Omeara, James E 1870- 1949

OMEARA, DOWNS, NEY, CONWAY, LEONBERGER, GRAFF, GOERGEN, LEVELLE, DUNKENSEN, PATTERSON

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Hawarden Independent, Hawarden, Sioux, Iowa, USA DECEMBER 15, 1949

J. E. O'Meara, Resident Here 77 Years, Dies

Solemn High Mass Held At St. Mary's Church Monday; Was Pioneer of County

J. E. O'Meara, 79, a pioneer of Sioux county, died early last Friday morning at his home in Hawarden. He suffered a stroke last July 12.

Mr. O'Meara came to this vicinity at the age of 2 and until last March he lived on the same southeast of Hawarden. He his wife retired last March and came to Hawarden to live.

He was born December 3, 1870, at Sabula, Iowa, coming to Sioux county when a child. He attended the Le Mars normal school as a young man. He married Joanna Downs April 17, 1901. To this union were born 16 children. He was reared in the Catholic faith.

He is survived by the widow; seven sons, Francis and Leonard of Sioux City, Mike of Ireton, Clinton of Orient, S. D., John, a student at the University of Iowa, Paul, in the U. S. army in Germany, and Robert of Denver, Colo.; ; nine daughters, Mrs. A. N. Ney of Hawarden, Mrs. B. B. Conway of Adak, Alaska, Mrs. W. H. Leonberger of Dickinson, N. D., Mrs. Milo Graff and Mrs. Norbert Goergen of Granville, Mrs. E. E. LaVelle of St. James, Minn., Miss Josephine O'Meara of Dallas, Texas, Mrs. C. N. Dunkensen of Sioux City and Mrs. C. N. Patterson of Kansas City, Mo., .and 30 grandchildren.

Mr. O'Meara was the last member of his family. His mother died when he was about 3 years old and his two sisters and father also preceded him in death. His father was a Civil War veteran.

Solemn high mass was held at St. Mary's church at 9:30 Monday morning with Rev. Fr. R. Graf, celebrant; Rev. Fr. J. J. Dolhoff of Granville, deacon, and Rev. Fr. Zeno Reising of Alton, sub-deacon. Interment was in St. Mary's cemetery. Funeral was under the direction of the Frazier Funeral service.

Out-of-town relatives and friends who attended the services included C. C. Walsh, Mr. and Mrs. J. L. Waite, Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Siebens, Wm. Keough and Mrs. Loretta Schroeder of Le Mars; Mr. and Mrs. Milton Dittmer, Mr. and Mrs. Delbert Dittmer, Mr. and Mrs. John Vlotho and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Rohlfs, all of Ireton; Dr. and Mrs. A. L. Miller, Ray and Joe Goergen, Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Nimmers and Mr. and Mrs. Paul Muehl and Mr. and Mrs. James Jacobs of Granville; Mr. and Mrs. Oscar. Mentzer, Mr. and Mrs. R. La Velle of Struble; Will Downs of St. James, Minn.; Mr. and Mrs. George Parkinson of Redfield, Iowa, and Pat Conway of Omaha