Coffey, Mary (Mrs. John ) 1944-1893

COFFEY

Posted By: Wilma J. Vande Berg (email)
Date: 6/13/2021 at 20:33:35

Coffey, Mary 15 July 1844 died 25 May 1893 St. Joseph’s cemetery Granville IA as listed in the Sioux County cemetery Index.

Alton Democrat of Jun 3, 1893
From the Isle of Saints to the land of the Pilgrims, from the land of Pilgrims to the wild rose covered prairies of Granville, from the wild rose covered prairies of Granville to the lily studded fields of Heaven, was the course of the mortal pilgrimage of Mrs. Mary Coffey.

Such was the beginning of the funeral sermon preached by Rev. Father Tierney over the body of Mrs.Mary Coffey, whose demise took place at the home of Thomas Barry Thursday morning, May 25th. Mrs. Coffey was a resident of Northampton, Mass., and had been an invalid for some time, and was advised that nothing could prove more beneficial to her than a change of climate. Hence accompanied by her husband and children, Alice, John and Simon, she bade farewell to New England's rugged headlands and came to seek strength in Western Iowa with her sister Mrs. Thomas Barry of this place. They arrived in Granville just four weeks before her death. The first two weeks after her arrival great hopes of her recovery were cherished; but Thursday evening, May 11th, she suffered severely from an unexpected attack of hemorrhage of the lungs. After this her sufferings were extreme until the evening before her death. Her death bed was surrounded by those who called her wife, mother, sister and aunt. The remains were interred in the Catholic cemetery Saturday evening at nine o'clock. The bereaved husband and children have the full sympathy of the entire community.