Eva (Holleran) CORLISS

CORLISS, HOLLERAN, OCONNOR, FOLEY, PRENTISS, MILTNER, HALLORAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/18/2007 at 18:12:36

The Clinton Herald, Clinton, IA
August 3, 1944

Mrs. Bruce E. Corliss, Sacramento, Calif., died Sunday in her home, after several months illness, according to word received here by her brother, F.L. Holleran. Funeral services for Mrs. Corliss will be conducted Saturday at 9 a.m. in the Eagle Grove, Iowa Catholic church. Burial will be in Eagle Grove cemetery. Mrs. Corliss was born Aug. 13, 1878, in Fulton, Ill., the daughter of James and Adelia Holleran. She married Burce E. Corliss, formerly of Clinton, July 25, 1905, and the couple moved to Eagle Grove immediately following the ceremony. Mrs. Corliss lived in Eagle Grove until three years ago when she left Iowa to make her home with her daughter, Mrs. R.E. Foley, in Los Angeles, Calif. Three months ago, Mrs. Corliss and her daughter moved to Sacramento. Surviving, besides Holleran and Mrs. Foley, are two sons, Lt. F.R. Corliss, of the army air corps, and Charles W. Corliss, Los Angeles, Calif., and a sister, Mrs. C.L. Prentiss, Omaha, Neb. Mr. and Mrs. F.L. Holleran and Paul B. Holleran, a nephew, Clinton, and Mrs. L.J. Miltner, Davenport, will attend the funeral. Mrs. Corliss was preceded in death by her husband, who died Dec. 11, 1939.

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Funeral services for Mrs. Bruce Corliss will be held Saturday morning at 9 o'clock at Sacred Heart church.

Word of her death was received here Sunday night. She died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Robert (Mildred) Foley, in Sacramento, Calif. Mr. Corliss passed away Dec. 11, 1939.

Surviving Mrs. Corliss are three children, Mrs. Robert Foley of Sacramento, Calif., Lieut. Reed Corliss in the Army, and Charles of Los Angeles, Calif.

Mr. and Mrs. Corliss came to Eagle Grove soon after their marriage in Clinton, Iowa in 1905. Since selling the family home here about a year and a half ago, Mrs. Corliss had been making her home with her daughter.

It was expected that Mrs. Foley would reach Eagle Grove with the remains early this morning. It is not known whether Lieut. Reed Corliss will be here for the funeral services. Charles Corliss arrived on Wednesday afternoon.

Interment will be in the family lot in Calvary cemetery.

EAGLE GROVE EAGLE --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
Thursday, August 3, 1944