Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Gallagher, Catherine (Garrity) August 11, 1936
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Ionia Sentinel Standard-Tues. Aug. 11, 1936

THE WIDOW OF FORMER IONIA MAYOR DEAD
Funeral Rites for Mrs. Catherine Gallagher occurred at her home 230 East Main street
at 3:30 Tuesday morning, August 11, after an illness of three weeks. Funeral services
will be held Thursday morning at 9 o'clock at SS. Peter and Paul church with burial at Mr.
Olivet cemetery.

Mrs. Gallagher was the widow of Edward F. Gallagher, mayor of Ionia in 1905 and an 
alderman of Ionia prior to that time. Mr. Gallagher was manager of the Ionia Gas
Light and Coke company for many years. Their marriage took place here August 19, 1885.

Mrs. Gallagher was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Michael J. Garrity and had been an
Ionia resident for 65 years. She was a member of SS. Peter and Paul church and of the
Rosary society.

Surviving her are two sons, Frank J. of Connecticut, and Fred, at home; one
daughter, Mrs. Richard Vosper of Ionia, and a grandson James Edward Vosper; a sister, Mrs. James
Scully of Detroit, and a brother, John A. Garrity also of Detroit. Another son, Ned, was
killed July 20, 1907 in the wreck of an Ionia-Detroit Pere Marquette excursion train at Salem.

Ionia Sentinel Standard-Thurs. Aug. 13, 1936

MRS. CATHERINE GALLAGHER
Funeral services for Mrs. Catherine Gallagher of 330 East Main street were held at
SS. Peter and Paul church, Thursday morning at 9 o'clock. Requiem High Mass was sung by

Rev. Fr. J.V. Coyle, the Celebrant of the Mass, who was assisted by Rev. Fr. Vincent
Alfes, deacon of Morrice; Rev. Fr. Alfes was formerly an assistant priest at the Ionia
parish and a friend of Mrs. Gallagher.

Pall bearers were Anthony Scully, Fred A Chapman, Harry McGowan, Dr. J.J. McCann, 
Wallace Hearsey and John Sullivan. Mrs. George Hackett, Mrs. John Sullivan and Mrs.
Harry McGowan had charge of the flowers. 

Out of town people who attended the funeral are;: Mrs. Bertha Scully, John Garrity,
Mr. and Mrs. B. D. Connellly and Betty, Mary Ellen and James of Detroit; Frank Gallagher of
New York City, Mrs. M. J. O'Brien and Rosemary and Charlotte of Chicago, Mrs. Margaret
Bryant, Mrs. Margaret Nash and Mrs. Alice Bean of Grand Rapids, and Miss Dacie Sunderlin of
Lansing.

Additional Comments:
Mt. Oliver Cem.-Lot #A-25

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