Aberdeen Weekly News June 23, 1898
MRS. JAMES MEEHAN DEAD
Passed away at Her Home on Thursday - Funeral Saturday
Mrs. James Meehan of Warner township died at her home at 10:25 o’clock on Thursday morning, the 16th inst., of consumption, with which disease she had been a sufferer for several years, although it assumed a severe form only about two months ago.
The funeral occurred on Saturday at 10 o’clock from the Catholic Church in this city and the remains were buried in the Catholic cemetery. Mrs. Meehan was 45 years old at the time of her death and had been a resident of Warner township for thirteen years. She leaves a husband and eight children to mourn her departure. The children are Mrs. W. E. Tew of Willmar Minn., William Meehan of Denver, Colo., James Meehan of Warner, and five younger ones living at home.
Mrs. Meehan was a devout member of the Catholic Church, a fond wife, a kind mother and a considerate neighbor. Her death will be sincerely mourned.
~Transcribed by volunteer researcher, Kathy Smith