Obit: Ryan, Josephine (1885 - 1957)

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Surnames: Ryan, McCarthy, Bronch, Tyrell, Anderson

----Source: OWEN ENTERPRISE (Owen, Clark County, Wis.) 05/30/1957

Ryan, Josephine (16 APR 1885 - 24 MAY 1957)

Josephine Ryan passed away at the Marshfield Hospital at ten thirty in the evening on May 24^th, 1957 at the age of 72 years.  She was born in Toronto, Canada on April 16, 1885.  She came to Withee (Clark Co., Wis.) with her parents as a child and has lived there since.  Funeral services were conducted Tuesday, May 28, at 9 o’clock at the Holy Rosary Catholic Church with Father H. L. Crubel officiating.  A rosary service was held Monday evening at 8:30 o’clock at the Hoeper and Kraut Funeral Home.  Pallbearers were Emil Hansen, Einar Anderson, Christian Rasmussen, Viggo Rasmussen, Gordon Hendricks and L. Hendricks.  Interment was made at the Riverside Cemetery.

She is survived by four sisters, Mrs. William (Frances) McCarthy, Mrs. A. J. (Ruby) Bronch, Mrs. William (Esther) Tyrell, all from Flint, Mich., and Mrs. Ole (Bessie) Anderson of Withee; eleven nieces and nephews.  One sister, Lucy, preceded her in death in 1915.