Mahoney, Emma (Brown)

Emma Mahoney
Jan. 19, 1852-April 28, 1936

Niles Daily Star, Wednesday, April 29, 1936, page 1, col. 8, microfilm Niles District Library

MRS. EMMA MAHONEY DIES IN 84TH YEAR

Lifelong Resident of Niles Passes Away at Home of Her Daughter

 

Mrs. Emma R. Mahoney, 84, widow of James Mahoney and a life-long resident of Niles, died Tuesday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.J. Geideman, 441 South St. Joseph avenue.

Mrs. Mahoney was born in Niles Jan. 19, 1852. She was the daughter of Jacob and Sarah Brown and one of 10 children.  Only one sister survives, Mrs. Frank Claverign, Chicago.

She leaves also her daughter, Mrs. Geideman; two granddaughters, Mrs. Irma Taft and Mrs. Dorothy McVeigh, and two great-grandchildren, Eugene and Jane McVeigh, all of Niles.

The body was taken to the Price and Kiger funeral home where services will be held Thursday afternoon at 3:30 o'clock.  The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson, rector of Trinity Episcopal church, will officiate.  Burial will be in Silverbrook cemetery.

 

Niles Daily Star, Thursday, April 30, 1936, page 2, col. 1, microfilm Niles District Library

 

Niles News in Brief:  MAHONEY RITES TODAY

Services were held today in the Price and Kiger funeral home for Mrs. Emma Mahoney, 84, a lifelong resident of Niles, who died Tuesday afternoon in the home of her daughter, Mrs. H.J. Geideman, 441 South St. Joseph avenue. The Rev. Harry L. Nicholson officiated and burial was in Silverbrook cemetery.