Mary (Donnelly) Shelton (1862-1915)

DONNELLY, SHELTON, MCGUIRE, CARMODY, BLINK

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:12

From Nevada Representative October 15, 1915 (page 8)

On page captioned "Colo Representative"

Mrs. Marshall T. Shelton

Mary Donnelly was born near Freeport, Ill., Oct. 27, 1862, and died at the home of her mother, Mrs. N. Donnelly Oct. 11, 1915, at the age of nearly 53 year. She was of the family of ten children of Nicholas and Anne Donnelly and her passing the first in the family aside from that of two other children who died in infancy. She came to Story county with her parents in 1881, was married to Marshall T. Shelton Sept. 4, 1893. they made their home in Nevada for fifteen years, lived on the home farm one year and then removed to Dunkerton and resided there and at Waterloo. Mrs. Shelton's health failed in the spring and the home was broken up. A surgical operation at Rochester gave hope of recovery but after some time it was evident that the trouble would prove fatal. Kind and loving hands of family and friends helped to relieve the suffering but could not war off the inevitable. Hers was a life of unselfish love and devotion to home and husband to members of her family, her church and countless friends. The funeral services were conducted Wednesday morning at 10 o'clock from St. Mary's Church at Colo and interment in St. James Cemetery beside the grave of her father. She leaves her mother, six sisters, Mrs. Bridget McGuire of Colo, Mrs. Ella Carmody of Freeport, Ill., Mrs. Alice Blink of Rhodes, Mrs. Agnes Orr and Miss Margaret and Kathryn Donnelly and one brother John besides a number of nieces and nephews and other relatives. Relatives and friends from a distance who were in attendance at the funeral are Mrs. Jas. Carmody of Freeport, Ill., Mrs. A. J. Blink of Rhodes, Mr. John Kielly Sr. and son Will and Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Kielly, Mr. and Mrs. John Kielly Jr. and daughters, Mr. and Mrs. Conner Murray of State Center, Miss Ella Malone of Cedar Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Pat Sinnott of Waterloo, Messrs. Geo. McNellis and Constantine of Dunkerton, Mr. and Mrs. John Hopkins of Des Moines and many friends from Nevada.

Card of Thanks

We wish to express our thanks to the friends who were so kind to s in our bereavement and especially those members of the St. James Cemetery Society who gave the cross of beautiful flowers, also for the other floral offerings and the choir for their consoling music--Marshall T. Shelton, Mrs. N. Donnelly and family.