Clayton county Album
Madden Family
Littleport

Unless otherwise credited, the photos were contributed by Kristy Sligar.

Thomas 'Tom' Madden, Jr. - son of Thomas SR & Ellen (Hennessey / Wennessy) Madden. He died in 1946, and is buried at Sacred Heart cemetery, Littleport. Obituary

Theresa G. 'Tracy' - 1883-1959. Daughter of Anton 'Tony' Kafer & Katherine Pfrommer. She is buried at Sacred Heart cemetery, Littleport.
Obituary * see also: Kafer family album

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Thomas & Tracy Madden had 4 children:

1. infant daughter Madden, 8/8/1905-8/17/1905 - her death certificate (familysearch.org) gives cause as: "congenital exhaustion from very bad cleft palate with other complications". Obituary

2. Joseph Cecil Madden 1906-1992. He most often went by the name Cecil. He served in the U.S. Army WWII and Korea, retired as a Colonel. Married Marjorie E. Potts in Omaha, NE, 1933. He died 7/12/1992. The FindaGrave memorial for him gives burial in Arlington Nat'l Cemetery, but not a photo of his gravestone. An obit was not found.

3. Clarence E. Madden 1911-1961. Clarence 'Mad Man' Madden died in Oklahoma. He served in WWII. Married to Ella Gerbold. Obituary

4. Kathleen L. Madden 1915-1985. Kathleen married Oscar Meese. He was the son of Edward H. & Anna Bente Meese. They lived on a farm in Section 11, Lodomillo twp., Clayton co., north of Edgewood. The couple had 2 sons: Thomas & Terry.

Thomas E. Meese, 1954 1937-1981

Terry O. Meese, 1962 1944-2006

Oscar's Obituary * Kathleen's Obituary * Thomas' Obituary * Terry's Obituary

Note: in addition to the photos of Kathleen below, another baby photo is in the Kafer family album