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Show Obituary. Another pioneer has gone on his last long journey. Edward Connell. who came to Colorado with an ox team before be-fore the days of the railroad, died on Friday, Oct. 2, at his home, 1918 Champa Cham-pa street. The direct cause of death was blood poisoning, due to an apparently appar-ently slight injury Mr. Connell received re-ceived in the ankle one day while out walking, and which, on account of his old age and consequent enfeebled condition, con-dition, proved serious. Mr. Connell was a native of County Mayo, Ireland, and was nearly 80 years of age, fifty of which had been spent in Denver, where in early days he conducted a blacksmith black-smith shop. He amassed great wealth and for some years had given his entire en-tire time to the care of his property. He is survived by a widow, two daughters daugh-ters and six sons, all residing in Colorado. Colo-rado. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon fro mthe Church of the Holy Ghost on Curtis and Twentieth streets, Rev. Father Bender reading the burial service. Interment was in Mount Calvary Cal-vary cemetery. Miss Mary E. Coughlin of 1626 Washington Wash-ington avenue, died at St. Joseph's hospital hos-pital Thursday evening, Oct. 1, after a very short illness of hemorrhage of the brain. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon from Logan avenue chapel and was conducted by Rev'. H. L McMenamin. Mc-Menamin. The Good Shepherd Aid society, so-ciety, Ladies' Catholic Benevolent association, as-sociation, Daughters of Erin and Women's Wo-men's Catholic Order of Foresters were represented at the funeral, and escorted escort-ed the bedy to union station, whence it was shipped for burial to her old home in Cincinnati, O., accompanied by her sister, Mrs. Alice Coughlin. ' |