Loretta Agnes Lawler

born: 24 Apr 1893, Crawford Co.,Iowa
occu: school teacher in the West Side area,Crawford Co.,Iowa
died: 22 Dec 1980, Memphis, Tennessee at Methodist Hospital South
bur.: 23 Dec 1980, Memphis, Tennessee at Forest Hill Cemetery South
spouse: Thomas J. ``Tom'' O'LEARY
born: 24 Aug 1880, Gladstone, Illinois
marr: 6 May 1926, Stratton, Nebraska
died: 6 Mar 1954, Benkelman, Nebraska
bur.: Benkelman, Nebraska at the catholic cemetery

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------Phenton LAWLOR (Ireland - Ireland)
                      |
           |---------John LAWLOR (1803, Ireland - 1883, Iowa)
           |          |
           |          |--------
           |
  |------Daniel LAWLER (1845, Ireland - 1920, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Mary LALOR (1816, Ireland - 1860)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------
  |
Loretta Agnes LAWLER (1893, Iowa - 1980, Tennessee)
  |
  |                   |--------
  |                   |
  |        |---------
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Mary Agnes MALLOY (1857, Iowa - 1930)
           |
           |          |--------
           |          |
           |---------
                      |
                      |--------
Loretta was still single and with her parents according to the 1920 census.

Loretta is in the 1930 census with Thomas O'Leary and children Josephine, 18, Agnes, 16, and Leah O'Leary, 6. I'm sure Josephine and Agnes are children from Thomas' first marriage, but I don't know about Leah. She could be either a daughter of Loretta's or of Thomas' first wife.

Loretta's brief obituary mentions three daughters (who were really step-daughter, I'm pretty sure): Mrs. John Hofer of Memphis and Mrs. Agnes Marshall and Mrs. Josephine Shanks, both of Evanston, Wyo., 10 grandchildren and 13 great-grandchildren.

Loretta moved to Nebraska after her marriage. She lived in Blinkelman, Nebraska in 1956. She was living with a step-daughter in Memphis, Tennessee as of about 1978.

I thought her step daughter's name was Alice Hofer. (I don't know why I thought that!) But from the three children in the census and the three survivors, it was probably Leah Hofer.

Thomas established his family's farm home in Cheyenne County (Nebr. or Kansas, I'm not sure which) and they lived there until 1920. He then moved to Parks, NE to enter the mercantile business. In 1925 he moved to Benkelman, NE and continued the mercantile business until 1929 when he returned to farming and livedstock raising. In 1948 he retired to Benkelman.

Thomas' first wife was Margaret E. ``Maggie'' Burns (1883-1919). They had children Mary Ellen, William, James, Josephine, Agnes, and Alice Leah.

Census: 1930, Nebraska
More Information: OBITUARY (Loretta and Thomas and Thomas' first wife)

Sources for this individual: @S296@ @S530@ @S531@ @S560@ @S1211@ @S565@

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