Mrs. Joseph Morrisey, one of the few remaining pioneers of this section, passed to the Great Beyond Monday evening. An obituary will appear in these columns next week.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Thursday, September 06, 1917, Page 4
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The many friends of Mrs. Joseph Morrissey were shocked to hear of her sudden death. Mrs. Morrissey was one of the few remaining early pioneers, residing here. Her funeral was held at St. Patrick's church Thursday, Rev. Geo. Casey officiated. The pallbearers were: Mich. Doolan, Dan Falvey now of Manitowoc, James Shehesta, Sr., Thos. Savage of Manitowoc and Thomas Fenlon. She is survived by three sons, two daughters and one brother.

Manitowoc Daily Herald, Thursday, September 13, 1917, Page 5
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DEATH OF MRS. JOS. MORRISSEY
Mrs. Joseph Morrissey died at the home in Franklin, Manitowoc County, on Monday
evening, September third, after an illness of ten days in the eighty-first year
of her age.
The deceased was born at Volcartier, Province of Quebec, Canada, November
thirteenth, 1836. In 1846 she came with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Michael Gough,
by boat from Quebec to Port Washington and thence to a farm in the Town of
Saukville, Ozaukee County. Here she attended district school, besides taking her
full share in the arduous trials that fell to the young people of those pioneer
days. On September tenth, 1888, she was married to Jos Morrissey at Saukville
and came to Franklin, Manitowoc County in October of same year, settling on the
farm upon which she lived until her death. Of this union were born eleven children,
six of whom with her husband, have preceded her in death. She is survived by five
children, Thomas of Franklin, Mrs. Jeremiah Frawley of Port Washington, Gough of
Chilton, Mrs. Charles Hintz of Reedsville and Laurence of Franklin. She also leaves
fourteen grandchildren and one great grandchild. One brother, Thomas Gough of
Milwaukee survives her.
Putting the childhood experiences of those who have reached or passed middle life
together with the stories of toil, of trials and privation, still told by the few
of that noble advance guard of early settlers, who here and there still survive,
like the harder portions of rock in an eroded region, one can reconstruct a picture
of the life of sixty years ago and be the better enabled to form a just estimate of
the type of men and women whose iron constitution, patience, perserverance, fortitude,
faith and self denial laid the foundations of the prosperity, happiness and plenty
which so abide with us today.
Of all the splendid type of men and women whose names and lives are associated with
the settlement and development of Franklin and Maple Grove, the name and life of Mrs.
Jos Morrissey will be held in grateful and affectionate remembrance. Always a friend
and ardent supporter of the public school system, she early took a deep and abiding
interest in the progress of her district school and for a quarter of a century used
her influence in securing the services of a number of able and efficient teachers,
whose lives stamped upon the community characteristics which are among the most
valuable assets of that community life today. Endowed with a vigorous constitution
and perfect health, she was a tireless worker, even in her later years. Helpful and
sympathetic at all times, both within and without her home, her exhaustless energy
seemed to be constantly paid out in unselfish service to others. Her center thought
was the welfare of her own family and to the realization of this thought she dedicated
her life. Generous to a fault, her charity was limited only by her ability to give.
Nothing outside of serving her own family gave her as much pleasure as to share with
the needy the food and shelter of her own home. Always interested in public questions,
she kept herself well informed upon current topics. In her early years she formed a
taste for good reading and throughout her life she found recreation in good literature
especially poetry, from which she was in the habit of quoting literally from time to
time.
If wealth is measured only in terms of the world's goods, her rewards were small,
indeed, when compared with the sacrifices which she made. If wealth may include the
joys of unselfish service to others and the happy reflections consequent upon a well
spent life, then her life has been blessed with wealth overflowing, rich, abounding
and eternal. Her monument will be the affectionate remembrance in which the memory
of her life will be held by the people of the community among whom she lived so long.
The funeral was held on Thursday, Sept. 6, from St. Patrick's church, Maple Grove, of
which she was a member, Rev. Geo Casey officiating.
The following relatives from outside were in attendance at the funeral: Mr. and Mrs.
Jeremiah Frawley, Miss Dora Frawley of Port Washington, Arthur and Edmund Frawley,
Mills City, Montana, Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Gough, James Finnegan, Milwaukee, Mr. and
Mrs. Gough Morrissey, Chilton, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Falvey, Mr. Thomas Savage of Manitowoc.
Manitowoc Pilot, Thurs., Sept. 13, 1917