OBIT: Mary McNAMARA, 1890, Altoona, Blair County, PA

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Death of Mrs. Thomas McNamara.

  Mary, wife of Thomas McNamara, died at her [sic] residence of her 
husband, 2125 Twelfth avenue, yesterday morning, aged 29 years.  She 
leaves to mourn their loss a husband and two small children, the 
youngest being but 1 week old.  She was a native of county Roscommon, 
Ireland.  The funeral will take place on Thursday morning, leaving the 
house at 8 o'clock to proceed to St. John's Catholic church, where a 
high mass of requiem will be celebrated.  Interment in St. John's 
cemetery.

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Wednesday, December 10, 1890

The Late Mrs. Thomas McNamara.

  EDS. TRIBUNE: For the article put in your valuable paper on December 
10 relating to the death of Mrs. McNamara please correct the statement 
regarding her relatives in Ireland.  Besides her mother, there are four 
brothers.  Also, her loved children, aged 1 year and 9 months and the 
youngest 8 days.  Please give the thanks of a bereaved husband to all 
good friends who participated in my great troubles and for their kind 
attention to my good wife in sickness and death.  Yours,
       THOMAS McNAMARA.
  December 12, 1890

Morning Tribune, Altoona, Pa., Saturday, December 13, 1890