Ahern, Anna (McHugh) 1864 – 1903

AHERN, MCHUGH, CASEY

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Date: 10/8/2019 at 09:55:40

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Jan. 6, 1903, FP, C6

Mrs. Dr. Ahern died at her home in Cresco last Friday and was laid to rest in St. Joseph’s cemetery Monday morning, She was one of the uoted{sic} and worthy women of the county, loved and universally mourned. Obituary later.

Source: Twice-A-Week Plain Dealer Jan. 9, 1903, LP, C4

OBITUARY.
MRS. ANNA AHERN.
Anna McHugh was born in Lindsay, Ontario, Canada, April 24, 1864, and died in Cresco January 2, 1903, after an illness of only a few days. At the age of eight she entered St. Mary’s academy at Prairie du Chien, Wis., graduating at the age of seventeen with distinguished honors, after which she spent several months traveling in Europe. She was also a graduate of the Bayless Business college at Dubuque, and was cashier in her father’s bank operated for several years in Cresco, and later was assistant cashier in the Cresco Union Savings Bank until her marriage. Added to her other accomplishments she possessed a cultivated musical talent and was always in demand at every musical entertainment and was always the organizer and conductor of such functions for the benefit of such object in which she was interested.
June 11, 1895, in Cresco, she was united in marriage with Dr. J. J. Ahern, who with four little children, two of them infants of but a few days, are left to mourn the loss of a true and loving wife and mother.
The funeral took place on Monday, January 5th, from the church of the Assumption, Rev. Father McCarty delivering an eloquent tribute to the memory of the deceased. The funeral was largely attended. The R. N. of which the deceased was a member, and the M. W. A. attended the funeral in a body, with representatives from the C. O. F., and W. O. W., of which her husband is a member.
Besides her Cresco relatives and friend present at the funeral, there were present from abroad, Dr. Ahern’s father, J. Ahern, of Dundas, Minn.; his uncle, T. Ahern, and daughter, Calmar; his two sisters, Mrs. Thos. Casey and Mrs. Elizabeth Ahern, Chicago; Mrs. Hoye, Postville, and Miss Maggie Lynch, New Hampton.
The sorrowing family have the sincere sympathy of all in their sad affliction, but when death enters the home circle, words of comfort seem cold and empty. The present case is inexpressibly sad, four little children being left to face the world without a loving mother’s care. The deceased will be universally missed in church, and social circles, and by all the community, for to all she was a true friend and neighbor, modest and unassuming and always ready to help in any worthy cause in which her means or her aid was asked or needed.

Source: Decorah Republican Jan. 8, 1903 Page 3 Col 2

From the Cresco P. D. of Tuesday we learn that Mrs. Ahern, wife of Dr. J. J. Ahern of Cresco, died on Friday, Jan. 2d, following upon the birth of twins,—a son and daughter. Mrs. Ahern will be better remembered by many as Anna McHugh, daughter of Hon. John McHugh, deceased.

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