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Georgiana Alberta <I>Day</I> Cooney

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Georgiana Alberta Day Cooney

Birth
Saint Cloud, Stearns County, Minnesota, USA
Death
16 Mar 1924 (aged 60)
Warm Springs, Deer Lodge County, Montana, USA
Burial
Great Falls, Cascade County, Montana, USA Add to Map
Plot
Old Highland
Memorial ID
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Marker shows birth year as 1864. Death certificate says 1863.
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The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":

Great Falls Tribune (MT), 17 March 1924

Mrs.E. H. Cooney Dies; Resided in Montana Since Pioneer Days

Mrs. E. H. Cooney, 58, wife of E. H. Cooney, managing editor of the Great Falls Leader, died Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Cooney had been in ill health for several years and under treatment for the past two months.

Mrs. Cooney was a native of Glencoe, Minn., and as Georgianna A. Day, came to Montana in 1888. A few years later she was married to E. H. Cooney at Helena. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Day, who came to Minnesota in the early days from Maine. Her father and brothers owned the first flour mill in Minneapolis, built and owned the Palisades, and also owned and operated the first lumber mills in that city.

For the last 26 years she has resided in Great Falls and up to a few years ago when her health failed, was one of the most prominent social leaders in the city. Besides her husband, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. R. L. Ford of Tacoma, also several nieces residing at Tacoma, Minneapolis and Twin Falls, Idaho.
Marker shows birth year as 1864. Death certificate says 1863.
..........
The following provided by Find A Grave contributor "Cara":

Great Falls Tribune (MT), 17 March 1924

Mrs.E. H. Cooney Dies; Resided in Montana Since Pioneer Days

Mrs. E. H. Cooney, 58, wife of E. H. Cooney, managing editor of the Great Falls Leader, died Sunday morning at 10 o'clock. Mrs. Cooney had been in ill health for several years and under treatment for the past two months.

Mrs. Cooney was a native of Glencoe, Minn., and as Georgianna A. Day, came to Montana in 1888. A few years later she was married to E. H. Cooney at Helena. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George W. Day, who came to Minnesota in the early days from Maine. Her father and brothers owned the first flour mill in Minneapolis, built and owned the Palisades, and also owned and operated the first lumber mills in that city.

For the last 26 years she has resided in Great Falls and up to a few years ago when her health failed, was one of the most prominent social leaders in the city. Besides her husband, she is survived by a sister, Mrs. R. L. Ford of Tacoma, also several nieces residing at Tacoma, Minneapolis and Twin Falls, Idaho.


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