Michael N Shannon
                                            
   Michael N. Shannon  died at 2:15  this morning at  his home near  Villa 
  Nova, the immediate cause of his death being heart trouble. Although he 
  had been in failing health for several months, his demise was a shock to 
  relatives and friends as he was in the city yesterday and celebrated his 
  birthday. Funeral services  will be held  Friday morning  at the Villa  
  Nova Catholic church with interment in the Villa Nova cemetery.
  
  The deceased was born on a farm near  here on December 3, 1860 and had 
  lived all of his life in this vicinity.  In May 1886 he was married to 
  Miss Margaret McClimon, who survives together with four children; Mrs. 
  Mary Boysen of Redfield, S. Dakota; John Shannon of Charlotte; Leonard  
  at home; and Mrs. Alberta Smith of Clinton.. A son Edward and daughter  
  Margaret preceded him in death. He is survived by a number of brothers  
  and sisters. They are John of Harper, Jere V. of Savannah, Mo. William  
  J. of Chicago, Mrs. Mary McDermott of Charlotte, Mrs. Patrick Farrell of 
  Waterloo, Mrs. Lewis Skelly of Kansas, Mo. and Mrs. Harry M. Smith of De 
  Witt.
  Clinton Herald 
  December 4, 1929
  
  Funeral services for M. N.  Shannon were held Friday  at 9:00 in Villa  
  Nova. Mass  was celebrated  by Father  Moore. Pallbearers  were; Frank  
  McGarry, Thomas McConoly, Anthony McCoy, Thomas Tierney, William Burke  
  and Peter Knutson. Interment  in Villa Nova  cemetery. Among relatives  
  attending were  Mr.  and Mrs.  William  Shannon, Mr.  and  Mrs. Joseph  
  Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. Allie Shannon, Mrs. Teresa Morrison, Miss Regina  
  Shannon, Mr. and Mrs. John Shannon of Harper, Will Shannon and Bernice 
  of Chicago, Eugene Farrell, John and Walter Shannon, all from Chicago,  
  also Mrs. P.  S. Farrell  of Waterloo,  Mrs. Howell  (Bernita Farrell)  
  Simmons and  Vincent Farrell  of Newton;  The  misses Nellie  and Mary  
  O'Grady of  Davenport; Tom  Shannon, Robert,  Adrian and  Irene, Chas.  
  Kenney, C. W., Francis and Gerald Kenney, Mr and Mrs. Ben Comstock, all 
  of Clinton.
  Clinton Herald
  December 7, 1929
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                           Mrs Michael Shannon
                                            
  Mrs. Margaret J. Shannon, 88, died at 3:00 am today in her home at 533 
  3rd Ave. S. after a long illness  Mrs. Shannon was the former Margaret  
  McClimon, daughter of  the late John  and Mary McClimon,  and was born  
  October 3, 1865 in  Washington township, Clinton  county. She attended  
  Our Lady  of Angels  academy  and taught  in  rural schools  until her  
  marriage to Michael  Shannon on May  18, 1886 in  St. Patrick's church  
  Villa Nova. They lived on the  family homestead in Washington township  
  until his death in 1929. Since then she has resided with her daughter,  
  Mrs. Clarence Smith, 533 3rd Avenue S. She was a member of Sacred Heart 
  church with burial in St. Patrick's church, Villa Nova. The body is in  
  the Hanrahan funeral home in DeWitt, and will be brought to Pope Funeral 
  Home in Clinton, where friends may call after 7 pm today.
  
  Surviving are two  sons and two  daughters, Mrs.  Jesse (Mary) Boysen,  
  Sioux Falls, S.D. John J. of Davenport, Iowa; Leonard and Mrs. Alberta 
  Smith of Clinton; also 25 grand children and 41 great grandchildren and 
  one sister Mrs. Ella Dunleavy, Ethan, S. D.
  
   She was preceded in death by her husband in 1929, a son Edward in 1929, 
  a daughter Margaret in infancy, two brothers and three sisters.
  
  She died April 26, 1954 [ Note by Regina Shannon Smith]
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