Portage Woman Dead – Mrs. Elizabeth Farren, Eighty-Six Years Old, Expires of General Debility.
Special to the Tribune.
Portage, April 25. – General debility caused the death of Mrs. Elizabeth Farren, eighty-six years old, yesterday morning about 2 o’clock at the home of her son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. John Tickerhoof, at this place. She had been sick about two months. Mass will be said at 9 o’clock tomorrow morning in St. Joseph’s Catholic Church here, while interment will be made in the cemetery at Wilmore.
Mrs. Farren was born at Loretto, her maiden name being McConnell. Her husband, John Farren, died about twenty-five years ago. She is survived by two sisters, Mrs. Catherine Skelley, of Wilmore, and Mrs. Margaret Ella Roberts, of the State of California. One brother, James McConnell, residing in Chicago, is also living. The following children survive: Mrs. Elizabeth Sharp, of Chest Springs; Mrs. Tillie McGough, of Portage; Mrs. Alice Myers, of Gallitzin; Mrs. Martha Diehl and Mrs. Rosa Robine, both of Lilly; Agnes, wife of John Tickerhoof, above mentioned, and John Farren, of Beaverdale; Robert, of Portage; and Frank, of South Fork. Sixty grandchildren survive, with twenty-four great-grandchildren. |
