Rielly, Thomas abt 1848-1922 & Catherine Shevelin Family

RIELLY, SHEVELIN, SHEYLANE, SHERIDAN, CONWAY

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg - volunteer (email)
Date: 1/3/2022 at 08:55:47

Rielly Thomas 1848-1922 and Catherine Shevelin Family

This story was taken from the ‘Rock Valley Records & Recollections’ book (pp. 68-69) written about 1976 in honor of the two hundredth birthday of our nation. It was a revision of the history written by Lottie Thomas in 1955. It was transcribed for this BIOS by Beth De Leeuw of the Greater Sioux County Genealogical Society and some research notes were added.

THOMAS RIELLY (1848-1922)
Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rielly emigrated to the United States in the late 1870’s from County Mayo, which lies on the rugged western coast of Ireland. They settled at New Richmond, Wisconsin, where they were tenant farmers for nine years. The farm he was renting was sold so he had to find another place.

A resident of New Richmond had a brother living in Rock Valley who had written about the rich fertile land available in northwest Iowa, so in 1886 T.C. Rielly came to Rock Valley to see for himself. He liked what he saw and the following year, he purchased a total of 240 acres; a quarter section one mile north and four and one-half miles west of Rock Valley (Southwest Section 15, Sioux Township), and the eighty just north of this quarter because it had a creek flowing through it, which he thought would be wise to have access to. The land was purchased for $12.50 per acre from Wm. Mulhall. According to an early atlas, the name of the farm was Maple Dale Stock Farm. At one time Mr. Rielly also owned other land adjacent to this first farm.

The farm was prairie and had to be broken with horses and walking plows. Their livestock consisted of four horses and six cows. While their house on the farm was being built, they lived in Rock Valley. Also at that time a barn was built, but due to an increase in livestock, a large horse and cattle barn was built in the early 1900’s. The house and first barn are still in use today. An addition was made to the house in its early years, but for the last fifty years no changes have been made in it.

Mr. and Mrs. T.C. Rielly had eleven children, five sons and six daughters, four of whom became nuns. After growing to adulthood four of the children, Hannah, John, Pat, and Bill, stayed in the Rock Valley vicinity. All of the children are deceased except Mary, Sister M. Maura, of Dubuque, and Bill of Rock Valley.

The T.C. Riellys retired to Rock Valley in 1918 to the residence at 1712 17th Street, presently occupied by the John Vande Kerk family, which they purchased from Dr. Huizenga. Mr. Rielly passed away in 1922 and his wife in 1932. Both are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Rock Valley.

JOHN RIELLY (1884-1965)
John and his family lived on and farmed the land which is presently the Tony DeBey farm. After retiring from farming, they moved to Rock Valley and resided at 2044 14th Street, now the home of George Parker. Mr. and Mrs. John Rielly lost a son in World War II.

HANNAH RIELLY TUYNMAN
Hannah was the oldest of the T.C. Riellys, and the only one born in Ireland. She married Peter Tuynman, and the couple farmed for a number of ears and then moved to Rock Valley, where Mr. Tuynman was manager of the Rock Valley Lumber Yard for many years. The Tuynmans were the parents of the first triplets, three girls, in this community. In more recent years the Jake Kooima’s Jr., became the parents of the second set of triplets, also girls, in the Rock Valley area. Two members of the Tuynman family made their home in the Rock Valley community; Madeleine (deceased), one of the triplets, was married to Art Klein, and Eileen is married to Martin McNamara.

BILL RIELLY (1896-1985)
Since the time of T.C. Rielly’s retirement, the Rielly farm has been operated and was later purchased by W.A. (Bill) Rielly, who in later years farmed in partnership with his son, Wm. E. Rielly. The Wm. Rielly’s daughter, Delores (Mrs. Frank Harrington), lives in Sioux Falls, South Dakota. This Bicentennial year the Rielly farm has seen eighty-nine consecutive years of ownership, farming, and livestock raising (cattle and hogs) by members of the Rielly family.

PAT RIELLY (1850-1896)
Pat was the second of the T.C. Rielly’s children and first to be born in this country. Being next to the oldest in the family, Pat could recall much history of the Rielly family and the early days in this area. As a youngster of nine, one of his jobs was to herd the cows and he was sometimes scared when all alone and surrounded by prairie grass, which was higher than his head. Prairie fires were a threat and he saw several and remembered one which raced across the prairie until it was stopped by the river.

His formal education was minimal since it was customary for the children, particularly the older ones, in the early families to do whatever work needed to be done and to attend school during the winter months or whenever the work schedule permitted. He attended rural school in Sioux Township, No. 5, which was built in 1889.

Except in the vicinity of streams, trees were scarce in northwest Iowa. Pat recalls that he and his sister Hannah planted and nursed the grove on the farm. Today, the row of hardwood trees from the Bill Rielly house to the road are the original ones that they planted.

Pat vividly remembered the blizzard of 1888 when the family had only been here for a short time. The family huddled in their house, which wasn’t completed at the time, while the blizzard raged for two days. His father was unable to go to the barn to milk the cows and tend the livestock.

He also recalled seeing caravans of covered wagons going past the farm on their way to the Dakotas which were being settled, and a few years later he saw them going by again, only this time they were coming back after drought, dust, and grasshoppers had driven them out. They were a pitiful lot with their spirits broken. It was not uncommon to see a horse and a cow hitched together as a team and pulling a wagon. The travelers often camped beside the Rock River, and the kindhearted farmers would give them food and any items they could spare.

Pat enjoyed happenings at the Rock Valley fairgrounds, located where the city park is now, and among the attractions there was a race track. Pat and other young men of those years loved to attend the horse and harness races and sometimes participated in them.

Impromptu, off the track racing was also a favorite sport of the young people.

In 1918 he married Catherine Higgins in Kemptville, Ontario, Canada, who had come to Rock Valley in 1907. They lived on a farm one mile north and four and one quarter miles west of Rock Valley just east of the Bill Rielly farm. The Ray Maassens live there at the present time. They farmed until 1941 when they moved to Rock Valley, after which Pat went to work at the Rock Valley Sales Company for twenty years. Many incidents happened while he worked there, but he was especially moved on the Thursday when he led a team of horses owned by his brother Bill to the sales ring. They were the last used on a Rielly farm.

The Pat Riellys had five children: Patricia (Mrs. John Boucher); deceased, Mary Margaret (Mrs. Chris Van Oosbree) of Emmetsburg; Rose (Mrs. Howard Cheever), Si9oux City; John, a geophysicist in Houston, Texas; and Jim, who is a lawyer in Oskaloosa.

Mrs. Rielly died in 1962 and Pat passed away in 1969 at the age of eighty-eight. Both are buried in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

Above Information gained from Genevieve [Mrs. Wm. A. ] Rielly and John Rielly, son of Pat Rielly.

RESEARCH NOTES - by Wilma J. Vande Berg
From a family account on ancestry.com done by family members, not verify by this submitter.
The birth year of Thomas C. Rielly differ from the above account and obituary dates.
Thomas C. Rielly born 24 Oct 1845 Muingmore, Belmullet, Mayo, Ireland died 6 Jan 1922 Rock Valley IA. He was listed as the son of Patrick Rielly 1810-1882 and Mary Conway 1812-1882. He married 17 Feb 1876 County Mayo Ireland. To Catherine Shevlane. Catherine Shevlane was born 10 Dec 1855 Belmullet, Mayo Ireland and died 10 Dec 1932 Rock Valley IA Her death record lists parents as Thomas Shevolan and Mary Sheridan both born in Ireland..
Children listed in this family report were-
1Mary Rielly 1876
2Thomas Reilly 1878
3Hannah M. Reilly 1878-1963
4Patrick James Rielly 1880-1969
5Thomas Rielly 1883-1958
6John Francis Rielly 1884-1965
7Margaret Kathleen Mary Reilly Sr. 1888-1962
8Bridget A. Rielly 1888-1919
9Mary Maura Rielly Sr. 1892-1980
10Edwward Marcus Rielly 1894-1972
11William Aloysius Rielly 1897-1985
12Rose Magdalen Sr. Mary William RSM Rielly Sr. 1898-1961

Obits were submitted by Beth De Leeuw
OBITUARY OF THOMAS C. RIELLY
From the Rock Valley Bee, January 13, 1922:
T. C. RIELLY PASSED AWAY FRIDAY MORNING
T. C. Rielly passed away at his home in Rock Valley Friday morning [Jan. 6] following a lingering illness of several months. He contracted last summer what he thought was a cold in his throat. He sought medical assistance at once but obtained no relief. Then he went to Chicago and later to Rochester, Minn., and was advised of the nature of his disease which was a cancer. Everything that medical skill could do for him was done, but the disease would not yield to treatment and he failed gradually until the final summons came, and he passed peacefully on to his reward.
The subject of this sketch was born in Belmullet, County Mayo, Ireland, June 15, 1848, and was seventy-three years, six months and twenty-one days old. His early life was spent in his native land, Ireland where he grew to manhood. He was united in marriage in 1876 to Catherine Shevelin. Four years later, in 1880, he came with his family to America and settled at New Richmond, Wis., where the family resided ten years and then moved to Sioux County and settled on a farm northwest of Rock Valley where he resided continuously until four years ago when he retired from the farm and moved to Rock Valley.
He leaves his wife and ten children, five girls and five boys, Mrs. P. Tuynman, Catherine, Margaret, Rose and Mary; Thos., John, Pat, Will and Edward.
Mr. Rielly was a man who was highly respected by all who knew him. He was a kind and loving father and husband and obliging neighbor and friend. He was a devout member of the Catholic church at Rock Valley and a member of the K. C. [Knights of Columbus] Council at Sheldon. He will be greatly missed not only in the home, but by a large circle of friends and acquaintances.
Funeral services were held from St. Mary's church in Rock Valley Monday morning conducted by Father O' Rielly, assisted by Father Bradley of Hawarden and Father Masterson of Cherokee. High Requium Mass was observed. The pall bearers were P. A. Cummings, D. J. Scanlan, L. Murphy, M. McNamara, Thos. Higgins and James Keegan. The services were largely attended by friends and neighbors who in this way expressed their respect and esteem for the departed and their sympathy for the bereaved family.
[Followed by a long list of those from a distance who attended the funeral, and by resolutions of sympathy from Court St. Anne, No. 215, Catholic Daughters of America.]
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An obituary in the Alton Democrat, Rock Valley news, January 14, 1922, contains similar information but provides several additional or different details:
Thomas C. Reilly, one of Rock Valley's prominent and highly esteemed citizens, died at his home Friday morning Jan. 6, 1922, from the dreaded disease of cancer of the throat, after everything that medical skill could do to stop the inroad of the malady that had been preying on his vitals for a period of eight months.
The deceased was born June 15, 1848 in Belmullet, county Mayo, Ireland, and at the time of his demise was 73 years 6 months and 21 days old. He grew to manhood in the land of his birth and on April 6, 1876 he was united in marriage to Miss Catherine Shevelan, in whom he found a genial and helpful companion, who shared with him in all the vicissitudes of life.
Young and vigorous, and possessed with a spirit of determination to succeed in life, and to better their condition, they emigrated to America in 1880 and located near New Richmond, Wis., where they resided for eleven years. In 1890 he came with his family to Sioux county and located on a farm west of Rock Valley, this he pursued with signal success during the active years of his life and by frugality and industry, he acquired a competency. About two years ago he purchased a fine home in town and retired from the activities of farm life, and enjoyed the fruits of his incessant toil.
He was the father of an interesting family of thirteen children, five sons and eight daughters, namely Patrick J., Thomas J., John F., Edward M. and William A., Mrs. Hannah Tuynman, Margaret, Catherine, Mary, and Rose all of Rock Valley who survive him. Bridget who for several years was a successful teacher in the Rock Valley school preceded him to the spirit world some three years ago. Two of the children having died in infancy.
He was devoted to his family, his home was his castle, and devoted his best energies to make it an ideal home having a zealous care for the development of his family, promoting their success through the stimulation and constant endeavor, and wholesome living, and the influence of his life will linger with his devoted family as the beautiful strains of sweet music. He was recognized as a good neighbor and esteemed highly for his uprightness of character, and thoughtfulness and appreciation of the rights of others. [Next 3 lines are too furry to read] of those with whom he associated. [followed by expressions of sentiment]
He was a devoted member of the Catholic church and identified with the order of the K. of C. at Sheldon, from the council of which he was a member, was present at the funeral to pay their respects to a departed brother.
[Same funeral information as in the Bee.] Floral tributes covered his bier, contributed by the Knights of Columbus and Catholic order of Foresters, attesting the esteem in which he was held in the community. His remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery south of town.... He leaves two sisters in Ireland, and one at New Richmond, Wis., a companion and ten children to mourn his passing. All were present at the funeral except his sisters and son Edward, who is studying for the Priesthood at Los Gatos, Cal. [followed by a list of out-of-town attendees]
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The Sioux County Cemetery Index spells his surname Rielly.

OBITUARY OF CATHERINE RIELLY
Source: Rock Valley Bee (12-16-1932)
Born: December 10, 1855
Died: 1932
MRS. CATHERINE RIELLY CALLED
Mrs. Catherine -Shevelan Rielly passed away at her home in Rock Valley Saturday morning, following a brief illness. Mrs. Rielly was taken sick Wednesday of last week. Her condition was not regarded as serious until Friday evening when she became every much worse and continued to fail until the final summons came, Saturday morning.
Mrs. Rielly was born in Belmullet, County Mayo. Ireland, December 10, 1855, where she spent her early life and grew to womanhood. She came to America in 1880, and lived at Richmond, Wisconsin, until 1892, when the family moved to this vicinity and located on a farm northwest of Rock Valley where they lived until they moved to Rock Valley in 1918. Mr. Thomas C. Rielly passed away January 6, 1922.
Mrs. Rielly was a woman who was highly respected and loved by all who knew her. She was a great comfort to her family and friends who miss very her much.
Mrs. Rielly was the mother of thirteen children, three of whom have preceded her in death. The children living are: Mrs. P. Tuymnan, Patrick, John, William, Mary and Margaret, all of Rock Valley and vicinity, Thomas, of Rapid City, South Dakota; William, Pontiac, Michigan; Sister Alexander, Ackley, Iowa. All were here for the funeral services except Edward, who was too ill to come. Other relatives from a distance who came here for the funeral services were Mr. and Mrs. John Gallagher, Waverly, Iowa; Peter Gallagher, Mason City, Iowa, and Sadie Moran, of St. Paul, Minnesota.
Funeral services were held Tuesday morning in St. Mary’s Church in Rock Valley. The services were largely attended by many friends of the family. Solemn Requiem High Mass was called by Celebrant Reverend Father A.J. Forester of Rock Valley, Deacon Reverend Father A. Lynott, Vail, Iowa; Sub-deacon Reverend Father E. McEvoy, of Ruthven, Iowa; Master of Ceremonies Reverend Father E. Kehoe, of Hartford, South Dakota, Sermon by the Very Reverend E. Masterson, Fort Dodge, Iowa. Attending in the Sanctuary were Reverend Father T. Manning, Hartford, South Dakota; and Reverend Father J.B. Gretteman, of Struble, Iowa.

OBITUARY OF JOHN RIELLY
Source: Rock Valley Bee (11-19-1968)
Born: August 3, 1884
Died: November, 1965
Funeral services was said by the Reverend Father R.W. Reinhart, Saturday, November 13 at St. Mary’s Catholic Church, Rock Valley, for John Rielly, longtime Rock Valley resident. Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery, Rock Valley.
Mr. Rielly died Wednesday at his home after an illness of several weeks. He was born August 3, 1884, at New Richmond, Wisconsin and came to Rock Valley with his family at the age of three. He attended Iowa State University at Ames and Capital City Commercial College, Des Moines.
He married Mary B. Shea of Fulda, Minnesota on June 12, 1918. They have lived in and around Rock Valley since that time.
He is survived by his widow, one son, John M. Rielly, Savanna, Illinois, two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Sprakel, Crafton, Nebraska and Miss Evelyn Rielly, Houston, Texas. He was preceded in death by a son, Robert W. Rielly, who served in the Marine Corps and was killed on Iwo Jima, March 1, 945.
Mr. Reilly is also survived by six grandchildren, three brothers, Patrick and William, Rock Valley, Edward, San Jose, California and a sister, Sister M. Maura, Dubuque. Sister Maura, as well as other relatives out of town, attended the funeral.
Pallbearers were William E. Rielly, Martin McNamara, Thomas McGill, Peter Van Driel, Richard Richter and Paul Beumer.
Porter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.

OBITUARY OF MARY B. SHEA RIELLY
Rock Valley Bee April 30, 1980
Mary B. Rielly. Mrs. John, 91, died April 20. 1980, in Houston, Texas. Mrs.Rielly, the former Mary Shea, was born in Nenona, Illinois January 12. 1889. She married John Rielly June 12, 1918 and they resided in the Rock Valley area.
She was proceeded in death by her husband John Rielly, who died in November 1965 and a son, Robert Rielly, who was killed at Iwo Jima in 1945. In 1966 she moved to Savanna, Illinois. The last four years she resided with her daughter in Houston.
Funeral services were held at St. Mary's Catholic Church April 23. with Fr. John Thomas officiating.
Burial in St. Mary's Cemetery. Survivors include a son, John Rielly. Savanna. Illinois, two daughters, Mrs. Eugene Sprakel, Crafton, Nebraska and Evelyn Rielly, Houston, Texas; six grandchildren; and one great grandchild. One sister Mrs. Sarah Hager, Fulda..Miinnesota.

OBITUARY OF HANNAH RIELLY TUYNMAN
Source: Hawarden Independent April 4, 1963
Mrs. Anna Benson, Mrs. William Harker and Mr and Mrs. Raymond Benson attended the requiem funeral mass for the former's sister-in-law. Mrs. Hannah Tuynman, 84, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rock Valley at 10 o'clock Thursday of last week.
Mrs. Tuynman, who died in the Sacred Heart Hospital in Le Mars Monday, came to the United States from Ireland as an infant.
She was preceded in death by her husband in 1956, a son, Dr. Peter Tuynman of Detroit Michigan, who was killed in a car accident three years ago, a brother and four sisters, three of who were nuns.
Survivors include seven daughters, Mrs. Harold Brady of Aberdeen S.D., Mrs Geroge Lucas of Sioux Falls, Mrs Arthur Klein and Mrs. Martin McNamara, both of Rock Valley, Mrs. Pete Vander Meer and Mrs. Will Zimmer, both of Le Mars, and Mrs. Marcella Walhof of Boise, Idaho; a brother who is a priest, and three brothers residing in Rock Valley; John, William, and Pat Reilly; a sister who is a nun; 32 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandcildren.

OBITUARY OF PETER TUYNMAN
Source: Sioux Center News (3-1-1956)
Peter E. Tuynman, 82, died Friday morning, February 24 at his home in Rock Valley. He had been ill health for several months. He was a resident of Rock Valley and the farming community for seventy years.
Peter Tuynman was born in Holland, December 4, 1873, son of William and Anna Tuynman and came to America at the age of 11 with his parents and settled on a farm near Rock Valley. He married Hannah Rielly, September 5, 1905 and located on a farm northwest of Rock Valley.
They farmed for several years in Sioux County and later moved to town where he was employed at the Farmer’s Lumber Company for 36 years and retired seven years ago.Mr. and Mrs. Tuynman were parents of triplets who survive him.
He is survived by the widow, Hannah, seven daughters, Mary , Mrs. Harold Brady, Ponitac (Michigan), Irene (Mrs. George Lucas, Sioux Falls), Marcella (Mrs.Bernard Walhof, Boise, Idaho), Madeline, (Mrs. Arther Klein, Rock Valley), Margaret (Mrs. Peter Vander Meer, Le Mars), Dorothy (Mrs. Manley Walter, Le Mars), Eileen (Mrs. Martin Mc Namara, Rock Valley),and a son, Dr. P. Edward Tuynman, Detroit, Michigan; four sisters, Mrs. Nellie Nazlett, Sioux Falls; Mrs. Kate Hurdelrink, Fairmont, North Dakota; Mrs. Anna Henson, Hawarden; Mrs. Margaret Coyer, Inwood; two brothers, Reynold, Madison, South Dakota, and Henry, Eugene Oregon; and 30 Grandchildren.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, William and John.
Mr. and Mrs. Tuynman celebrated their Golden Wedding Anniversary this past summer, with all of their children present and also all of their grandchildren in attendance.
Funeral services were held at 11 A. M. Monday, February 27 at Saint Mary’s Church, with the Rev. Father David McCoey officiating. Burial was in Saint Mary’s Cemetery in Rock Valley.

OBITUARY OF BILL RIELLY
Sioux Center News April 24, 1985
William A. Rielly, 88, of Rock Valley died Thursday, April 18, in a hospital in Rock Valley after a long illness. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, April 20 in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rock Valley. The Rev. William Wingert officiated. Burial was in St. Mary's Catholic Cemetery. The rosary was recited at 7:30 p.m. Friday, April 19, in the Porter Funeral Home in Rock Valley.
Mr. Rielly was born Aug. 21, 1896, rural Rock Valley, he graduated from St. Mary's High School in 1914. He married Genevieve Levens in June 1922 at Alvord. He farmed his entire life. Mrs. Rielly died Dec. 27,1982. He served on the Sioux Township School Board in the 1930s. He was a member of St.Mary's Catholic Church.
Survivors include one son, William E. of Rock Valley; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Dolores) Harrington of Sioux Falls, S.D.; eight grandchildren and six great grandchildren.

OBITUARY OF GENEVIEVE LEVENS RIELLY
Rielly, Genevieve M. born 7 Arp 1897 died Dec 1982 husb: William A. buried in ST. Mary’s Cemetery Rock Valley IA.
Rock Valley Bee Jan 5, 1983
Genevieve Mary Rielly, 85, of Rock Valley, died Monday, December 27, in a Rock Valley hospital of a long illness. Services were at 10:30 a.m. Thursday, December 30, in St. Mary's Catholic Church in Rock. Valley. The Rev. William Wingert officiated. Burial was in the parish cemetery. The rosary was recited at 8 p.m. Wednesday, December 29, in the Porter Funeral Home.
Mrs. Rielly, the former Genevieve Levens was born April 7, 1897, in Alvord. She taught school at Sacred Heart Church. She married Bill Rielly June 6, 1922, in Alvord and they farmed. Survivors include her husband; one son, William E. (Bill Jr.) of Rock Valley; one daughter, Mrs. Frank (Dolores) Harrington of Sioux Falls. S.D.; one brother, Lawrence of Sioux Falls; eight grandchildren and four great-grandchildren.

OBITUARY OF PAT RIELLY
Patrick Riley. Rock Valley Register May 8, 1896
On last Sunday evening occurred the death of Patrick Riley, a well known farmer, who resided north of town. He was ill only a short time and his death was wholly unexpected. He had a slight attack of the measles from which he had nearly recovered, but on Saturday be took a slight cold and from that time, he gradually grew worse, and on Sunday morning he sank into a trance in which state his soul passed into his maker's hands.
The deceased was born in Ireland 38 years ago and when but two years of age his parents came to to this country and settled on a farm near Ottawa. III., where he grew to manhood. About seven years ago he came to Sioux county and settled on a farm near this town. He leaves an aged mother, three sisters and a brother to mourn his loss. The deceased in his disposition was kind and genial and possessed many qualities that recommended him to his fellowmen. The universal feeling of the community in which he resided is one of genuine sorrow, and the tenderest sympathies of all go out to his grief stricken mother and relatives at the irreparable loss they suffer.
He was a charter member of Division No. 1 A. 0. H. of this place which order took charge of his remains and bore them to their restng place in the Catholic cemetery
The funeral services occurred at St. Mary's Catholic church on Tuesday, where solemn high mass was celebrated. Rev. Father Phelan spoke feelingly of his loss to the church and gave testimony of the faithfulness with which the deceased had always attended to his religious duties and exhorted his hearers to follow his example.
(In the 1895 census his mother is Mary Riley age 63 born Ireland , Patrick is 35 born Ireland, Thomas is 28 born ILL. For confusion both Patrick and his mother Mary are listed unde the names Riley and Rielly.)

OBITUARY OF CATHERINE HIGGINS RIELLY
Source: Rock Valley Bee (3-29-1962)
Born: September 29, 1888
Died: February 27, 1962
SERVICES FOR MRS. RIELLY TO BE FRIDAY
Rosary services will be held Thursday night at 8:00 P.M. in the Porter Funeral Home with funeral services set for 9:30 A.M. Friday, March 30, for Mrs. Catherine Maude (Higgins) Rielly, 73, who died at her home here Tuesday.
Services will be held at St. Mary’s Church with the Reverend R.W. Reinhart officiating.
Pallbearers are Arthur Klein, Tom McGill, Walter McNamara, Emmett Schanlan , Cloy McKeegan and Hein Kosters.
Interment will be in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Porter Funeral Home is in charge of services.
Mrs. Rielly was born in Canada September 29, 1888. On February 5, 1918 she married Patrick James Rielly. They had two daughters, Mrs. Mary Margaret Van Oosbree of Emmetsburg and Mrs. Rose Cheevet of Sioux City; two sons. John F. of Houston, Texas, and James of Oklahoma.

This picture of the Thomas Rielly family was taken from the Rock Valley St. Mary’s Church book page 143.

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