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Alice Elizabeth Mohatt Rourke

28 Nov 1859 – 18 Mar 1920

Birth	28 Nov 1859
Death	18 Mar 1920
Cemetery	Saint Andrews Catholic Cemetery Custer County , Nebraska , USA
Added by	Irv and Marietta on 03 Nov 2015
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/57757298

Bio

MRS. JOHN F. ROURKE, 61 - Mrs. John Rourke died in the St. Francis Hospital in Grand Island, in Hall County, Nebraska, after a lingering illness of several months, on March 18, 1920. She was born (nee Alice Mohatt) in the year of 1859 in Rochester, New York. In 1879, she married John Rourke, and eleven children were born to them, all of whom are now alive, but one daughter who died ten months ago. She was aged 61 years, four months and 19 days at the time of her passing. She was a faithful member of the Catholic Church and the last rites of that faith were lovingly administered to her in the hospital. She is survived by her bereaved husband and also by three daughters, Mrs. M. E. Ferguson, Mrs. Ray Stricklin, and Miss Rita Rourke; and by seven sons, Edmund Rourke, Edward, John, Charles, Arthur, Alfred and Sylvester Rourke, all of whom were present, and also by 27 grandchildren. Following funeral rites in the Church, burial was made of Mrs. Rourke in the Dale Cemetery near Merna, Custer County, Nebraska. Present were the M. E. Ferguson family of Masters Colorado, Charles Rourke of Gillette, Wyoming, the Edward W. Rourke family of Sutherland, Nebraska, Mrs. J. P. Rourke and Mrs. Charles Rourke of Missouri Valley, Iowa; Clem Mohatt of Dalton, Nebraska and John Craig of Missouri Valley, Iowa. (Custer County Chief, Broken Bow, Custer Co., Nebraska)

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Family

Parents

• Paul Joseph Mohatt 1807–1887
• Mary Anne Pegar Mohatt 1815–1876

Spouse

• John Francis Rourke 1855–1932

Siblings

• James Pierre "Peter" Mohatt 1836–1905
• Jeanette Mohatt Deur 1837–1911
• Paul Joseph "Joseph" Mohatt 1840–1923
• Francis Mohatt 1842–1919
• Louise Mohatt Bowles 1844–1923
• John Mohatt 1845–1930
• Rosene Josephine "Rose" Mohatt Finch 1854–1922
• Xavier Francis Mohatt 1856–1920

Children

• Mary Theresa Rourke Ferguson 1880–1941
• Edward Francis "Eddie" Rourke 1882–1951
• Edmund Leo Rourke 1882–1962
• John Joseph "Johnny" Rourke 1884–1967
• Charles Thomas Rourke 1886–1965
• Bridget Lorretta Rourke Foley 1888–1919
• Arthur Vincent Rourke 1890–1980
• Alfred James Rourke 1893–1965
• Sylvester Joseph Rourke 1895–1991
• Elizabeth Lorene "Lorene" Rourke Stricklin 1898–1952
• Rita Veronica Rourke Kennedy 1901–1995

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