Nora Lee (Haynes) Gaffney 1872-1960

GAFFNEY, HAYNES, SMITH, STURDY, HALL, MCLELAND, BLETZER

Posted By: Volunteer - Karen DaPra
Date: 10/12/2002 at 04:51:26

MRS. JOHN GAFFNEY

FT. MADISON--Mrs. John (Nora Lee) Gaffney, 88, 211 Ave. G, died Thursday at her home after a lengthy illness.

Services will be Saturday at 10 a.m. in the Barr Memorial chapel, with burial in Buckhart cemetery, Buckhart, Ill., Dr. Claude W. cooper officiating.

She was born Aug. 26, 1872, at Adelphia, Ohio, the daughter of Henry and Sarah Smith Haynes, and married John Gaffney on July 23, 1892, at Mt. Pulaski, Ill. He is dead.

She was a member of the Methodist church and was a 53-year member of the Royal Neighbors.

Surviving are three sons, Ray of Stockton, Calif., Dean of Milton, and Harold of Ft. Madison; four daughters, Mrs. Frank Sturdy of Springfield, Ill., Mrs. Ronald Hall of Rochester, Ill., Mrs. Harry McLeland of Stockport and Mrs. Elmer Bletzer of Milton; and a brother, Fred Haynes of Springfield, Ill.

(Photocopy of this obit is located on page 56 of Obit Book A found in the Van Buren County, Iowa Genealogical Society's collection at the Keosauqua Public Library in November 1999. Handwritten at the bottom is "Hawk Eye 28 Oct 1960.")

I am NOT related to this person and am posting it for those who may find him/her in their family tree.

[Original Post 21 January 2000]