Obit for RAVERTY, Mary (JOHNSON) (b.1869 d.1939), Brown Co., MN
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Obituary of Mary Raverty (Johnson)

FullName : Mary Raverty
Birth Date: 06/03/1869
Birth Place: Blue Earth, MN
Parents: Ole and ? Johnson
Death Date: 06/23/1939
Death Place: Sleepy Eye, MN Brown County

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Mrs. M. Raverty Passed Away Late Friday

Mrs P.D. Raverty, nee Mary Johnson, passed away at 11:40pm on Friday 
at the home of her daughter, Mrs Mate Schuman with whom she had been 
residing on Current Stret.  Deceased died at the age of 70 years 
after being in ill health for ten years and patiently bearing her 
sufferings during the past three bed ridden years.

Mary Johnson was born in 1869 on June 3, at Blue Earth, Mn.  On April 
29, 1899 she was joined in marriage to the late Patrick Raverty at
New Ulm.  Her husband preceded her in death eight years ago.

Following their marriage the couple went to farming in Home township 
where they remained for 20 years.  They then moved to Sleepy Eye and 
resided there until their death.

She was the mother of 5 children, all of Sleepy Eye, namely, Mrs Jos 
Fischer, Jr., George Raverty, Edward Raverty and James Raverty and 
Mrs Mate Schumann.  Two brothers and one sister survive, Andrew 
Johnson of Sleepy Eye, Hugo Johnson of Minneapolis and Mrs Isac 
Martine of Portland, Oregon.  There are 23 grandchildren and eight 
greatgrandchildren.  

Funeral services were conducted at the Schumann home Sunday afternoon
at two o'clocl with Rev. Miss Rhoda Jane Dickinson in charge.  
Burial was made in Home cemetery.

Five grandsons and a nephew acted as pallbearers; George, Clarence 
and Marvin Fischer; Edward and Warren Schumann and Kenneth Johnson.