Obituary of Johanna
(McCarthy) Houlihan
Mrs. Johanna
Houlihan: The funeral of Mrs. Johanna (McCarthy)
Houlihan, 83, widow of Bartolomew Houlihan, who died Monday
night at the home of her daughter, Mary E., wife of Thomas
A. Hickey, 1 Westminster street, will be there Thursday
morning. A solemn high mass of requiem will be celebrated
in St. Bernard’s Church at 10 o’clock. Burial
will be in St. JOhn’s Cemetery.
She was born in Bally Trasna parish, of Ballyhar, County
Kerry, Ireland, daughter of John and Catherine (Sullivan)
McCarthy.
Besides her daughter, Mrs. Houlihan is survived by three
sons, John F. and Eugene F. Houlihan of Worcester and James
A. Houlihan of Oakland, Cal; 14 grandchildren; one great
grandchild, and several nephews and nieces in Ireland and
this country. She was a member of the Married Ladies
Sodality of the Church of the Ascension. (Worcester
Evening Gazette, 28 April 1936, p. 14)