OBIT:   DILLON, Mary (Conley); 1908; Wilmore, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 4 Sep 1908
Volume 42, Number 34


Death of Mrs. Patrick Dillon 
Wilmore Lady Dies Suddenly of Heart Failure

Mary, wife of Patrick Dillon, died suddenly at her home in 
Wilmore Friday afternoon, August 28th, aged about thirty-
eight years.

The deceased was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Conley 
of Wilmore, and a sister of William Conley and Mrs. William 
Moore of Wilmore; Miss Lizzie Conley of Cresson; Thomas 
Conley of Pittsburg; and Rev. Father Bernard Conley, 
assistant priest of St. Columbia's Parish, Johnstown.

In October, 1901, she was married to Patrick Dillon, a boss 
for the Kerbaugh Construction Company, then straightening 
the PRR from Wilmore to Summerhill, since which time the 
family has resided in Wilmore; one child, Mary Dillon, aged 
five years, with her father and the relatives already 
mentioned, surviving.

Some time last spring the deceased was afflicted with 
whooping cough which debilitated her system and a couple of 
weeks ago she became ill with a complication of diseases 
resulting from this attack, but her death was not expected 
when on Friday shortly after noon hour, she became suddenly 
ill and expired in the arms of her husband, who, with her 
mother, was at her bedside at the time.

The death of Mrs. Dillon cast a gloom over the community 
where she was ever loved as one of the most virtuous of 
people. The funeral was set for Monday morning, but owing 
to the fact that on account of her sudden death and the 
condition of the body for a long time afterwards, her 
friends did not see fit to have the remains embalmed, lest 
the case might be one of suspended animation; but it was 
found necessary to inter the remains on Sunday afternoon 
and on Monday morning a solemn high mass of requiem was 
celebrated by a brother of the deceased, Rev. Father 
Bernard Conley, with Rev. Father Henry McHugh as Deacon and 
Father Peter Fox, of Conemaugh, as Master of Ceremonies.  
There were thirteen priests in attendance and many persons 
who had come to attend the funeral assisted at the mass for 
her whom all had loved and esteemed.