Ionia County MI Archives Obituaries.....Lawless, Mary J. August 15, 1915
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The Portland Observer, Thursday, August 19, 1915
Mrs. Mary J. Lawless, a pioneer resident of Portland, died last Sunday at 
Kalamazoo.  She as 73 years old.  The remains were brought to Portland and 
funeral services were held from St. Patrick’s church Wednesday morning. Fr. 
McCarthy of Ionia, officiating.  Interment was made in Portland cemetery.  
Mrs. Lawless, whose maiden name was Mary J. Lloyd, was born in Oneida county, 
New York, in 1842, moving with her parents to Portland when nine months old, 
where she has since resided, with the exception of about ten years spent in 
California.

In 1854 she was married to W. S. McGarah  To this union three children were 
born, George Robert, who died in infancy, Mrs. Sarah Cahill, of Charlotte, and 
Mrs. Frances E. Barker, of Nashville.

In 1882 she was married the second time to Patrick Lawless.  The couple lived 
on his farm at Maple Corners until his death in 1892, after which she moved 
back to Portland.  She had been a member of St. Patrick’s church since 1880, 
and faithful to the end.  She was a kind and loving mother, ever ready to do 
for the pleasure and comfort of others, fully appreciating the fact that, “it 
is more blessed to give than to receive.”

There are left to mourn her loss two daughters, two brothers, one sister, five 
grandchildren and two great grandchildren.


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