Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
September 29, 1926
Mourns Death of Mother
Mrs. Jas. Mahoney is mourning the death of her mother, Mrs. Wm.
Cronin, who passed away Saturday night at the home of her
daughter, Mrs. B.F. Beck, in Waterloo. Funeral services were held
at St. Mary's Catholic church in Waverly at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday.
Mary Twohie was born Feb. 5, 1840, in Dunnanway, Ireland and came
to the United States with her parents in 1847, settling at
Springfield, Mass. She was married to William Cronin in 1863 at
Armstrong, Wis., They came to Iowa soon after their marriage and
settled on a farm near Clarksville where they lived until 1900,
then moving to Waverly. Mr. Cronin died in 1906. Mrs. Cronin
remained in Waverly until 1918, when she went to Waterloo to
reside with her daughter. Surviving are nine children, James
Cronin, Waterloo; Mrs. F.J. Byrnes, Chicago; Mrs. James Mahoney,
Nashua; Mrs. Hanna Ramker, Greene; Mrs. G.E. Noble, Boise, Idaho;
Mrs. Mary Grady, Conrad, Mont.; Mrs. E.T. McDonald, Farley; Mrs.
B.F. Beck, of Waterloo and Mrs. J.E. Corrigan of New Hartford.
Six children
preceded her in death.