Yolo-Contra Costa County CA Obituary Project Obituaries.....SWEENEY , Josephine Anita "Jo"  February 28 2004
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"The Davis Enterprise," Saturday, March 6, 2004
Josephine Sweeney

Josephine Anita "Jo" Sweeney died surrounded by family on Feb. 28, 2004, in San
Pablo. She was 87.

One of seven children, she was born to Joseph and Emma Morin on Sept. 8, 1916,
in Duluth, Minn. She became a registered nurse and, in 1939, came to California,
where she met and married E.W. "Bill" Sweeney in 1941. She gave up her job to
marry and raise three daughters.

A founding member and lifetime supporter of St. Cornelius Church, she was active
in the Ladies Aid Society, YLI, Foresters and was a past president of the St.
Cornelius PTA. After raising her girls, she worked for 15 years as a nurse at
Richmond Hospital, retiring in 1978.

She was preceded in death by her husband, in 1968, and her brothers and sisters.

She is survived by her daughters, Kathleen Sweeney of Davis, Anne Marie Grant of
Vallejo and Eileen Thibault of Richmond; sons-in-law, Bill Grant and Larry
Thibault; nine grandchildren; 13 great-grandchildren; and many nieces and nephews.

A Rosary and viewing will be held at 7 p.m. Friday at Wilson and Kratzer Mission
Bell Chapel in San Pablo. A funeral Mass will be said at 1 p.m. Saturday at St.
Joseph's Catholic Church in Pinole.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the American Cancer Society or to a
charity of the donor's choice.


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Submitted with the permission of the "The Davis Enterprise," 315 G Street,
Davis, CA 95616.

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