Martha Elizabeth (Keena) FISHER McNEIL

KEENA, MCNEIL, FISHER, BARRETT, BERNARD, PENDERGAST, LEWIS, CHAPMAN, HALLIGAN, LAURENT, KELLY, OLSON, DINGMAN

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 2/10/2024 at 13:06:47

Martha Elizabeth (Keena) Fisher McNeil
October 26, 1870 --- July 8, 1957

Mrs. Martha Elizabeth McNeil, 86, 1923 Heights avenue, a resident of Sioux City 30 years, died Monday at a hospital after a long illness. She came to Sioux City from Eagle Grove, Ia.

She was born October 26, 1870 in Peoria, Ill. Mrs. McNeil was a member of the confraternity of the Cathedral parish.

Survivors include a son, Raymond W. Fisher of Aurora, Neb.; four daughters, Miss Elnora Barrett of Luverne, Minn.; Mrs. Marie Bernard of Chicago, Mrs. Flavia Pendergast of Sioux City and Mrs. Agnes Lewis of Miami, Fla; 21 grandchildren and 30 great-grandchildren. Mrs. Madeline Chapman of Eagle Grove, a daughter, died several years ago.

The Larkin funeral home has charge of arrangements.

Sioux City Journal --- Sioux City, Iowa
July 9, 1957

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Gravesite rites will be held for Mrs. Elizabeth McNeal [McNeil] of Sioux City at Calvary cemetery, Thursday afternoon, between 3:00 and 4:00 o’clock with Kastler's in charge.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
July 11, 1957

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VINCENT -- Mr. and Mrs. Jim Halligan, Mrs. Lizzie Laurent and Dennis Kelly attended the graveside rites at Eagle Grove Thursday for Mrs. Elisabeth [Elizabeth] McNeal [McNeil] of Sioux City.

HARDY -- Mr. and Mrs. August Olson and daughter of Hardy, Mr. and Mrs. Marlin Dingman and daughter and Bernadine Olson of Ft. Dodge attended graveside services Thursday at Calvary cemetery at Eagle Grove for Mrs. Elizabeth McNeil. The deceased was the maternal grandmother of Mrs. Olson.

Eagle Grove Eagle --- Eagle Grove, Iowa
July 18, 1957

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[Her first husband was Thomas Fisher; second was Thomas J. McNeil from whom she separated in 1918;]