Mary Ann Grawey

1921 - 2005  (83 years)

• Name	Mary Ann Grawey
  Born	25 Dec 1921	Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
  Gender	Female
  Died	23 Jan 2005	Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
  Buried	St. Mary's Cemetery, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA   [1]
  Person ID	I113723	Suedpfalz
  Last Modified	25 May 2019

  
  

  Father	Simon Edward Grawey,   b. 21 Mar 1891, Illinois, USA ,   d. 27 Aug 1977, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA  (Age 86 years)
  Mother	Rose Olive Barth,   b. 14 Aug 1892, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 17 Mar 1963, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA  (Age 70 years)
  Married	6 May 1914	Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
  Family ID	F49788	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

  Family	Howard Leo Mooney,   b. 31 Oct 1920, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA ,   d. 23 Jul 2006, Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA  (Age 85 years)
  Married	29 Dec 1943	Peoria, Peoria County, Illinois, USA
  Children	+ 1. Patrick Mooney   2. Christine Mooney   3. Michael Mooney
  Last Modified	1 May 2018
  Family ID	F49797	Group Sheet  |  Family Chart

  
  

• Notes

  BIOGRAPHY: themooneyfamily Entries: 1616 Updated: 2007-12-17 06:45:09 UTC (Mon) Contact: Michael Mooney themooneyfamily@cheneycable.com Born: Born at home at 215 W. Sherman Avenue in Peoria. Birth certificate actually says Mary Anna Gravois. Baptized 1-1-1922 at St. Mark's in Peoria. Bill Boland and Clementine Grawey Boland (her aunt and uncle) were godparents. Confirmed 5-9 1929 at St. Marks. Sponsor was Bette (Elizabeth) Wierschem Sieks (her 3rd cousin). Married at St. Mark's Catholic Church. Father Fitzgerald was priest. Aunt Louise Grawey taught her how to bake cookies and cakes. Mary Ann would walk to her house below Western hill in Peoria when she was in grade school. Several other cousins would go there and hang out with Aunt Lou. Took piano lessons for only 1 year around 3rd grade from her Uncle Fred. Played ragtime style with very active left hand. Learned to play a march called "Frat" which was written by John F. Barth. It was published in Cleveland in 1910 and is still available online at the Duke University Special Collections Library. Maryann told her daughter, Christine, that the author was her grandfather's (Henry Barth's) brother (her great-uncle). However, we have no information that Henry Barth had any siblings. It is possible that Henry's father, John F. Barth, had another son named John.

  
  

• Sources

  [S927] Obituary. Obituary in Peoria Journal Star. Mary Ann Mooney, 83, of ManorCare Health Services of Peoria died there at 7:15 p.m. Sunday, January 23, 2005. Born December 25, 1921, in Peoria to Simon and Rose Barth Grawey, she married Howard Mooney on December 27, 1943, in Peoria. He survives. Also surviving are two sons, Patrick (and Janine) of Morton and Michael (and Vicki) of Troy, Idaho; one daughter, Christine (and David) Jackman of Enterprise, Oregon; 16 grandchildren; and 11 great-grandchildren. She was preceded in death by two brothers. She had been a secretary at General Motors in Peoria. She was a member of St. Mark's Catholic Church in Peoria, where a funeral Mass will be at 10 a.m. Thursday. The Rev. Benjamin Reese will officiate. Visitation will be one hour before services at the church. Wright & Salmon Mortuary is in charge of arrangements. Burial will be in St. Mary's Cemetery in West Peoria. Memorials may be made to the West Peoria Fire Department.