Mary Elizabeth (Hamm) McCoy (1875-1950)

HAMM, MCCOY, HOPKINS, ODONNELL, GALE, GALES

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/17/2021 at 16:53:13

From Nevada Evening Journal January 13, 1950 (page 5)

Hold Final Services For Mrs. A. O. McCoy

Funeral services for Mrs. A. O. McCoy were held at St. Mary's church in Colo on Tuesday morning, Jan. 10, with the Rev. Father Vern Cross reading the funeral mass.

Music was furnished by St. Mary's choir with Mrs. Roger Hopkins as soloist and Mrs. Frances O'Donnell presiding at the organ.

Interment was in the St. James cemetery by the side of the husband, who passed away 10 years ago.

The casket bearers were nephews of the deceased, Roger Hopkins, Roy O'Donnell, M. R. McCoy, Carroll Hamm, Roger Gales and William Gales.

The floral offerings were cared for by Mrs. John Donnelly, Mrs. Charles Yeager and Mrs. Roy Brouhard.

Obituary

Mary E. Hamm, daughter of Andrew & Anne Hamm, was born at Freeport, Ill., on Dec. 31, 1875, and passed away at Colo, Iowa, on Jan. 7, 1950, at the age of 74 years.

When three years of age she moved with her parents to Colo, where she lived the most part of her life. After her father's death, she spent some time with her brother and wife, Mr. and Mrs. John Hamm, in order to attend the Belle Plaine High school.

Then she returned to Story county where she taught school until she moved with her mother to Armour, S. D., where she was united in marriage with Anthony O. McCoy of Colo on Oct. 11, 1899. They established their new home in Colo, where she has lived continuously, except for four years in South Dakota and one year with her son, Charles, in Davenport. For the past three years she has made her home with Mrs. Elizabeth Cannon of Colo.

Survivors

To this marriage were born four sons, Charles, James, Arlyn and Archie. Mrs. McCoy was preceded in death by her husband, her parents and her four brothers, William, John, Charles and Frank Hamm.

Following the funeral services a dinner was served to the relatives in the church parlors by the Ladies of St. Mary's and W. O. club. Mrs. McCoy had been a member of the latter club for 30 years.

Relatives and friends attended the services from Davenport, Des Moines, Nevada, Waterloo, Carroll and Marshalltown and Rochelle, Evanston, and Freeport in Illinois.