Mrs. Mary Hanrahan Dies Following Short Illness of Anemia

Mrs. Mary A. Hanrahn, 65, widow of the late Alfred Hanrahn of Elma,
died in the Cresco hospital Friday evening following an illness of
10 days.  Cause of death was anemia.

Funeral services were held on Monday morning in the Elma Immaculate
Conception church.  Offering the requiem high mass was Mrs. Hanrahn's
brother, the Rev. Norbert Showalter of Lamont. The Rev. Urban
M. Churchill, pastor, delivered the sermon. Burial was in Calvary
cemetery, Elma.

Mrs. Hanrahn, the former Mary A., Showalter, daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. John Showalter, was born at Villa Nova, May 4, 1889. She attended
the rural schools of Clinton and Scott counties and was married to
Alfred Hanrahn in Delmar, June 16, 1909. Following their marriage the
couple moved to Elma.

Mr. and Mrs. Hanrahn became the parents of two sons, Cyril Hanrahn of
Iowa City, and Raymond Hanrahan of Spokane, Washington.

Surviving Mrs. Hanrahn, in addition to her two sons, are a
granddaughter, Anna Mae Hanrahn, 10 brothers, the Rev. Norbert
Showalter of Lamont, Josephe of Elma, Francis and Cyril of Cedar
Rapids, Leo of Saint Paul, Edwin of Delano, Minnesota, Earl of Rock
Island, Illinois, Albert of Washington, D. C., Harold of Elma, and
Linus of Dyersville, and one sister, Sister Mary Madonna of DeWitt.

Preceding Mrs. Hanrahn in death, in addition to her parents, are her
husband, who died May 27, 1935, and a brother, George, who died in
infancy.

The Cresco Plain Dealer, Consolidated (with some paper)
Wednesday October 6, 1954

[It does spell Hanrahan as Hanrahn throughout most of the article,
except it does get it right in the headline.]