Walter Thomas Shannon

Standing (L-R): George Comstock, Adrian Shannon. Seated (L-R): Bill McGrath, and Walter Shannon (Walter and Adrian are sons of Thomas L. Shannon, Bill is their 2nd cousin and George is the husband of their 2nd cousin Frances Elizabeth Hoy)
Standing (L-R): George Comstock, Adrian Shannon. Seated (L-R): Bill McGrath, and Walter Shannon (Walter and Adrian are sons of Thomas L. Shannon, Bill is their 2nd cousin and George is the husband of their 2nd cousin Frances Elizabeth Hoy)
born: 7 Mar 1898, Washington Twp,Villa Nova,Clinton Co.,Iowa
died: 4 Jul 1964, Downey,Illinois, at Downey Veterans Hospital
bur.: 7 Jul 1964, Villa Nova,Clinton Co.,Iowa, at St. Patrick's

Pedigree Chart

                      |--------Michael SHANNON (1800, Ireland - 1860, Ireland)
                      |
           |---------Patrick SHANNON (1830, Ireland - 1903, Iowa)
           |          |
           |          |--------Mary NEYLON (1808, Ireland - Ireland)
           |
  |------Thomas Lucien SHANNON (1865, Iowa - 1929, Iowa)
  |        |
  |        |          |--------Jeremiah LUCEY (1800, Ireland - 1897, Iowa)
  |        |          |
  |        |---------Julia LUCEY (1836, New York - 1910, Iowa)
  |                   |
  |                   |--------Bridget DOYLE (1815, Ireland - 1885, Iowa)
  |
Walter Thomas SHANNON (1898, Iowa - 1964, Illinois)
  |
  |                   |--------John FARRELL (Ireland - )
  |                   |
  |        |---------George FARRELL (1829, Ireland - 1882, Iowa)
  |        |          |
  |        |          |--------
  |        |
  |------Annie Cornelia FARRELL (1874, Iowa - 1935, Iowa)
           |
           |          |--------Patrick LAWLOR (1808, Ireland - 1889, Iowa)
           |          |
           |---------Catherine LAWLER (1845, Ireland - 1913, Iowa)
                      |
                      |--------Elizabeth REED (1822, Ireland - 1862, Iowa)
Walter lived Chicago for many years. A Navy veteran of World War I, he was a member and past Commander of Carson Pirie Scott Post 314, American Legion, a member of the 40 and 8 Volture 220 and of the Past Commanders Club; also a member of the Knights of Columbus and of the Holy name Society of Resurrection, all in Chicago.

Walter joined the Navy at age 19 and served through WW I. Afterwards, he ``went to Chicago where he made his home with cousin Isabelle and worked for 20 years for Carson Pirie Scott in the electrical department. He left Carson's about 1940 and joined with Isabelle in the Shannon Candy business which he continued to operate after her death until about 1960.''

Walter lived with his distant cousin, Isabelle H. Shannon, in Chicago and they ran Shannon's Gold Coast Chocolates. Isabelle had been running a candy or chocolate company in Chicago for quite some time, a business she took over from her mother. Isabelle is discussed on page \pageref{isabelle-candy}. Walter inherited all the candy recipes when Isabelle died.

Walter and Isabelle ran the candy business from the basement of their small home on the near west side of Chicago, near the Chicago Stadium. Walter's nephew, Terry Bledsoe remembers stopping to visit them with his mother and sampling the hand-dipped chocolates.

More information: OBITUARY

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