OBIT: Thomas McGOVERN, 1903, native of Blair County, PA

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DIED VERY SUDDENLY,
Thomas McGovern Passed Away at Home of His Sister, Mrs. Donnelly.

  Thomas McGovern died at the home of his brother-in-law and sister, 
Mr. and Mrs. Daniel Donnelly, corner Columbia avenue and Fifteenth 
street, at half past one o'clock Wednesday Dec. 16, from heart failure. 
The home of the McGovern family is at Gallitzin. A week ago they came 
to Tyrone to spend a season visiting friends here.  He was aged 44 
years, 10 months and 16 days.
  The deceased was the son of James and Mary McGovern, both deceased, 
and was born at Vail on January 31, 1859.  He spent nearly all his life 
in this immediate community, his parents and their family of children 
having their home in Tyrone for many years.  Thomas McGovern, like his 
father and brothers, was a contractor, and on account of it being more 
convenient to his operation he lived at Gallitzin.
  On the 6th of April, 1893, Thomas McGovern was married to Miss Mary 
McCormick, of Sinking Valley.  His wife and one daughter, Helen, 
survive him.  Three children are dead.  One sister and two brothers 
survive, viz: Mrs. Daniel Donnelly, of Tyrone; Patrick McGovern, of 
Punxsutawney, and Peter McGovern, of Rochester Mills, Indiana county. 
The deceased was a member of the St. Matthews Catholic church of 
Tyrone.
  The funeral were held Saturday morning.  Services were conducted by 
Rev. P. Bohan at St. Matthews church at 9 o'clock, interment following 
at Oak Grove cemetery.

The Tyrone Herald, Thursday, December 24, 1903