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Mary E. Casey

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Mary E. Casey

Birth
New York, USA
Death
1 Feb 1960 (aged 96–97)
Montgomery County, Maryland, USA
Burial
Brentwood, Prince George's County, Maryland, USA Add to Map
Plot
Block 8 553
Memorial ID
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"Casey's" Wife Dies
WASHINGTON – The widow of baseball's "Mighty Casey at the Bat" was buried Thursday.
Mrs. Mary E. Casey, 96, was interred in a nearby Maryland suburb following funeral services here. She died Monday of pneumonia." From Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Indiana, Feb 5, 1960, page 3
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"MRS. MARY E. CASEY
Washington, Feb. 4 (UPI). Mrs. Mary E. Casey, 96, widow of the man supposedly immortalized in "Casey at the Bat," was buried today. She died Monday of pneumonia. In 1897 Daniel M. Casey, a Phillies pitcher, fanned with two on and two out in the ninth inning of a game with the New York Giants, giving the Giants a 4-2 victory. Sportswriter Ernest L. Thayer wrote the poem." From the Daily News, New York, NY, February 5, 1960 , page 31
"Casey's" Wife Dies
WASHINGTON – The widow of baseball's "Mighty Casey at the Bat" was buried Thursday.
Mrs. Mary E. Casey, 96, was interred in a nearby Maryland suburb following funeral services here. She died Monday of pneumonia." From Logansport Pharos-Tribune, Indiana, Feb 5, 1960, page 3
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"MRS. MARY E. CASEY
Washington, Feb. 4 (UPI). Mrs. Mary E. Casey, 96, widow of the man supposedly immortalized in "Casey at the Bat," was buried today. She died Monday of pneumonia. In 1897 Daniel M. Casey, a Phillies pitcher, fanned with two on and two out in the ninth inning of a game with the New York Giants, giving the Giants a 4-2 victory. Sportswriter Ernest L. Thayer wrote the poem." From the Daily News, New York, NY, February 5, 1960 , page 31


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