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Robert E. Kerwin

Robert E. Kerwin, 97, Delia, died Saturday, February 4, 1989, at the St. Marys Manor.

Mr. Kerwin was a farmer in the Delia community.

He was born August 10, 1891, at Cross Creek, later known as Delia, in Jackson County, the son of Robert and Katherine Murry Kerwin. He was a lifelong Delia resident.

Mr. Kerwin was the oldest member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Delia and had served on the Delia school board in the late 1930s.

He was graduated from a one-room country school south of Delia.

He was married to Mary A. Hanrahan June 28, 1916, at Delia. She died March 2, 1972. [He also was preceded in death by a son, Aloysius Kerwin.

Survivors include four sons, Robert A. Kerwin and Kenneth Kerwin, both of Delia, Clinton Kerwin, Rossville, and Leo Kerwin, Hamilton; 11 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren;]

12 great-grandchildren; 16 step-great-grandchildren; and seven step-great-great-grandchildren.

Services were at 10 a.m. Tuesday (this morning) at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Delia. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys. A rosary was recited at 7 p.m. Monday. Casket bearers were Mike Kerwin, Bob Kerwin, Kevin Kerwin, Patrick Kerwin, Leo "Joe" Kerwin, and Leo Hanrahan.



Robert E. Kerwin

St. Marys - Robert E. Kerwin, 97, Delia, died Saturday, Feb. 4, 1989, at a St. Marys nursing home.

Mr. Kerwin was a farmer in the Delia community.

He was born Aug. 10, 1891, at Cross Creek, in Jackson County, the son of Robert and Katherine Murry Kerwin. He was a lifelong Delia resident.

Mr. Kerwin was a member of Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Delia and had served on the Delia school board.

He was married to Mary A. Hanrahan June 28, 1916, at Delia. She died March 2, 1972. He also was preceded in death by a son, Aloysius Kerwin.

Survivors include four sons, Robert A. Kerwin and Kenneth Kerwin, both of Delia, Clinton Kerwin, Rossville, and Leo Kerwin, Hamilton; 11 grandchildren; four step-grandchildren; 12 great-grandchildren; 16 step-great-grandchildren; and seven step-great-great-grandchildren.

Services will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Delia. Burial will be in Mount Calvary Cemetery at St. Marys. Mr. Kerwin will lie in state after 9 a.m. Monday at Verschelden Funeral Home in St. Marys where a rosary will be recited at 7 p.m. Monday.

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