Obituary

  Mrs. R. C. Kane, Sr., of this city, passed away Saturday morning, from a long lingering illness from a complication of diseases, at the family residence. The funeral was held Monday morning at St. Patrick's Catholic church at 9:30 o'clock, the services being conducted by the pastor, Rev. Father Richard Dollard. Interment was made in Calvary cemetery. Mary Ann Daly was born December 22, 1851, in Dubuque, Iowa, and lacked just four days or reaching her 70th birthday anniversary. She was reared in the vicinity of her birth, and where she was also married July 1, 1872, to R. C. Kane, who with their six children survive her. The children are Mrs. Tim Ryan of Jasper township, Alan, at home, Robert of Mercer township, Mrs. C. E. Keever of Wagner, S. D., Mrs. E. E. Keever of Lucas, S. D., Sister Margaret Mary of Dubuque Mercy hospital. Besides the husband and children there are fourteen grandchildren, and one sister, Mrs. Tim Sullivan who is spending the winter with her son in Riviera, Texas. The family removed to Mercer township in 1876, residing there until eight years ago when they removed to Corning. A few years ago Mrs. Kane accidentally fell, breaking her hip, which perhaps was one cause of her recent bad health. She was one of the good old fashioned mothers of the community, who everyone respected highly, and who always had a pleasant smile and a word of cheer for all she chanced to meet.
(Adams County Free Press, Saturday, December 25, 1920)

Note: Died 18 Dec 1920.