Clyde A. Birkett

BIRKETT

Posted By: Mike Birkett (email)
Date: 5/12/2003 at 09:33:48

Obit., 4/14/1933, T.H.

Clyde Birkett, 50, died at his home, 577 West Locust street, at 4 o'clock Friday morning. Funeral services will be held at the home Sunday afternoon at 2 o;clock and burial will be made in the Hazel Green, Wis., cemetery.

Mr. Birkett was born at Hazel Green in May, 1882. He married Teresa Swift in 1907. She and two children, Jane and Donald survive. He is also survived by two sisters, Mrs. Ida Cook, Apple River, Ill., and Mrs. F. G. Pierce, Hazel Green, and one brother, Oscar Birkett, Hazel Green.

Obit., Benton Advocate, 4/21/1933

It is with regret that we record the passing of Clyde A. Birkett, of Dubuque. The end came very suddenly last Friday morning. Besides his wife who was Teresa Swift, of Benton, He leaves one daughter, Mrs. E. J. McNamara, one son, Donald, of Dubuque, two sisters, Mrs. Ida Cook, Apple River, Mrs. F. G. Pearce, Hazel Green, and one brother Oscar, of Hazel Green.
Funeral services were held at the family home 577 West Locust Street, Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock, the Right Rev. Monsignor J. J. Hanley officiating. The funeral cortege then went to Hazel Green, where among his old friends, burial services were conducted by the Rev. Keepin. The pallbearers were Mark R. Kane, Edward Graham, Charles Sullivan, James Downes, Janes Lonergan and J. F. Meloy.

The deceased passed his young manhood in Benton and his many friends here extend to the widow and children their sincere sympathy.

Funeral Notice., T.H., 4/17/1933

The Right Rev. Monsignor J. J. Hanley officiated at the short but impressive funeral services held Sunday afternoon at 2 o'clock from the family home, 577 West Locust street. The funeral cortege then went to Hazel Green, Wis., where burial services were conducted by the Rev. Keepin.

Pallbearers were Mayor Mark R. Kane, Edward Graham, Charles Sullivan, James Downes, James Lonergan and J. F. Meloy.

Mr. Birkett died Friday morning. Surviving hem besides his widow, Mrs. Teresa Swift Birkett, are one daughter, Mrs. E. J. (Jane) McNamara, one son, Donald, two sisters, Mrs. Ida Cook, Apple River, Ill., Mrs. F. G. Pearce, Hazel Green, Wis., and a brother Oscar Birkett, Hazel Green, Wis.

Mr. Birkett's funeral was largely attended.