Mrs. Mehrens Died Monday

LIFETIME BLAIRITE, MRS. MARGARET MEHRENS DIES; CATHOLIC RITES HELD

A long illness proved fatal Monday evening to Mrs. Margaret Mehrens, 72, lifetime Blair resident. Mrs. Mehrens died at 6 p.m. at the Mehrens farm home at the northeast edge of Blair.

The body was taken to the Campbell Mortuary, where the rosary was recited at 8 p.m. Tuesday. Requiem Mass was said by the Rev. Edward C. O’Donnell at 9 a.m. yesterday at St. Francis Borgia Catholic Church. Interment followed in Holy Cross Cemetery here.

Mrs. Mehrens, daughter of the late pioneer couple, Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Quinlan, was born Oct. 7, 1877, as Margaret Quinlan. She and William Mehrens were married Dec. 26, 1902, and to them were born two children, Agnes and Francis.

Surviving Mrs. Quinlan are her son and daughter-in-law, Mr. and Mrs. Francis Mehrens, at home; three grandchildren, Jerome, Eugene, and Marcia Tyson, all of Omaha; and two sisters, Mrs. Louie Grimm of Blair and Mrs. Harry Tucker of Long Beach, Calif.

Preceding Mrs. Mehrens in death was her daughter Agnes of Omaha, who died last year. She was the wife of Marshall Tyson, former Blairite. Also preceding Mrs. Mehrens in death were three brothers, William and Jack Quinlan of Blair and Tom Quinlan of Omaha, and a sister, Mrs. Mary Sinnott of Omaha.

#2-1 June, 1950 - The Enterprise - Margaret (Quinlan) Mehrens

MARGARET MEHRENS RITES MAY 31

Mrs. Margaret Mehrens died at her home north of Blair Monday, May 29th, after having been in failing health for the past two years.

As Margaret Quinlan she was born to Mr. and Mrs. Patrick Quinlan October 7, 1877 in Blair. Thus she comes of a pioneer family as her parents homesteaded south of Blair before Nebraska was admitted to stateland. Margaret grew to womanhood in Blair and attended the Blair schools.

On Dec. 26, 1902, she was married to Wm. Mehrens, and to them two children were born, Mrs. M. B. Tyson who preceded her mother in death and Francis who resides on the home place north of Blair.

Coming of a pioneer family she was really a child of Nebraska and spent her entire life here. After her marriage she resided on a farm and it was there she reared her children.

Besides the son, she leaves two sisters, Mrs. Louis Grimm of Blair and Mrs. Harry Tucker of Long Beach, Calif. Mrs. Tucker was present at the funeral rites which were held Wednesday, May 31, from the Catholic church at 9 o’clock a.m. with Father O’Donnell officiating, and interment was made in the local cemetery under the supervision of the Campbell Mortuary.

The pallbearers were five nephews and one grandson. The nephews were Louis Grimm, Patrick Quinlan of Blair; Wm. Quinlan, Thomas Sinnot and Gerald Quinlan, all of Omaha; and the grandson, Eugene Tyson of Omaha.

~~~Obituary courtesy of the Washington County Genealogical Society – Newspaper clipping on file in the Blair Public Library in Blair, Nebraska ~~~

Died on 5/29/1950

Buried in Holy Cross Cemetery, Blair Nebraska

Find a Grave Memorial #117911801 – Margaret Quinlan Mehrens