SHEA, Margaret (nee Hannafan) 1870-1960

SHEA, HANNIFAN, FOX

Posted By: Diane Scott (email)
Date: 10/23/2010 at 11:29:59

Margaret (nee Hannafan) Shea October 1870 – October 1960

FORMER RICEVILLE WOMAN DIES AT 89

Riceville – Mrs. Margaret Shea, 89, former Riceville resident, died in Iowa City at a nursing home. Mother of Mrs. Chauncey J. Fox, she resided in Riceville 39 years before going to Iowa City.

She is survived by her daughter, Mrs. Fox, Iowa City, four grandchildren, and 17 great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held in Cedar Rapids.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Tuesday, October 25, 1960

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1900 US Census: Norway, Benton, Iowa
James Shea 34 born April 1866 Illinois
Maggie 29 born October 1870 Illinois
Adeline 4 born August 1894 Iowa

1925 Iowa Census:
In this Census she is living with her daughter Adeline Fox. She is 54 years old. Her daughter’ record lists her mothers maiden name as Hannafan.

Burial Record for her Husband:
Name: James J Shea
Death Date: 1917
Page # 288
Birth Date: 1865
Cemetery: Mt Calvary
Town: Cedar Rapids
Level Info: Tombstone Records of Linn County, Iowa
(on Ancestry.com)