El Paso County CO Archives Obituaries.....Blaney, Henry November 29, 1948
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OBITUARY - Colorado Springs Gazette Telegraph - Tuesday, November 30, 1948

HENRY BLANEY, 87, PIONEER RESIDENT OF COUNTY, IS DEAD

Henry Blaney, pioneer resident of Colorado Springs and Falcon, passed away 
at a Colorado Springs hospital Monday.  Rosary service will be held at the 
Nolan drawing room at 7:00 p.m. Wednesday, Requiem high mass will be celebrated 
at 9:00. Thursday in St. Mary's church.  Interment will be in Evergreen cemetery.

Mr. Blaney was born April 7, 1861 in Ulster county, Ireland, and came to the 
United States at the age of 17, landing at Boston and then going to New York City.  
He then went to Texas where he trailed cattle to Dodge City, Kansas, which at that 
time was the end of the railroad into the West.

Coming to Colorado Springs, he worked on the Denver and Rio Grande and Rock Island 
railroads while they were building lines into Colorado.  He also worked on the 
construction of the old Antlers Hotel.

Mr. Blaney was a pioneer cattleman and ranchman in the Falcon district where he 
had made his home for 60 years.  He was married to Miss. Mary Malaney in St. Mary's 
Church in September of 1892.  Mrs. Blaney passed away in 1939.

Surviving Mr. Blaney are three sons, John, Joe and William, all of Falcon; two 
daughters, Miss. Anna Blaney, Colorado Springs, and Mrs. Lucile Williams, Denver 
and three grandchildren.  Mr. Blaney was a member of the Woodmen of the World and 
St. Mary Catholic church.

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