Dan Desmond - Veteran Railroader 1909 Obit
WRITTEN BY : TINA EASLEY
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MARCH 31, 1909 - THE DAILY SOLIPHONE
VETERAN RAILROADER ANSWERS LAST CALL
DAN DESMOND , 61 YEARS OF AGE , SUCCUMBS TO LONG ILLNESS OF TUBERLOSIS
WAS A NATIVE OF OLD IRELAND
DAN DESMOND , ONE OF PARAGOULD'S OLDEST AND HIGHLY RESPECTED CITIZENS , PASSED AWAY AT THE FAMILY HOME ON EAST GARLAND STREET AT 4:30 THIS MORNING AFTER A LONG ILLNESS OF TUBERCULOSIS. HE HAD BEEN CONFINED TO BED FOR THREE WEEKS. BUT HIS HEALTH HAD BEEN FAILING THE PAST SEVERAL MONTHS.
MR. DESMOND WAS BORN IN IRELAND , COUNTY OF CORK AND CAME TO AMERICA EARLY IN HIS YOUTH AT THE AGE OF 14 . HE LOCATED IN ST. LOUIS , WHERE HE MET AND MARRIED MISS ANNA DELARBER . HE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE IRON MOUNTAIN RAILROAD CO. AND THIRTEEN YEARS AGO WAS SENT HERE AS SECTION FOREMAN ON THAT ROAD. SINCE THAT TIME AND TILL HIS DEATH THIS MORNING HE LIVED HERE. HE WAS IN THE SERVICE OF THE IRON MOUNTAIN 34 YEARS AND WAS ONE OF THEIR MOST VALUED AND TRUSTWORTHY EMPLOYES.
MR. DESMOND WAS 61 YEARS OLD AND IS SURVIVED BY A DEVOTED WIFE AND THREE CHILDREN . DAN , JR. , HERMAN AND MISS JOSIE . HE WAS A MEMBER IN GOOD STANDING OF THE A.O.U.W. LODGE AT BOONEVILLE, MO. HE WAS A MEMBER OF THE CATHOLIC CHURCH AND THE FUNERAL SERVICES WILL BE CONDUCTED FROM THAT CHURCH. FRIDAY MORNING AT 9 O'CLOCK BY FATHER FUERST. BURIAL WILL FOLLOW IN THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY (ST. MARY'S) THE PARAGOULD ORDER OF WORKMEN WILL ASSIST IN THE BURIAL.