Obit for Mary Ann ENRIGHT DUFFY (b.1857 d.1892), Mower Co., MN

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Obituary
Mary Ann ENRIGHT Duffy
1892

On Tuesday, April 62 occurred one of the saddest deaths ever 
recorded in Austin.  Mary Ann, daughter of the late John Enwright 
(sic) and wife of George Duffy, well to all appearance Monday 
evening, and the next morning at 9:30 was dead.  
Attending physicians believe that the severe vomiting with which 
her sickness commenced resulted in internal hemorrhage, the death 
and premature birth of her child, and her own death a few hours 
later.  So sudden a death is a great shock to her many friends 
who loved her with a sister's love and feel a sister's sorrow.  
The ladies of the Catholic Union, of which she was a member,
decorated her casket with a cross of carnations and roses and the 
United Workmen placed on her coffin a floral cross and anchor.  
A Solemn Requiem Mass for the repose of her soul was celebrated by 
Father Murphy of Blooming Prairie, assisted by Fathers Christie and 
O'Sullivan.  Father Christie preached an eloquent sermon exhorting 
his hearers not to consider their duty to departed friends discharged 
by a tear of sorrow over their graves, but to remember them in their 
prayers, the only way they can now benefit them, quoting the 
scripture: "It is a holy and wholesome thought to pray for the dead, 
that they may be loosened from their sins."  A large concourse of 
friends attended the funeral and followed her to the grave.  
She was born October 23, 1857 in Iowa county, Wis., moved to Austin 
with her parents in 1866, and married to George Duffy, by Father 
Hurly February 9, 1879.  She endeared herself to all who knew her in 
life, and died in the Catholic faith.  After receiving the last 
sacraments, she exclaimed, "O! I am so happy."  She kissed her 
husband good-bye and expired without a sigh.  She leaves motherless 
three girls and two boys, the oldest a girl of eleven.     

Note from Submitter:
Obituary of Mary Ann ENRIGHT Duffy, my 2nd great aunt, sister of Margaret 
Rose ENRIGHT Duffy.  She was the first wife of my great grandfather, George 
DUFFY, who later married his late wifes' sister. (Margaret Rose ENRIGHT)