Coles County IL Archives Obituaries.....Cavanaugh, John J
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Obituary of John J. CAVANAUGH, Coles County, Illinois

Name of Deceased:  John J. CAVANAUGH
Name of Newspaper:  The Mattoon Journal-Gazette  
Date of Newspaper:  10 September 1940, Tuesday

JOHN J. CAVANAUGH DIES AT 78

John J. Cavanaugh died at 3:50 o'clock this morning at his home,
808 North Twenty-second Street, after an illness of seven weeks.  
Death was due to complications incident to old age.  Mr. Cavanaugh
was 78 years old.

The funeral will be held at 9:30 o'clock Thursday morning at the 
Church of the Immaculate Conception, with Rev. Father T. G. Smith 
officiating.  Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Mr. Cavanaugh was born May 9, 1862 in Mattoon, a son of Mr. and 
Mrs. Michael Cavanaugh.  He attended the local schools.  Mr. 
Cavanaugh's first wife died before the turn of the century.  In 
1901, he married Miss Mary Reynolds of Mattoon.  For a number of 
years, he was a locomotive fireman on the Big Four Railroad.  
Later, he became a blacksmith in the Big Four shops.

Surviving besides his second wife are a son, John of Indianapolis;
a daughter, Mrs. Adolph Huber of Mattoon; three sisters, Mrs. 
Mary Cordes and Mrs. Bertha Newland of Mattoon and Mrs. Alice 
Price of Terre Haute; a brother, Michael, of Decatur; two 
grandchildren and a great grandchild.

Mr. Cavanaugh was a lifelong member of the Church of the 
Immaculate Conception and was a member of the Blacksmiths' 
Association.


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