Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Currigan, Ann (Mathews) 1920 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/mi/mifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Sandy Heintzelman sheintz@iserv.net December 4, 2009, 7:38 pm Lyons Herald, July 8, 1920 Mrs. Ann Currigan passed away at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Norman Etson, Saturday afternoon, July 3rd, 1920, after an illness lasting nearly four years, during which time she was a great sufferer. Deceased was born in Ireland October 28, 1839, and when sixteen years of age came to America, first stopping at Montreal, Canada, and from there going to a point in Illinois about fifteen miles from Chicago. After a year spent there, she came to Lyons in 1856, and has been a continuous resident here since. In 1856 she was united in marriage to Henry Currigan, who passed away July 12, 1869. To them were born six children, three of whom, Mrs. Norman Etson, John and Thomas Currigan, all of Lyons, are left to mourn their loss. Funeral services were held Tuesday morning from the church of SS. Peter & Paul, Ionia, and interment made in Mt. Olivet cemetery. The bearers were John Currigan, Norman Etson, James Mathews and Thomas Patterson. Following are those who came from a distance to attend the funeral : Mrs. Kittie Scullen, James Mathews, Joseph Patterson and Thomas Patterson of Lansing; Mrs. Ben Hall, Mrs. Nonia Botts and Wm. Mathews of Grand Rapids; James Hall of Chicago. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/mi/ionia/obits/c/currigan1576nob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.net/mifiles/ File size: 1.8 Kb