Conley, Thomas died 1913

CONLEY, FUNK, FRANK

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 8/5/2021 at 20:31:24

Elkader Register & Argus, Thur., 20 Feb. 1913. Elkport and Vicinity column.

Our community was terribly shocked Monday, when the sad news reached us that Thomas Conley met an instantaneous death at the home of his sister, Mrs. J. D. Funk, near Edgewood, when a shot gun, which he had, was accidentally discharged and tore off the upper portion of his head. The funeral was held Wednesday at the Catholic church, Rev. Father Minogue officiating. He leaves to mourn his untimely death, two sons and a daughter, besides his aged mother, two brothers and three sisters and a number of other relatives and friends. The sympathy of the entire community is extended to the bereaved relatives in their sad affliction.

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Added by Joy Moore 7/18/2020:

Source: Cresco Plain Dealer Mar. 7, 1913, P-6, C-2

While crossing his yard to shoot a chicken, Thomas Connoly [sic] of Edgewood, aged 50, stumbled and fell, the shotgun was discharged and blew the top of his head off, causing instant death. He lived on a farm a mile from Edgewood with his sister, Mrs. J. D. Frank, and he leaves two sons living at Elkport.