Will County IL Archives Obituaries.....Tierney, Sarah 1915
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Herald, Sep 1915
Second Oldest Pioneer of Will County, Who Dies

Mrs. Sarah Tierney, 100 Years Old, Passes Away

Pioneer Resident of Will County Succumbs at Her Home Near Wilmington

Mrs. Sarah Tierney, aged 100 years, second oldest resident of Will County, 
died Sunday morning at 10 o’clock in her home three miles north of Wilmington, 
following a general decline.

She had resided in the home where she died for more than sixty-five years.  
Mrs. Tierney was a native of Ireland.  Her husband, Michael Tierney, died 25 
years ago.

She is survived by two sons, William and John, who live in Wilmington 
township, nine grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.  The other children 
of the pioneer woman died years ago.

The funeral will be Tuesday morning at 9 o’clock from the home to St. Rose’s 
church at Wilmington.  Burial in the Wilmington Catholic cemetery.

Orasmus Page, age 106, the oldest newsboy in the world, is the only resident 
of Will county known to be older then was Mrs. Tierney.  Page lives on Eastern 
avenue, next to the abandoned Rock Island right-of-way.

The Rev. Patrick F. A. Byrne, former pastor of the Church of the Nativity in 
Chicago, died yesterday at RockFord, Ill., after a long illness.  He also had 
served as pastor of churches at Grand Crossing and Highland Park.  He was 50 
years old.  

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