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Catherine Burke Farmer

Birth
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, USA
Death
13 Dec 1949 (aged 89)
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, USA
Burial
Yonkers, Westchester County, New York, USA Add to Map
Plot
Section I (eye) P 32 G 11 no headstone found
Memorial ID
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89 0 18
of 20 Riverview Place
-died in Yonkers General Hospital; age 89
-widow of Joseph L. Farmer, machinist with Alexander Smith Carpet Co.; he died in 1916
-Gold Star Mother of World War I; son Joseph T. Farmer, US Army, Co. M, Ninth Infantry, was killed 5 July 1918 in Chateau Thierry, France
-Gold Star Grandmother of World War II; grandson, Sergeant John J. Beattie of the Fifth Division, US Marines, was killed 24 Feb. 1945 at Iwo Jima
-daughter of James and Ellen Bowes Burke
-educated at St. Mary's School
-married 25 April 1889 in Church of the Immaculate Conception
-member of the Fifth Ward Republican Club
-member of the Auxiliary of Post 7, American Legion
-survived by daughters, Mrs. Marie V. Beattie and Mrs. Daniel J. McCarthy; sons Stephen J. and George M. Farmer; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren
-funeral Thursday from Flynn Memorial Home; low mass of requiem in Church of the Holy Eucharist; interment St. Mary's Cemetery
-obituary published in The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N.Y., Tuesday, 12/13/1949-4363
Contributor: (47468145)
89 0 18
of 20 Riverview Place
-died in Yonkers General Hospital; age 89
-widow of Joseph L. Farmer, machinist with Alexander Smith Carpet Co.; he died in 1916
-Gold Star Mother of World War I; son Joseph T. Farmer, US Army, Co. M, Ninth Infantry, was killed 5 July 1918 in Chateau Thierry, France
-Gold Star Grandmother of World War II; grandson, Sergeant John J. Beattie of the Fifth Division, US Marines, was killed 24 Feb. 1945 at Iwo Jima
-daughter of James and Ellen Bowes Burke
-educated at St. Mary's School
-married 25 April 1889 in Church of the Immaculate Conception
-member of the Fifth Ward Republican Club
-member of the Auxiliary of Post 7, American Legion
-survived by daughters, Mrs. Marie V. Beattie and Mrs. Daniel J. McCarthy; sons Stephen J. and George M. Farmer; seven grandchildren and two great-grandchildren
-funeral Thursday from Flynn Memorial Home; low mass of requiem in Church of the Holy Eucharist; interment St. Mary's Cemetery
-obituary published in The Herald Statesman, Yonkers, N.Y., Tuesday, 12/13/1949-4363
Contributor: (47468145)


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