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Nora Margaret McCoy Fenton

19 Oct 1890 – 29 Jan 1967

Birth	19 Oct 1890
Death	29 Jan 1967
Cemetery	O'Connor Cemetery O'Connor , Greeley County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Linda Berney on 19 Sep 2014
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/42289765

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From the Wolbach Messenger, February 2, 1967, transcribed by Linda Berney: Mrs. Nora Fenton Buried Wednesday – Mrs. Nora M. Fenton, 76, a longtime resident of the Brayton community died Sunday in a Spalding hospital. She had entered the hospital six weeks ago. Funeral services were held at 10 a.m. Wednesday in the Church of the Visitation at O’Connor. Her son, the Rev. Lawrence Fenton, offered the solemn requiem high mass. Burial was in the family plot of the Church Cemetery at O’Connor. Mrs. Fenton was born October 19, 1890 at Arina in Garfield County, a daughter of James and Delia McCoy. When she was 14 the family moved to Greeley County north of O’Connor. She attended St. Joseph’s Academy at O’Connor. She was married to Timothy P. Fenton on June 2, 1908 at O’Connor. Their first home was on a farm near O’Connor. They later lived in Oklahoma and in Kansas before returning to Greeley County to a farm near Brayton, where they lived for 42 years before they retired and moved to their home in Greeley in 1961. Survivors include four sons, James and Lawrence Fenton of Greeley, Joseph of O’Neill and Francis of Wolbach; six daughters, Mrs. Mary Peterson of Spalding, Mrs. Margaret Joyce of Greeley, Mrs. Rita McSharry of Omaha, Mrs. Madeline Thomas of Akron, Ohio, Mrs. Theresa Welch of Chicago, Illinois and Mrs. Florence Moran of Des Moines, Iowa; three sisters, Mrs. Mary Dugan of Chicago, Illinois, Mrs. Ann Gray of Grand Island and Mrs. Catherine Preston of Denver, Colorado. She was preceded in death by five brothers and one grandson in addition to her husband and her parents. Courtesy - Linda Berney (#47343179) 12/28/2015

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Family

Parents

• James McCoy 1855–1935
• Delia Golden McCoy 1856–1924

Spouse

• Timothy Patrick Fenton 1885–1961 FaG

Siblings

• James J McCoy 1885–1905
• Patrick L. McCoy 1888–1954
• Anna Catherine McCoy Gray 1892–1968
• John Francis McCoy 1896–1966
• Joseph A McCoy 1899–1945
• Catherine Casey McCoy Preston 1910–1986

Children

• Mary Catherine Fenton Peterson 1909–2004 FaG
• Margaret E Fenton Joyce 1913–2008 FaG
• William James Fenton 1915–1996 FaG
• Florence Agnes Fenton Moran 1917–1994 FaG
• Madeline Fenton Thomas 1919–2011 FaG
• Joseph Leo Fenton 1921–2013 FaG
• Francis "Fritz" Fenton 1923–1977 FaG
• Rita L. Fenton McSharry 1925–2023 FaG
• Theresa E. Fenton Welch 1927–2023 FaG
• Rev Fr Lawrence Edward Fenton 1932–2011 FaG

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