Evening Republican, Volume 21, Number 209, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 19 September 1917 — Grandmother McKenna, Friend Of the Honan Family, Dead. [ARTICLE]

Grandmother McKenna, Friend Of the Honan Family, Dead.

Mr. and Mrs. Edward P. Honan received word the first of the week of the death of Grandmother McKenna, of Chicago. The funeral was held in Chicago today, Wednesday, but neither Mr. Honan or Mrs. Honan were able to be present. Mr- Honan is in Indianapolis where Mrs. Honan’s brother, James Hemphill, is undergoing a third. operation for cancer. Grandmother McKenna, while always called by that name, was Mrs. McKenna’s mother and her name was Richardson. Mr. McKenna is a very prominent Chicago attorney, having been assistant corporation counselor for that city under the Carter Harrison administration. He is also a very influential Catholic Forester, having for a number of years been editor of the “Forester.” He is well known to the Foresters of this city, having attended a number of functions of that organization. The McKennas and the Honans are very close friends, having visited often in each other’s homes. Sew Club will meet Thursday afternoon with Miss Mary Yates.