Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cahill, John May 29, 1944
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Virginian-Pilot  May 30, 1944
JOHN CAHILL DIES; FUNERAL TOMORROW

Funeral rites for John Cahill, 82, founder of the Cahill and Sherrington Company, 
manufacturers of venetian blinds and steel partitions, and one of the leading 
authorities and inventors in that field, will be held tomorrow at 10 a.m. at 
Sacred Heart Catholic Church.  Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.

Mr. Cahill, son of  the late Martin and Mrs. Anne Mealey Cahill, and husband of 
the late Mrs. Mary Mitchell Cahill, died yesterday afternoon at 3:55 o'clock at 
the residence, A-3 Baldwin Manor Apartments, 931 Baldwin Avenue.

Born in Cheadle, Staffordshire county, in England, May 15, 1862, Mr. Cahill came 
to the United States as a very young man.  He has lived in Norfolk for the past 40 
years and was an active member of Sacred Heart Church.  He was also a charter 
member of Norfolk Council, No.367, Knights of Columbus.

Surviving him are two sons, Major Edward H. Cahill, U. S. Army, and John Cahill, 
Jr., of Norfolk; four daughters, Misses Katherine and Mary Cahill, Mrs. Hugh C. 
Preston, Jr., and Mrs. Harold J. Wight (sic), all of Norfolk; four grandchildren; 
a great-grandchild; and three brothers, Edward, Martin and Thomas J. Cahill, all 
of New York City.

Rosary services will be held tonight at 8 o'clock at the H. D. Oliver Funeral 
Apartments.

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