Posted on: PaloAlto County Obituaries Reply Here: http://cgi.rootsweb.com/~genbbs/genbbs.cgi/USA/Ia/PaloAltoObits/542 Surname: Conlon, Dailey, Molloy, Turk, Hoben, Hand, Mehan, Eagan ------------------------- Emmetsburg Democrat, Thursday, OCtober 17, 1953 Mother of Three Dies Suddenly Mrs. Charles Conlon Succumbed Suddenly Following Her Attendance at Funeral of Graettinger Relative. Mrs. Charles Conlon of Great Oak township passed away in the Palo Alto county hospital in this city Tuesday morning at 1:15 o'clock. Mrs. Conlon, with her husband and other members of her family, attended the funeral of Ben Petersen at Graettinger Sunday afternoon. During the services Mrs. Conlon became ill and was immediately brought to the Emmetsburg hospital. Following an operation she passed away. The funeral will be held this (Thursday) morning at 9:30 o'clock. Services will be conducted in Sacred Heart Catholic church at Ayshire, the pastor, Rev. W. F. Mason officiating. Burial will be in St. John's cemetery south of Emmetsburg. The pall bearers wil be Clarence Molloy, Pat Molloy, John Turk, Earl Hoben, James Hand and Joe Mehan. Florence Gertrude Dailey was born at Montreal, Canada, November 7, 1903. Hence she was 31 years old at the time of her passing. She came to Palo Alto county with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Dailey, in 1908. She attended the local schools and was for some time employed in several Emmetsburg business houses. She was united in marriage to Charles Conlon in this city April 2, 1929. Surviving are her husband, three children, Mary Catherine, five; Gerald, three and Joan twenty months, her mother, Mrs. John Dailey, and two sisters, Mrs. Keyron Eagan and Miss Julia Dailey all of Emmetsburg. A brother John was killed in an auto accident in 1930. Friends everywhere will be sorry to learn of the untimely death of Mrs. Conlon. She was possessed of a happy disposition and she had a wide circle of friends and acquaintances. She was a splendid Christian mother and a loving and dutiful wife. The sincere sympathy of the community is extended to the bereaved husband, the children and the other relatives in their bereavement.