Kennedy, Ella (Mrs. Thomas H.), 1868-1911

KENNEDY, CAREY

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Date: 3/4/2015 at 22:16:00

From the Hawarden Independent, April 20, 1911:

Very Sudden Death
Mrs. T. H. Kennedy Dies Friday Morning
In Usual Health, When Stricken With Apoplexy, Passes Away Almost Instantly

Seldom has this community met with such a severe and unexpected shock as it did on last Friday morning when the news of the sudden death of Mrs. T. H. Kennedy was announced. Mrs. Kennedy was apparently in as good health as usual that morning. She arose at an early hour and performed her usual morning tasks in her accustomed manner.

At about 8:15 she called to her son Leonard, who was just preparing to go to the field, and asked him to bring her a drink of water. He hastened to comply with her request, thinking she was suffering from a sort of dizzy or fainting spell. After drinking the water, she walked unsupported from the porch to her bed room, and complained that it was hard for her to breathe. Her son loosened her clothing and placed her in as comfortable a position as possible. Seeing that she seemed to be losing consciousness, he hastened to the telephone and summoned help. Neighbors quickly responded and everything possible was done to revive her, but all to no effect, and in about thirty minutes after she was stricken, death occurred. Dr. McAllister arrived immediately after she expired, and pronounced her death due to an attack of apoplexy.

Ella A. Carey was born in Elk Point, S.D., Nov. 26, 1868, and died at her home in Virginia township, Union county, S.D., April 14, 1911, being at the time of her death 42 years, 4 months and 18 days old. She passed her girlhood days on the farm home near Elk Point. On September 22, 1891, she was united in marriage to Thomas H. Kennedy of Hawarden. To this union two sons were born, John who has now attained the age of 18 years and Leonard who is 17. She spent her married life in Hawarden, with the exception of the brief time she spent on the farm home southwest of Hawarden, moving there March 1, 1911.

The funeral services were held at the Catholic church in Hawarden, at 10:30 a.m., Monday. Requiem high mass was celebrated, Father Bradley being assisted by Father Masterson, former pastor of Hawarden, but now at Varina, Iowa, and Father Hurley of Akron. Father Bradley delivered the funeral sermon. It was a sermon that most assuredly had the effect of bringing great consolation to the bereaved ones. Interment took place at Elk Point, immediately after the arrival of the south bound passenger. Here, as at Hawarden, a great concourse of sorrowing friends; and beautiful floral offerings were in evidence.

She leaves to mourn her loss her husband, two sons, an aged mother, five sisters, three brothers and numerous other relatives.

In the death of this estimable woman the home has been robbed of a devoted wife and mother, the church of which she was a member has lost a faithful and ardent worker, and social and business circles in which she mingled will keenly feel her loss. One comforting thought is, she has only gone before and we feel certain she will be as joyfully and gladly received in Heaven as she will be sadly and mournfully missed on earth. The sympathy of all is extended to the bereaved family and that sympathy was most assuredly manifested in the floral offerings and the various other acts of kindness which were rendered.