Beckham County, OK - Obits: Alice Loretta O'Brien, 1920
Thursday, 11 Sep 2008
Submitted by: delma25@pldi.net (Delma Tindell)

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O'BRIEN, ALICE LORETTA
(24 Jun 1920, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
MRS. J. W. O'BRIEN DEAD.
Our people were sorry to hear of the death of Mrs. O'Brien, 
wife of J. W. O'Brien, on Route One, yesterday morning, after 
an illness of several months.  She is the mother of Miss Teresa 
O'Brien of the First National Bank.
The funeral will be held at Catholic Church, Elk City, this 
Thursday morning at 10 o'clock, after which the body will be 
shipped to Pocahontas, Iowa, for burial.
OBITUARY
Mrs. J. W. O'Brien
Alice Loretta Noonan was born in Shullsburg, Wisconsin, 
Sept., 18th, 1855, died June 16th, 1920.  She was married to 
J. W. O'Brien, August 6th, 1879 at Shullsburg, and in 1882 
moved to Havenlock, Iowa, where she lived until coming to Elk 
City in 1908.  She was the mother of seven children, three of 
whom preceded her to the grave, those left to mourn her loss, 
are her husband, J. W. O'Brien, four children, Frank of 
Pocahontas, Ia., Mrs. C. J. Quigley, Neal and Teresa O'Brien 
of Elk City, also one brother Lawrence Noonan of Springdale, 
Montana, and a sister, Mrs. C. J. B. Harris of Yankton, S.D.  
Rev. A. Geereart celebrated Requiem Mass at St. Joseph's Church 
at 10 o'clock Thursday morning for the deceased whose remains 
were accompanied to Iowa by Mr. O'Brien, Mrs. Quigley, Neal and 
Teresa O'Brien, where burial took place Saturday, June 19th, 1920.
(1 Jul 1920, Elk City Newspaper, Elk City, Beckham Co, OK):
Neil O'Brien and sister Mrs. Quigley returned Thursday from  
Pocahontas, Iowa, where they had accompanied the remains of 
their mother for burial in the cemetery there.  Mr. O'Brien and 
Teresa visited his sisters, who lived in Wisconsin and who were 
unable to attend the funeral, returning later in week. 

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