Ellen (Nell) McCusker (1954)

MCCUSKER, MCLAUGHLIN, CUTLER

Posted By: Treva Patterson (email)
Date: 6/7/2007 at 18:39:56

Winterset Madisonian-Winterset, Iowa
November 17, 1954

NELL MCCUSKER DIES AT 86 YEARS OF AGE

Nell McCusker, a life-long resident of Warren county, died Friday, Nov. 5, at her home in Cummings. She was 86 years of age and had been ill with a heart ailment for the past four years.

Miss McCusker's early life was spent on a farm south of Churchville, and she taught school in Madison and Warren counties for a number of years.

Surviving are two sisters, Elizabeth of Cumming and Mrs. Minnie McLaughlin of Booneville.

Funeral services were held from St. Joseph's Catholic church in Cumming, conducted by the Rev. Father Zuke. Burial was made in St. Patrick's cemetery in the Irish settlement.

(Given name was Ellen (Nell) per tombstone; she was the daughter of Edward and Eliza (Cutler) McCusker)