Mary B McCoy Hanrahan

1893 - 1995  (101 years)

• Name	Mary B McCoy Hanrahan
  Born	18 May 1893	Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas
  Gender	Female
  Died	3 Mar 1995	Onaga, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Buried	Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas
  Person ID	I400	Rossville
  Last Modified	26 Apr 2017

  
  

  Father	Richard J McCoy,   b. 11 Apr 1864,   d. 5 Nov 1959  (Age 95 years)
  Mother	Birdie May (Bertie) Hoyt McCoy,   b. 2 Jun 1874, Meadville, Linn County, Missouri ,   d. 2 Feb 1969, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 94 years)
  Married	20 Mar 1892
  Documents		Anniversary- McCoy, Richard and Birdie Delia couple quietly observe 67th wedding anniversary Mr. and Mrs. Richard J. McCoy of Delia were honored with a basket dinner at their home Sunday, March 22, in observance of their 67th wedding anniversary. Their wedding anniversary was March 20. Present were Mrs. Zita Allen Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Burgett, Gary, Terry, Greg of Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Ivan Mulinax and Donnie of Topeka; Mr. and Mrs. Ray Dolkrman and Miss Dorothy and Miss Peggy Sheapard of St. Marys; Mr. and Mrs. Francis Hanrahan, Pat and Marlene, Patricia Allen and Mrs. Mary Hanrahan of Delia. Mr. and Mrs. McCoy received several nice gifts and many cards and they want to thank all those who remembered them.
  Family ID	F910	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Patrick F Hanrahan,   d. 22 Dec 1954
  Married	24 May 1911	Delia, Jackson County, Kansas
  Children	+ 1. Zita B Hanrahan Allen,   b. 25 Mar 1917, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 18 Sep 1987, Topeka, Shawnee County, Kansas  (Age 70 years) + 2. Helen L Hanrahan Dohrman Burgett,   b. 6 Mar 1921, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 28 Jul 2003, Newton, Harvey County, Kansas  (Age 82 years) + 3. Francis Bernard Hanrahan,   b. 25 Jun 1912, Delia, Jackson County, Kansas ,   d. 12 Feb 1972, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  (Age 59 years)   4. Gertrude Hanrahan,   d. 1923
  Last Modified	15 Nov 2016 16:42:42
  Family ID	F123	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

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  Born - 18 May 1893 - Hoyt, Jackson County, Kansas Buried - - Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys, Pottawatomie County, Kansas  = Link to Google Earth

  
  

• Documents » Slide Show		Obituary- Hanrahan, Mary B. 1 Mary B. Hanrahan ST. MARYS — Mary B. Hanrahan, 101, St. Marys, died Friday, March 3, 1995, at an Onaga hospital. Mrs. Hanrahan was a cook for the Delia School District before she retired. She was born May 18, 1893, in Hoyt, the daughter of Richard J. and Birdie Hoyt McCoy. She was reared in the Rossville and Delia areas and had lived in St. Marys since 1989. Mrs. Hanrahan was a member of Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys. She was a former member of Royal Neighbors of Amer¬ica and the Altar Society at Sacred Heart Church in Delia. She was married to Patrick F. Han¬rahan on May 24, 1911, at Delia. He died Dec. 22, 1954. She also was preceded in death by two daughters, Gertrude Hanrahan, in 1923, and Zita Allen, Sept. 18, 1987, and a son, Francis Hanrahan, in 1972. Survivors include a daughter, Helen D. Burgett, Topeka; seven grand¬children; 22 great-grandchildren; and 33 great-great-grandchildren. Mass of Christian Burial will be cel¬ebrated at 10 a.m. Monday at Immac¬ulate Conception Church. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys. Mrs. Hanrahan will lie in state after 2 p.m. Sunday at Piper-Verschelden Fu¬neral Home in St. Marys where a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Sunday. Contri¬butions may be made to the Mary B. Hanrahan Memorial Fund and sent in care of the funeral home.
  		Obituary- Hanrahan, Mary B. 2 Mary B. Hanrahan Mary B. Hanrahan, 101, St. Marys, died at the Community Hospital, Onaga, Friday, March 3, 1995. She was born May 18, 1893, in Hoyt, the daughter of Richard J. and Birdie Hoyt McCoy. She married Patrick F. Han¬rahan May 24, 1911, at Delia. He died December 22, 1954. She was also preceed in death by two daughters, Gertrude Hanrahan in 1923, and Zita I Allen, September 18, 1987, and a son, Francis Hanrahan in 1972. Mrs. Hanrahan was a member of the Immaculate Conception Catholic Church, St. Marys. She was a past member of the Royal Neighbors of America, and a past member of the Altar Society at Sacred Heart Church in Delia. She grew up in the Rossville and Delia communities and she lived at Delia until 1989, when she moved to St. Marys. She was a homemaker and later worked for the Delia School District as a cook. 1 Surviving her are one daughter, Helen Dohrman Burgett, Topeka; seven grandchildren, 22 great-grandchildren; and 33 great-great-grandchildren. A rosary was recited at 7:00 Sunday evening at Piper-Verschelden Funeral Home. Mass of Christian Burial was at 10:00 Monday morning at the Immac¬ulate Conception Church. Interment was in Mt. Calvary Cemetery, St. Marys. Memorials may be made to the Mary B. Hanrahan Memo¬rial and sent in care of the fu¬neral home.
  		Funeral card- Hanrahan, Mary B. 3 In Memory of Mary B. Hanrahan Born May 18, 1893 Died March 3, 1995
  		Birthday- Hanrahan, Mary 1 Mary Celebrates 90th Birthday Mrs. Mary Hanrahan, Delia, was honored Saturday afternoon, May 21. Friends and relatives gathered at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Larry Teske in St. Marys to wish her a happy 90th birthday. Refreshments of cake and punch were served to the following guests: Mr. and Mrs. Fenton McAreney, Mr. and Mrs. Phil Keller, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rosser, Mr. and Mrs. Bennie Martinek, Mr. and Mrs. Ig Gillgannon, Mr. and Mrs. Robert Kerwin, Mr. and Mrs. Mike Kerwin, Mr. and Mrs. Lawrence Teske, Mr. and Mrs. Ron Freel, Mr. and Mrs. Bill McCoy, Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Fiedler, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Burgett, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Hanrahan, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Macha, Mr. and Mrs. Terry Burgett, Eric and Erin, Mr. and Mrs. Rick Mulanax, Stephanie and Jessica, Mr. and Mrs. Leo Kerwin, Mary and Joe, Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Kerwin and Terri, Mrs. Elizabeth Mulanax, Danny, Kevin and Marcie, Mrs. Shirley Roper, Tammi and Tara, Mrs. Dorothy Koch, Jana and Joy, Mrs. Helen Dohrman, Mrs. Rae Niles, Mrs. Violet DeWendt, Mrs. Mary Wolcott, Mrs. Bertha Martinek, Mrs. Muriel Huggins, Mrs. Regina Schraeder, Mrs. Clementine Hanrahan, Mrs. Anna Hanrahan, Mrs. Dora Ross, Mrs. Alice Allen, Mrs. Marty Ronnau, Mrs. Jeannie Dryer, Tom Hanrahan, John Hanrahan, Bernard Hanrahan, Elmer Allen, Mike Goss, Willie Goss, D.J. Goss, Don Mulanax, Debbie Mulanax and Richie, Connie Jeanneret.
  		Birthday- Hanrahan, Mary 2 MARRIED AT THE SACRED HEART CATHOLIC CHURCH in Delia on May 24, 1911, were Mary B. McCoy and Patrick Hanrahan. Their attendants, standing, were Thomas Hanrahan and Nora Lane. Happy Birthday, Mary There will be 85 candles on Mrs. Mary B. Hanrahan’s birthday cake. A resident of Delia, she was born at Hoyt on May 18, 1893, the daughter of Dick and Birdie McCoy. Her parents moved to Rossville and, although she was only 10, Mary has vivid memories of the 1903 flood. “I remember it like yesterday,” she said. "The water drove everyone to the hills north of Rossville, with the teams pulling wagon loads of furniture. From that day on, I’ve been scared of water. I never had a desire to live where the river could move me out!” The Rossville Centennial History in¬cludes a description of an even worse flood the following year. In U. G. Stewart’s “Shawnee County News” for July 8, 1904, details of a sudden devastating flood along Cross Creek are given. After a steady all-night downpour, the waters came up so quickly that families had no time to move furniture -- up or out. On south Main, near the railroad, the water was five feet deep, and “on many of the streets, it would swim a horse. The water reached 22 inches above the high water mark of last year’s flood,” the “News” reported. The racing, raging water tore out the railroad bed, and washed out track. The "News” reporter wrote oi * standing waist deep in water in Dick McCoy’s back yard, waiting to get a picture of the train inching its way across the bridge, after the flood receded. “The flood,” he continued, “dug a good portion of Dick McCoy’s potatoes. He gathered up two barrels full Thursday, washed and ready for the pot.” No wonder flood waters are still a frightening memory! Dick McCoy, who had been a student at St. Marys College before his marriage, moved his blacksmith shop from Rossville to Delia. Mrs. Hanrahan described her mother, Birdie, as “a hard worker.” She was a midwife, and neighbors called on her to assist in times of illness, too. “Mother never refused, as long as she was able to help others,” Mary commented. Two of Mary’s sisters are still living, Helen Buckler and Vera Bunting, both in California. Mary McCoy was living in Delia when she married Patrick Hanrahan on May 24, 1911, just six days after her 18th birthday. They were the third couple to be married in the Sacred Heart Church at Delia. After a few years on the farm, Pat started work with the railroad. As a laborer and relief foreman, he put in 10- hour days, at $1.44 a day. Pat and Mary Hanrahan’s children included Francis, Gertrude, Zita (Allen) and Helen (Dohrman). Gertrude died of pneumonia when she was just 12 1/2 years old, “the worst tragedy of my life; for no one can get over losing a child,” she said sadly. Mr. Hanrahan remained with the Union Pacific until 1945, when he suffered a stroke. After his death in 1954, Mary took her first job, as a cook in the Delia school system. Her two granddaughters, Mary Wolcott and Pat Teske, lived with her while they attended school in Delia. “They kept me young and active, I suppose,” she said thoughtfully. “Looking back, I can say I’ve lived a long, fulfilled life,” she reminisced. She thoroughly enjoyed the Delia history written by her grandnephew, Kevin Kerwin, since “I lived it all. I watched Delia grow into a wonderful town. Lots of good families came from this community, and they all had something to contribute.” Mrs. Mary Hanrahan will celebrate her 85th birthday in Newton with her daughter, Mrs. Ray Dohrman, and family, former residents of St. Marys. We wish her many, many more.
  		Birthday- Hanrahan, Mary 3 Family and friends are invited to share an afternoon with Mary Hanrahan in celebration of her 100th birthday on Sunday, May 9, 1993 (Mothers Day) beginning at two o'clock in the afternoon. St. Mary's Senior Center 403 Lasley St. St. Marys, KS Refreshments served (no gifts)