9/5/2017 at 11:34:56

Clayton County Register, Thur., 8 Dec. 1949. Volga City Views column.

Services were held Monday at the Methodist church at two o'clock for Mrs. Amy McAleer, 72, who died Friday, Nov. 25, at the Donald Woods home near Maynard, where she had been cared for during her last illness. The Rev. Leslie J. Faris, pastor, had charge of the service.

Amy Humphreys, daughter of George and Sarah Evitt Humphreys, was born in Liverpool, England, on Oct. 8, 1877. She grew to young womanhood and was married to Harry McAleer, an Irish fusilier. They made their home in Dublin, Ireland, where their son George was born. In 1912, shortly after Mr. McAleer's death, she and her son George came to the United States. Mrs. McAleer had made her home in the vicinity of Volga ever since. For a number of years she was housekeeper for the late William Bennington. Her son George and his wife, the former Ruth Woods, have made their home in Chicago, where George has been employed since 1922.

Besides her son and daughter-in-law, she is survived by two grandsons, Eugene and George Jr. McAleer, and two great-grandchildren, Patricia Ann and John Joseph McAleer, all of Chicago.

Her husband, parents, one sister and one brother preceded her in death.

Casket bearers were William Christeleit, Orville Stannard, Fred Gernand, Oaklin Probert, Ernest Smith and Delos Crain.

Burial was in Hill Crest cemetery, Volga.

(Note: There followed a long list of persons who attended the funeral but no relationships, if any, were given.)