Kelleher, Rosella 1898 - 1954

KELLEHER, NEYLAN, DOYLE, HANLON, MORAN

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 8/11/2025 at 00:39:12

Clayton County Register, 26 Aug. 1954.

Funeral services for Miss Rosella Kelleher were held from the Witt funeral home to St. Joseph Catholic church, August 19. Msgr. D. A. Gorman officiated at the Requiem Mass. Pallbearers were: Fred Henning, Dan Barton, Will Cheeseman, John Miller, Al Gerkin and Pat Keleher.

Rosella was born July 04, 1898, the daughter of John L. and Jane Nelan Kelleher. After an illness of two and one-half years she died from a cerebral hemorrhage at the McGregor hospital Aug. 16, 1954.

Miss Kelleher was a graduate of the Elkader high school and was a seamstress. She was a member of St. Joseph church and Guild.

Preceding her in death were her father in 1911 and her mother in 1938.

Relatives from a distance attending the funeral were: Mrs. B. F. Doyle, Des Moines; Miss Margaret Neylan, Lake Port, Calif.; Joe Kelleher, Dubuque; Mr. and Mrs. Mike Hanlon, Oelwein; and Mr. and Mrs. John Moran, Rock Rapids, Iowa.