James Farrell
                                            
  Funeral services were held for James Fenton Farrell, who died Wednesday 
  evening in Mercy Hospital, Clinton,  were held at 9  a.m. Monday in St  
  Patrick's church in  Delmar. The  Rev. H.  M. Staunton  celebrated the  
  Requiem High Mass, which  was sung by the  senior choir. Joseph Powers  
  sang the "Ave Maria" at the offertory. Miss Beatrice Powers was at the  
  organ.
  
  Pallbearers were James McDermott, Harry McClimon, M. F. Waters, Richard 
  Powers, William Shea  and Frank McGarry  of Villa Nova.  Burial was at  
  Evergreen Cemetery.
  
  Among the relatives here for the service were; Sister Madonna and Sister 
  M. Eulalia, Gary Owen;  Sister M. Pierre  and Sister M.  Ruth of Cedar  
  Rapids; Sister M. Alberta and Sister M. Lavina, Chicago; George Farrell 
  of Clinton; Mrs. George Lawler, George Foley and Mrs. Chas. O'Donnell of 
  West Side, Mr. and Mrs. P. S.  Farrell, Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Vincent  
  Farrell of Newton;Mrs. Teresa Shannon, Mrs.  Raynold Smith, Mrs. L. J.  
  Flander and Mrs.  Forrest Morrison  of Sigourney;  Mr and  Mrs. George  
  Shannon, John Showalter &  sons Linus and Norbert,  Elma, Mr. and Mrs.  
  Earl Showalter, Rock Island; Walter, Robert and Adrian Shannon and Mrs. 
  T. J. Bledsoe, Chicago; Mrs. Chas. Weinbeck, Mrs. Deirks, Misses Abilene 
  and Marcella McGrory, Clinton; Mr. and Mrs. Richard Farrell of Preston; 
  Mrs. Hester and Mrs. Oswald Farrell and Thomas Farrell, Goose Lake; Mr. 
  and Mrs. Leonard McGrory and John Farrell,  Bryant; Mr. and Mrs. J. G.  
  Sullivan, DeWitt; Ethelreda Sullivan, Clinton; Gerald Sullivan, Chicago; 
  Frank Showalter,  Cedar Rapids;  Eugene  Farrell and  Miss  Olga Pope,  
  Geneva, Ill; Mrs. John O'Connell and Teresa Farrell, Waterloo.
  
  Clinton Herald
  May 20, 1936
  Typed by Lyman Morrison, 1994.  
  

			Farrell,  James   Fenton  

  60 yrs., of near Delmar. Buried St. Patricks's cem.  Born Villa Nova
  Jan. 5,  1876 and was  married to Esther  Farrell of Bryant,  Ia. on
  Feb. 1906.  Surviving are one  daughter, Rosemary Burke and  one son
  Aloysius, both  of Delmar.   2 brothers: George  of Clinton,  Pat of
  Waterloo,  and 3  sisters: Mrs.   Wm. Torpey  of Delmar,  Mrs.  John
  Showalter  of  Elma, Ia.,  and  Mrs.  Theresa  Shannon of  Sigourney
  survive.

  May 21, 1936 De Witt Observer
  From a hand-written summary of the obituary.
  
  
  
  
  
  
                            Mrs. James Farrell
                                            
  Mrs. Farrell 83, a resident at the Mt. Alverno home in Clinton, and who 
  formerly resided at Delmar, died at 4 p. m. Friday in Jane Lamb hospital 
  after along illness. The  body is at  the Hanrahan Funeral  Home in De  
  Witt where friends may call after 7 p. m. Friday.
  
  Funeral services will be held  at 10:30 a. m.  Monday in St. Patrick's  
  church at Delmar, burial will be there.
  
  Mrs. Farrell was born January 24, 1876  in Goose Lake, the daughter of  
  Richard and Esther Farrell. She  was a graduate of  our Lady of Angels  
  Academy, Clinton, and was  married January 20, 1904  at Bryant, Ia. to  
  James F. Farrell. Following the marriage the couple lived at Delmar. He 
  died in 1936  and for  the past  ten years  she made  her home  at Mt.  
  Alverno.
  
  Surviving are  a daughter,  Mrs. John  (Rosemary)  Burke of  Delmar; a  
  sister, Sister Mary Alberta of Dubuque; three brothers, Richard Farrell 
  of Preston, Thomas Farrell  of Clinton, and  John Farrell of Portland,  
  Oregon; seven grandchildren and three great grandchildren.
  
  Clinton Herald 
  August 15, 1959
  

			Farrell, Mrs. Esther

  Last rites for Esther Farrell, 83, of Delmar were conducted at 10:30
  Monday  in St. Patrick's  Church, Delmar  with the  Hanrahan Funeral
  Home in  charge. Rev John McGrath  was in charge of  the service and
  burial rites were in St. Patrick's cemetery.

  Pallbearers for  Mrs. Farrell were  Hiram Goodall, Lionel  Shea, Leo
  Hughes, Lloyd Hiar, Ed Lassen,  Jerry Bennis, Francis Ryan, and John
  Powers.

  De Witt Observer, Aug 20, 1959, p. 7A.