WHALEN, Pauline Lucille (Lonergan) 1928-1960

WHALEN, LONERGAN, ESTERGREN, GUNSALLUS

Posted By: Diane M Scott (email)
Date: 8/10/2011 at 14:49:33

Pauline Lucille (Lonergan) Whalen – 1928-1960

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OSAGE WOMEN DIES AFTER BIRTH OF SIXTH CHILD

Osage – A former Osage Woman, Mrs. Oliver Whalen, 32, died Monday at St. Olaf Hospital, Austin, Minnesota following the birth of her sixth child, Pauline Lucille Whalen. Death was attributed to embolism. Funeral rites will be at 9 a.m. Thursday at the Rose Creek Catholic Church, with burial in the Rose Creek Cemetery.

Survivors include her husband, six children; David, 11; Rita, 9; Paula Jean, 7; Douglas, 3; Larry, 13 months; and Pauline Lucille, who was named after her mother.

Others include her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Lonergan, Osage; a sister; Mrs. Corliss Estergren, Osage; and four brothers; Robert and Dale Lonergan, Balane, Ill.; Roland, Mason City; and Kenneth, Muskeegan, Michigan.

Mason City Globe Gazette, Wednesday September 14, 1960

Note*** her 6th child was Barbara Pauline Whalen and not Pauline Lucille as the obit says.

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Pauline Lucille Lonergan was born February 10, 1928 in Mitchell County, Iowa, the daughter of Charles Herbert Lonergan and Ruth (Gunsallus) Lonergan. She married Oliver Urban Whalen.

Children: from Minnesota birth index: mother Pauline Lucille Lonergan; father Oliver Urban Whalen…all born Mower County, Minnesota
(1) David Allen Whalen,,born December 18, 1948
(2) Rita Louise Whalen..born December 9, 1950
(3) Paula Jean Whalen..born November 26, 1952
(4) Douglas Charles Whalen..born April 14, 1957
(5) Larry Francis Whalen..born August 14, 1959
(6) Barbara Pauline Whalen..born September 12, 1960