Mary Ann Laughlin Owens

Mrs. Peter Owens Dies Monday

12 Sep 1927

Mrs. Peter J. Owens, 69 years old, passed away this morning at 8:45 o'clock at the family home, 3020 Roosevelt Street, following an illness of four months duration.

The funeral will be held Wednesday morning at 9:00 o'clock at St. Irenaeus Catholic Church. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery.

Mary Ann Laughlin was born in Bryan, Iowa on March 4, 1858.  She was united in marriage with Peter J. Owens on April 12, 1880.  Ten children were born to this union; four passed away in infancy and a daughter, Mrs. Clara McMahon died in 1919.  Surviving are her husband, two sons, John and Leo Owens of Clinton, three daughters, Mrs. Martin Cunningham and Mrs Charles Lord of Clinton and Mrs. Ray M. McDevitt of Goose Lake and three sisters, Mrs. Elizabeth Kane of St Paul, Minnesota, Mrs. Catherine Condon of Des Moines, and Mrs. Alice Judge of Clinton, and seventeen grandchildren.

Mrs. Owens was a devout member of St Irenaeus Church and was a member of the Altar Society