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- [S24] 1920 US Federal Census, (www.ancestry.com).
- [S927] Obituary.
Mary Evelyn Cawley O'Brien
Date and Time of Service: Friday, February 19, 2010 at 10:00 a.m. at St. Francis Xavier Church
posted 2/16/2010 at 3:21:44 PM
Mary Evelyn Cawley O?Brien, 91, of Parkersburg, died at home on Sunday, February 14, 2010. She was born on November 26, 1918, the fourth child of the late Charles Cawley and Mary Martha Singer Cawley, at their farm on Ashby Ridge in Wood County, WV.
She married the late Hugh Bernard O?Brien at St. Francis Xavier Catholic Church in Parkersburg on September 11, 1954. With the exception of a short time when she and Hugh lived in Charleston, Mary was a lifelong resident of Wood County. She retired from the United States Department of the Treasury in March 1985, having served a combined 23 years with the Internal Revenue Service and the Bureau of Public Debt.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by two sisters, Alice Cawley Gorrell (1932) and Cecilia Agnes Gorrell (2000); and two brothers, William Cawley (1937) and Francis Paul Cawley (2007); as well as by her beloved nephew and Godson, Charles Joseph (C.J.) Cawley (1997).
She is survived by her three children: Jane Marie O?Brien of Parkersburg; David Gerard O?Brien of Dublin, Ohio; and James Michael O?Brien (and his wife, Denise Elliott O?Brien), as well as by her four grandchildren, Elizabeth Elaine O?Brien, Kaitlin Michael O?Brien, James Michael O?Brien II and Elliott Kootz O?Brien, and her great-granddaughter, Isabela Victoria O?Brien, all of Wheeling. She is also survived by her sister-in-law, Marie Wanstreet Cawley of Parkersburg, and by numerous nieces and nephews, and their many descendents.
She was a devoted, lifelong Catholic, by faith, and was a member of St. Francis Xavier Church, where a Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated by Rev. Eric Hall, at 10 a.m. on Friday, February 19, 2010. Visitation will be at Lambert-Tatman Funeral Home, 400 Green Street from 4 p.m.to 8 p.m. on Thursday. A rosary service will be recited at the funeral home at the conclusion of visitation.
- [S645] West Virginia Marriage Records, 1853-1970.
Groom's name: Charles Cawley
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Bride's name: Martha Mary Singer
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Event type: Marriage
Marriage date: 1905
Marriage place: Wood, West Virginia, United States
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Film number: 580550
Digital GS number: 4130723
Image number: 00148
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Source: County Records
Collection: West Virginia Marriages 1853-1970
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