The Providence Journal, Providence, Rhode Island, USA Monday, August 12, 2002 http://www.projo.com/obituaries/content/projo_20020812_obit13.26b98.html NORA T. "NANCY" AHERN, 92, formerly of 30 Forest Ave., Riverside, died yesterday at Forest Farm Health Care Centre. She was the wife of the late Maurice P. AHERN. Born in Ballyporeen, County Tipperary, Ireland, a daughter of the late Thomas and Margaret (BEGLEY) O'GORMAN, she came to this country in 1927 and settled in Hartford, Conn., moving to Riverside in 1937 and then to the Newport area in 1997. She was a parishioner of St. Brendan Church, Riverside, for more than 60 years. She leaves a daughter, Margaret M. Cottrell of Middletown; a granddaughter, Kerrie Cottrell of Jamestown; and two grandsons, J. Ben Cottrell of Coronado, Calif., and Brian T. Cottrell of Mansfield, Mass. She was the sister of the late Katherine Keane. A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated Wednesday at 10 a.m. in St. Brendan Church, 60 Turner Ave., Riverside. Burial will be in Gate of Heaven Cemetery, East Providence. -- http://www.swan-island.com