Walsh, Cornelius William 1874-1947

WALSH, FOGARTY, BIRRER

Posted By: Linda Ziemann, volunteer (email)
Date: 10/14/2017 at 11:26:44

C. W. Walsh Dies Today
Pneumonia Is Fatal To Riverside Farmer;
Ill for About a Year

RIVERSIDE: Cornelius William Walsh, 72, farmer in this community for many years, died at 9:15 o’clock this morning at his home west of town.

Although Mr. Walsh was ill with leukemia for about a year, the immediate cause of his death was a type of pneumonia.

Born August 22, 1874, on a farm west of Riverside, he was the son of Cornelius and Mary Fogarty Walsh. A lifelong resident of this community, he was married October 9, 1900, to Pellagia Birrer, who survives him.

The couple lived on a farm west of town, where they reared nine children, five boys and four girls. One son, Robert Edward, died in an accident in 1917, at the age of two years.

Surviving children are: John, Phoenix, Ariz.; Richard, Havertown, Pa.; Martin, Seattle, Wash.; Leo, of Casper, Wyo.; Thomas at home; Catherine (Mrs. Paul Knebel), near Riverside; Magdalene (Mrs. Ralph Meade), Mt. Pleasant; Mary (Mrs. Joseph Hurt, Jr.), Iowa City; Theresa (Mrs. Clifford Schmierer), Ellendale, N.D.

Other survivors are a brother, the Rt. Rev. Msgr. John M. Walsh, pastor of St. Mary’s church at Ottumwa; two sisters, both nuns at St. Francis hospital, La Crosse, Wis., Sister Mary Jeremiah (the former Margaret Walsh) and Sister Mary Beata (the former Theresa Walsh); and 17 grandchildren.

Mr. Walsh was a member of St. Mary’s Church in Riverside and of the Catholic Order of Foresters. Funeral services are tentatively scheduled for Friday morning at the church.
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Source: Iowa City Press-Citizen (Iowa City, Iowa) January 7, 1947