Dempsey, Anna (Ward) 1886-1939

DEMPSEY, WARD

Posted By: S. Ferrall - IAGenWeb volunteer
Date: 4/5/2014 at 17:56:32

Mrs. Anna Dempsey, wife of Joseph Dempsey, Marquette, died Wednesday morning at 1:15 o'clock at a Prairie du Chien hospital after a lingering illness.

The funeral will be held from the residence in Marquette to St. Mary's Church at McGregor Thursday morning at 9 o'clock, after which the body will be taken to the Haudenshield Funeral Home, 2170 Central Avenue. The body may be viewed at the funeral home until Friday morning at 10 o'clock, when burial services will be held in Mount Calvary Cemetery.

Mrs. Dempsey was born in Dubuque, Sept. 13, 1886, and has been a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church at McGregor. She was also a member of the Milwaukee Women's Club, the American Legion Auxiliary, the Harmony Club of Marquette, and the Women's Benefit Association of Dubuque.

Surviving with her husband are one son, Jack, McGregor; three brothers, Clem and James Ward of Dubuque and Edward Ward of St. Paul; and several nieces and nephews.

~Dubuque Telegraph-Herald, Wednesday evening edition, January 18, 1939