OBITUARY: Ellen Plunkett, 1889-1966 Mitchell County, Iowa

[Source: Mitchell County Press-News or Mason City Globe Gazette]


	FUNERAL HELD FOR MRS. ELLEN PLUNKETT

Funeral services for Mrs. Ellen Plunkett, 77, formerly of Osage and more
recently of Waterloo, were held March 2, at St. Peter's Catholic Church
in New Haven.  Mrs. Plunkett died Feb. 27, at a nursing center in Waterloo.
(Mar. 1966)

The Rev. Joseph W. Bohr of Riceville was in charge of the services and
arrangements were by C. R. Champion and Sons.  Burial was in the church
cemetery.

Ellen Agnes Dynes was born Sept. 5, 1889, on a farm near Riceville, the
daughter of John and Mary Slattery Dynes.  She was graduated from St. Mary's
academy in New Haven and taught rural schools in that area.  Later she
attended Gates business college in Waterloo and became a stenographer.

Her marriage to Paul Emanuel Plunkett took place Jan. 7, 1914, at Immaculate
Conception Catholic Church in Riceville.  They established their home on
a farm north of Riceville, remaining there for many years.

Mrs. Plunkett was a lifelong member of the Catholic Church.

She is survived by five daughters: Viola Plunkett with whom she made her
home in Waterloo, Mrs. Merwin Marr and Mrs. Velma Humphrey of Waterloo,
Mrs. Marvin Wetter of Orchard; Mrs. Jerold Quinn of Austin; two sons,
Frank of Blooming Prairie, Minn., and Paul Plunkett of Corpus Christi,
Tex., 23 grandchildren, three great-grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs.
Theresa Hoisington of Charles City.

She was preceded in death by her husband, who died Feb. 5, 1938, and by
her parents.




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