Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Abbott, Ellen Marie Hourigan August 9, 1940
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot August 10, 1940

Mrs. Ellen Marie Hourigan Abbott, aged 47 years, daughter of the late William 
and Mrs. Ellen Hourigan, a native of Ireland, and a resident of Norfolk for the 
past 19 years, died at 1:45 o'clock Friday morning at St. Vincent's Hospital. 
She is survived by one son, Arthur McGrath, of Ireland and one daughter, Sister 
Margaret Mary Abbott, of St. Joseph's School, Martinsburg, W. Va., three sisters 
and two brothers in Ireland. Funeral services will be held at St. Vincent's 
Hospital Chapel this morning at 10 o'clock. Interment will be in St. Mary's 
Cemetery.
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MRS. ELLEN MARIE HOURIGAN ABBOTT - Funeral services for Mrs. Abbott, whose death 
occurred Friday morning at St. Vincent's Hospital, were held at 10 o'clock 
Saturday morning at the hospital chapel, with the Rev. P. C. Blackburn 
officiating.  The Rev. A. Canas, the Rev. R. B. Kealey, the Rev. F. V. Bambrick, 
the Rev. Paul V. Heller and the Rev. Francis Byrnes were present in the 
sanctuary. During the service, selections were rendered by the hospital choir.  
The casket was covered with clusters of Easter lilies and ferns.  In his address 
at the conclusion of the mass, Father Blackburn spoke of Mrs. Abbott's patience 
and Christian fortitude during her long suffering.  Interment was in St. Mary's 
Cemetery.
The pallbearers were Edward Mears, Charles Giovanella, William Kehoe, Thomas 
McKiernan, James B. Oliver and George D. Loder.

Norfolk Virginian Pilot August 11, 1940

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