 1908 - 2003 (95 years)
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| Name |
Cecelia Geraldine CARRAHER [1, 2] |
| Born |
1 Mar 1908 |
Leeds, Woodbury, Iowa, USA  [3, 4] |
| Gender |
Female |
| Name |
Gerri Carraher |
 Obituary |
Aug 2003 |
Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA |
| newspaper |
- HINTON, Iowa -- Geraldine Cecelia "Gerri" Pridie, 95, of Hinton died Thursday, Aug. 14, 2003, at a Sioux City nursing home.
Services will be 10 a.m. Monday at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ellendale, Iowa, with the Rev. Mark Stoll officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery, Sioux City. Visitation will be 2 to 8 p.m. today, with the family present 6 to 8 p.m. and a vigil service at 8 p.m., at Meyer Brothers Colonial Chapel in Sioux City.
Mrs. Pridie was born March 1, 1908, in Sioux City, the daughter of Robert and Marie (Ericksen) Carraher. She attended St. Boniface, Cathedral and Central High School.
She married Charles E. Pridie on Jan. 2, 1926, in Sioux City. The couple farmed in Plymouth County until 1956 when they moved to an acreage near Hinton. Mr. Pridie died Oct. 30, 1975, in Hinton.
Mrs. Pridie was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Ellendale, the Altar Society and St. Theresa Circle. She loved gardening and church activities, especially pie making and creating hundreds of quilts for Birthright. She also made rosaries for the missions. She enjoyed making crafts for her family.
Survivors include five children, Charles Pridie and his wife, Betty, and Tim Pridie, all of Hinton, Robert Pridie and his wife, Marlene of Akron, Iowa, Frances Peterson, and Carol Idso and her husband, Marlin, all of Sioux City; a daughter-in-law, Marjorie Pridie of Omaha, Neb.; a son-in-law John Bliss of Tulia, Texas; a brother, Willard Carraher of Allentown, Pa.; 29 grandchildren; 76 great-grandchildren; 18 great-great-grandchildren; and many nieces, nephews and friends.
In addition to her husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Patricia Bliss; a son, Gerald Pridie; two grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; a son-in-law, Robert Peterson; and five brothers and seven sisters.
Pallbearers will be Ron Pridie, Jerry Peterson, Robert Pridie, Chad Idso, Troy Pridie, Matt Bliss and Scott Pridie.
Honorary pallbearers will be Rick Pridie, Patrick Pridie, Eugene Pridie, Wade Bliss, Jeff Bliss and Joe Pridie.
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| Died |
14 Aug 2003 |
Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA |
| Buried |
18 Aug 2003 |
Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA |
Address:
Calvary Cemetery
Woodbury County
Woodbury County, Iowa |
| Person ID |
I5032 |
An Armstrong & A Heffernan |
| Last Modified |
16 Jun 2016 |
| Father |
Robert William CARRAHER, b. 26 Mar 1869, East Dubuque, Jo Daviess, Illinois, USA , d. 30 May 1939, Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA (Age 70 years) |
| Mother |
Ellen Marie ERIKSEN, b. 29 Sep 1872, Sloan, Woodbury, Iowa, USA , d. 13 May 1952, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, USA (Age 79 years) |
| Married |
28 Dec 1892 |
Sioux City, Woodbury, Iowa, USA [5, 6] |
| Family ID |
F2139 |
Group Sheet | Family Chart |
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| Sources |
- [S2052] 1910 Woodbury IA, ED 214, pg 7A.
Geraldine Carraher
- [S1364] Iowa County Births, 1880-1935, (FamilySearch.org), Carraher, Cecelia G.
- [S2052] 1910 Woodbury IA, ED 214, pg 7A.
age 2, Iowa
- [S1364] Iowa County Births, 1880-1935, (FamilySearch.org), Carraher, Cecelia G.
1 Mar 1908, Leeds, Woodbury County
- [S805] 1900 Woodbury, IA, ED 183, pg 1B.
married 8 years
- [S1361] Iowa County Marriages, 1838-1934, (FamilySearch.org), Carraher, Robt W.
to Maria Erickson, 28 Dec 1893, Woodbury County
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