Campbellsport News, December 7, 1916

DEATH OF MRS. MAHONEY
PIONEER RESIDENT OF EDEN DIES AT HER HOME TUESDAY MORNING

  Mrs. Catherine Mahoney, widow of James Mahoney, died at her home in Eden at 2 o'clock Tuesday morning.
   Catherine Twohig was born in Dunmanway, County Cork, Ireland, July 30, 1842. Her parents came with her to America when she was a child two years of age. They lived for a few years at Cabbottsville, Mass., finally coming west and settling at Armstrong, Wis. At that time she was ten years of age.
   In 1872 she became the wife of James Mahoney. They moved to Eden and she continued to make here home there from that time until her death. Mr. Mahoney died June 18, 1914, and the eldest son, Patrick, died April 28 of this year.
   Mrs. Mahoney is survived by eleven children, Mrs. T. Buckley and Michael Mahoney of Chicago, James Mahoney of Clarksville, Ia., Mrs. J. F. Cunningham of Empire, S. B. Mahoney, Will Mahoney, Mrs. George Flood, and Mrs. John O'Brien of Eden. She is also survived by twenty-five grandchildren and one great grandchild; a brother, Bartholomew Twohig of Armstrong; and two sisters, Mrs. Mary Cronin of Waverly, Ia., and Mrs. Nora Moore of Fergus Falls, Minn.; and also a host of friends and other relatives.
   Mrs. Mahoney was a woman of remarkable character and her kind and gentle manner endeared her to all who knew her.
   She was a member of the Altar society of St. Mary's church at Eden.
   The funeral was held at 9:30 o'clock this morning from the residence and at 10 o'clock from St. Mary's Catholic church in Eden. The REv. J. B. McFarland officiated and interment took place at St. Mary's cemetery.