THE CHANUTE DAILY TRIBUNE
OCTOBER 23, 1924
     MRS. MARY CRANEY, AGED 101, DEAD
     She was Born in Kilkenney, Ireland, May 12, 1823
     A resident of Chanute twenty-four years, coming to make a home for her 
     brother who died this year at the age of 99
     Mrs. Mary Craney, 101 years old, died at the home of her nephew, E. M. 
     Flannery, superintendent of the city's gas and water systems, 323 West 
     Third street, at 8 this morning. The funeral services will be held in 
     St. Patrick's church at 9 tomorrow morning. They will be conducted by 
     the recter, the Rev. Fr. John J. MacInerney. Interment will be in 
     Elmwood Abbey beside the body of her brother, Thomas Flannery, who died 
     February 19, last, a week after his ninety-ninth birthday.
     Mrs. Craney's exact age was 101 years, 5 months and 11 days. She was 
     born May 12, 1823, in the county of Kilkenny, Ireland. She came to the 
     United States in 1839 at the age of 16, settling first in Illinois, then 
     going to Clinton county, Iowa, where she was married to Thomas Reed. 
     After his death she became the wife of Timothy Craney.
     She had lived in Chanute twenty-four years, coming here to make a home 
     for her brother, whom she attended during an illness of several years. 
     Since his death she had lived with her nephew and his family. 
     She was the mother of five children, a daughter and four sons. The 
     daughter, Mrs. Catherine McCormick who lives in Chicago will be unable to 
     come here for the funeral because of sickness. The whereabouts of the 
     sons are unknown to the relatives here.