Biography from Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska, A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. 2 (The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1917):
Felix Jerome McShane, Jr., sheriff of Douglas county, is a native son of Omaha, born July 10, 1882. His father, Felix J. McShane, Sr., was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1852 and was a young man of twenty years when in 1872 he arrived in Omaha, where he married Agnes O'Connor. He has now retired from business but both he and his wife are still residents of Omaha. At one time he was a member of the city school board. Felix J. McShane, Jr., attended the Omaha city schools and also Creighton College, followed by study in the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. At the age of twenty years he entered the employ of an iron company in Omaha, with which he remained for a year, and then became the active assistant of his father, who was a railroad contractor and with whom he remained until 1908. He afterward spent two years with a lumber company in Omaha and in 1910 he entered the automobile supply business on his own account. In September, 1915, he discontinued the supply department but is still agent for the Mercer and Hupmobile cars, in which connection he has built up a business of substantial proportions, conducted under the name of the McShane Motor Company, of which he is the president. However, at the present time his attention is given to the duties of his office, for in 1911 he was elected sheriff of Douglas County and in 1914 was re-elected, so that when his present term expires in January, 1917, he will have filled the position for six years. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party. At Crown Point, Indiana, Mr. McShane was married to Miss Irma L. Conlen, and they have two [step] children, Charles Jerome and Irma Marie. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr. McShane is a member of the Phi Delta Theta, a college fraternity, and also of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Woodmen of the World. He likewise belongs to the Commercial Club and gives active aid to its well defined measures for the public good. His name is on the membership roll of the Omaha Field Club and he has many friends both within and without that organization.
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New York Times, January 2, 1953
Deaths
McSHANE – Felix J., Jr., on Jan. 1, 1953, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Felix J. McShane, beloved brother of Edward and Mrs. Marie McShane Weber. Reposing at Kramer Mortuary, 220 Glen St., Glen Cove, L. I. Requiem Mass at St. Patrick's Church, Glen Cove, at 10 A. M., Saturday. Interment Omaha. Kindly omit flowers. Omaha, Neb., papers please copy.
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Evening World-Herald (Omaha, Nebr.), January 2, 1953, p. 28, col. 1
F. J. McShane Dead in N.Y.
Had 2 Terms as Sheriff of Douglas County
Felix J. McShane, Jr., 70, a former Douglas County Sheriff, died Thursday at his home in Great Neck, N.Y.
Mr. McShane was elected Sheriff in 1912 and served two terms. He was connected with an automobile agency here before going to New York in 1922. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912.
He had been retired from the sales department of the Brooklyn Union Gas Company for the past five years.
Mr. McShane was a grandnephew of Edward and John Creighton, founders of Creighton University.
He is survived by a brother, E .C. J. McShane, Locust Valley, N.Y., and a sister, Mrs. F. Christopher Weber, Glen Head, N.Y.
The funeral will be at Glen Cove, N.Y., Saturday with burial later in Omaha.
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Morning World-Herald, January 5, 1953, p. 16, col. 2
Deaths and Funerals
McSHANE – Felix J., (Phil), age 70 years, Great Neck, N.Y. Survived by brother, E.C.J. McShane, Lacuse Valley, N.Y.; sister, Mrs. F. Christopher Weber, Glen Head, N.Y. Funeral Monday, John A. Gentleman Mortuary, 10:30 a.m. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Felix Jerome McShane, Jr., sheriff of Douglas county, is a native son of Omaha, born July 10, 1882. His father, Felix J. McShane, Sr., was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1852 and was a young man of twenty years when in 1872 he arrived in Omaha, where he married Agnes O'Connor. He has now retired from business but both he and his wife are still residents of Omaha. At one time he was a member of the city school board. Felix J. McShane, Jr., attended the Omaha city schools and also Creighton College, followed by study in the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. At the age of twenty years he entered the employ of an iron company in Omaha, with which he remained for a year, and then became the active assistant of his father, who was a railroad contractor and with whom he remained until 1908. He afterward spent two years with a lumber company in Omaha and in 1910 he entered the automobile supply business on his own account. In September, 1915, he discontinued the supply department but is still agent for the Mercer and Hupmobile cars, in which connection he has built up a business of substantial proportions, conducted under the name of the McShane Motor Company, of which he is the president. However, at the present time his attention is given to the duties of his office, for in 1911 he was elected sheriff of Douglas County and in 1914 was re-elected, so that when his present term expires in January, 1917, he will have filled the position for six years. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party. At Crown Point, Indiana, Mr. McShane was married to Miss Irma L. Conlen, and they have two [step] children, Charles Jerome and Irma Marie. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr. McShane is a member of the Phi Delta Theta, a college fraternity, and also of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Woodmen of the World. He likewise belongs to the Commercial Club and gives active aid to its well defined measures for the public good. His name is on the membership roll of the Omaha Field Club and he has many friends both within and without that organization.
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New York Times, January 2, 1953
Deaths
McSHANE – Felix J., Jr., on Jan. 1, 1953, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Felix J. McShane, beloved brother of Edward and Mrs. Marie McShane Weber. Reposing at Kramer Mortuary, 220 Glen St., Glen Cove, L. I. Requiem Mass at St. Patrick's Church, Glen Cove, at 10 A. M., Saturday. Interment Omaha. Kindly omit flowers. Omaha, Neb., papers please copy.
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Evening World-Herald (Omaha, Nebr.), January 2, 1953, p. 28, col. 1
F. J. McShane Dead in N.Y.
Had 2 Terms as Sheriff of Douglas County
Felix J. McShane, Jr., 70, a former Douglas County Sheriff, died Thursday at his home in Great Neck, N.Y.
Mr. McShane was elected Sheriff in 1912 and served two terms. He was connected with an automobile agency here before going to New York in 1922. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912.
He had been retired from the sales department of the Brooklyn Union Gas Company for the past five years.
Mr. McShane was a grandnephew of Edward and John Creighton, founders of Creighton University.
He is survived by a brother, E .C. J. McShane, Locust Valley, N.Y., and a sister, Mrs. F. Christopher Weber, Glen Head, N.Y.
The funeral will be at Glen Cove, N.Y., Saturday with burial later in Omaha.
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Morning World-Herald, January 5, 1953, p. 16, col. 2
Deaths and Funerals
McSHANE – Felix J., (Phil), age 70 years, Great Neck, N.Y. Survived by brother, E.C.J. McShane, Lacuse Valley, N.Y.; sister, Mrs. F. Christopher Weber, Glen Head, N.Y. Funeral Monday, John A. Gentleman Mortuary, 10:30 a.m. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Biography from Omaha: The Gate City and Douglas County Nebraska, A Record of Settlement, Organization, Progress and Achievement, Vol. 2 (The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company, Chicago, 1917):
Felix Jerome McShane, Jr., sheriff of Douglas county, is a native son of Omaha, born July 10, 1882. His father, Felix J. McShane, Sr., was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1852 and was a young man of twenty years when in 1872 he arrived in Omaha, where he married Agnes O'Connor. He has now retired from business but both he and his wife are still residents of Omaha. At one time he was a member of the city school board. Felix J. McShane, Jr., attended the Omaha city schools and also Creighton College, followed by study in the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. At the age of twenty years he entered the employ of an iron company in Omaha, with which he remained for a year, and then became the active assistant of his father, who was a railroad contractor and with whom he remained until 1908. He afterward spent two years with a lumber company in Omaha and in 1910 he entered the automobile supply business on his own account. In September, 1915, he discontinued the supply department but is still agent for the Mercer and Hupmobile cars, in which connection he has built up a business of substantial proportions, conducted under the name of the McShane Motor Company, of which he is the president. However, at the present time his attention is given to the duties of his office, for in 1911 he was elected sheriff of Douglas County and in 1914 was re-elected, so that when his present term expires in January, 1917, he will have filled the position for six years. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party. At Crown Point, Indiana, Mr. McShane was married to Miss Irma L. Conlen, and they have two [step] children, Charles Jerome and Irma Marie. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr. McShane is a member of the Phi Delta Theta, a college fraternity, and also of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Woodmen of the World. He likewise belongs to the Commercial Club and gives active aid to its well defined measures for the public good. His name is on the membership roll of the Omaha Field Club and he has many friends both within and without that organization.
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New York Times, January 2, 1953
Deaths
McSHANE – Felix J., Jr., on Jan. 1, 1953, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Felix J. McShane, beloved brother of Edward and Mrs. Marie McShane Weber. Reposing at Kramer Mortuary, 220 Glen St., Glen Cove, L. I. Requiem Mass at St. Patrick's Church, Glen Cove, at 10 A. M., Saturday. Interment Omaha. Kindly omit flowers. Omaha, Neb., papers please copy.
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Evening World-Herald (Omaha, Nebr.), January 2, 1953, p. 28, col. 1
F. J. McShane Dead in N.Y.
Had 2 Terms as Sheriff of Douglas County
Felix J. McShane, Jr., 70, a former Douglas County Sheriff, died Thursday at his home in Great Neck, N.Y.
Mr. McShane was elected Sheriff in 1912 and served two terms. He was connected with an automobile agency here before going to New York in 1922. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912.
He had been retired from the sales department of the Brooklyn Union Gas Company for the past five years.
Mr. McShane was a grandnephew of Edward and John Creighton, founders of Creighton University.
He is survived by a brother, E .C. J. McShane, Locust Valley, N.Y., and a sister, Mrs. F. Christopher Weber, Glen Head, N.Y.
The funeral will be at Glen Cove, N.Y., Saturday with burial later in Omaha.
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Morning World-Herald, January 5, 1953, p. 16, col. 2
Deaths and Funerals
McSHANE – Felix J., (Phil), age 70 years, Great Neck, N.Y. Survived by brother, E.C.J. McShane, Lacuse Valley, N.Y.; sister, Mrs. F. Christopher Weber, Glen Head, N.Y. Funeral Monday, John A. Gentleman Mortuary, 10:30 a.m. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
Felix Jerome McShane, Jr., sheriff of Douglas county, is a native son of Omaha, born July 10, 1882. His father, Felix J. McShane, Sr., was born in Perry county, Ohio, in 1852 and was a young man of twenty years when in 1872 he arrived in Omaha, where he married Agnes O'Connor. He has now retired from business but both he and his wife are still residents of Omaha. At one time he was a member of the city school board. Felix J. McShane, Jr., attended the Omaha city schools and also Creighton College, followed by study in the University of Nebraska at Lincoln. At the age of twenty years he entered the employ of an iron company in Omaha, with which he remained for a year, and then became the active assistant of his father, who was a railroad contractor and with whom he remained until 1908. He afterward spent two years with a lumber company in Omaha and in 1910 he entered the automobile supply business on his own account. In September, 1915, he discontinued the supply department but is still agent for the Mercer and Hupmobile cars, in which connection he has built up a business of substantial proportions, conducted under the name of the McShane Motor Company, of which he is the president. However, at the present time his attention is given to the duties of his office, for in 1911 he was elected sheriff of Douglas County and in 1914 was re-elected, so that when his present term expires in January, 1917, he will have filled the position for six years. His political allegiance has always been given to the democratic party. At Crown Point, Indiana, Mr. McShane was married to Miss Irma L. Conlen, and they have two [step] children, Charles Jerome and Irma Marie. The religious faith of the family is that of the Catholic church and Mr. McShane is a member of the Phi Delta Theta, a college fraternity, and also of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks, the Fraternal Order of Eagles and the Woodmen of the World. He likewise belongs to the Commercial Club and gives active aid to its well defined measures for the public good. His name is on the membership roll of the Omaha Field Club and he has many friends both within and without that organization.
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New York Times, January 2, 1953
Deaths
McSHANE – Felix J., Jr., on Jan. 1, 1953, son of the late Mr. and Mrs. Felix J. McShane, beloved brother of Edward and Mrs. Marie McShane Weber. Reposing at Kramer Mortuary, 220 Glen St., Glen Cove, L. I. Requiem Mass at St. Patrick's Church, Glen Cove, at 10 A. M., Saturday. Interment Omaha. Kindly omit flowers. Omaha, Neb., papers please copy.
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Evening World-Herald (Omaha, Nebr.), January 2, 1953, p. 28, col. 1
F. J. McShane Dead in N.Y.
Had 2 Terms as Sheriff of Douglas County
Felix J. McShane, Jr., 70, a former Douglas County Sheriff, died Thursday at his home in Great Neck, N.Y.
Mr. McShane was elected Sheriff in 1912 and served two terms. He was connected with an automobile agency here before going to New York in 1922. He was a delegate to the Democratic National Convention in 1912.
He had been retired from the sales department of the Brooklyn Union Gas Company for the past five years.
Mr. McShane was a grandnephew of Edward and John Creighton, founders of Creighton University.
He is survived by a brother, E .C. J. McShane, Locust Valley, N.Y., and a sister, Mrs. F. Christopher Weber, Glen Head, N.Y.
The funeral will be at Glen Cove, N.Y., Saturday with burial later in Omaha.
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Morning World-Herald, January 5, 1953, p. 16, col. 2
Deaths and Funerals
McSHANE – Felix J., (Phil), age 70 years, Great Neck, N.Y. Survived by brother, E.C.J. McShane, Lacuse Valley, N.Y.; sister, Mrs. F. Christopher Weber, Glen Head, N.Y. Funeral Monday, John A. Gentleman Mortuary, 10:30 a.m. Interment Holy Sepulchre Cemetery.
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