Obituary: Mrs. Mary Barrett

by Laurel | December 2nd, 2011

02 December 1913

Mrs. Mary Barrett, wife of John J. Barrett of 834 Dwight Street, died last evening after a short illness. She had been a resident of Holyoke for the past 35 years, and was a devout member of the St. Jerome Church. Besides her mother, Mrs. Mary Griffin of Ireland, she leaves three sons, James, John and Thomas, daughters, Mary, Margaret and Rose; also six brother, Timothy of Ireland, James B. of Boston, Patrick of Waterbury, CT, Jeremiah of Springfield, and John and Thomas Griffin of Holyoke, and four sisters, Mrs. Patrick Bresnahan of Lowell, Mrs. Daniel Doran, Miss Nora Griffin and Bridget of Ireland. The funeral arrangements have bot been completed.

From The Springfield Republican.

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