O'DONNELL, Mary 1820-1900

ODONNELL, FISH

Posted By: Cindy Smith (email)
Date: 6/16/2024 at 12:15:02

Mrs. Mary O'Donnell, wife of T.O. O' Donnell, after an illness of seven weeks duration, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. N. Fish, at the advanced age of eighty years. She bore her illness with great patience and fortitude and calmly passed away at five o'clock Tuesday evening. She made many friends during her sojourn here. Mr. and Mrs. O'Donnell were among the first settlers in the county, coming to Iowa township in 1862 from Freeport, Illinois. Deceased leaves a husband and four children to mourn the loss of a kind wife and a loving mother. The funeral services were held at St. Joseph's church in this city Thursday, Rev. Father Norton of Lycurgus officiating. Remains were interred in the Hurley cemetery.

~Source: Lansing Mirror(New Albin Notes), Friday, November 30, 1900, Lansing, Iowa, Page 8

**Notes** Hurley Cemetery is now Holy Cross Cemetery in Iowa Township, Allamakee County. Woodmansee Cemtery Records indicate Mary being born 12/23/1820 and her date of death as 11/20/1900