ANNIE LAVERTY-OBITUARY REPORT

ANNIE LAVERTY

WIFE OF THOMAS A LAVERTY
(1883-1958)

OBITUARY REPORT

MRS. LAVERTY DIES MONDAY AT AGE 74



     Mrs. Annie Laverty 74, well know resident of the Laurel Community, died at the Evangelical Hospital  at 6:05 p.m. Monday. She suffered a stroke on Sept. 15 and had been hospitalized since that time. Mrs. Laverty had been in failing health for the last six months.

     Born Annie McMullen on Dec. 31, 1883, in County Antrim, Ireland she was the daughter of William J. and Jane McMullen. She received her education and grew to womanhood in Ireland coming to the United States with her mother and family in 1907 and settled in Gilman(Iowa)

     On Feb. 10, 1910, she was united in marriage to Thomas A. Laverty and to this union four sons were born. The couple established their home on a farm south of Laurel where they lived for 44 years. Following Mr. Laverty's death in 1950, she continued to live on the farm until moving to her present home in Laurel four years ago.

     Mrs. Laverty  was an active member of the Laurel Methodist Church, the WSCS Dorcas Class, Onyx Chapter No. 350 of the Order of Eastern Star of Gilman, a chapter member of the Fairview Grange and the Laurel Ladies Club.

     Also preceding her death were a son in infancy, a son John in 1953, two sisters and two brothers.

     Surviving are two sons, Thomas L. and Paul M. Laverty, both of Laurel, and six grandchildren, Doris, Dennis, Deborah, Linda, and Alan, all of Laurel, and Larry of Mt. Vernon. Also surviving is a sister, Mrs. Rachel Thompson, Prairie City.

     Services will be held from Laurel Methodist Church at 2 p.m. Thursday in charge of the services will be  D. M. Pierce, pastor, and the Rev. E. E. Clements, former pastor. Burial will be in Graceland Cemetery. Friends may call at the Estel-Perrin Funeral Home until 9:30 a. m. Thursday.