Recollections of My Life and Reflections on Times and Events During It: A Memoir by Father W. J. Howlett

His mother (Ellen Doyle Howlett) dies, Platteville CO

"The year 1888 was also noted for another serious event. It was the year of the death of my mother. I was on one of my regular missions when I got the sad news. Only a few days before I was with her and said mass and gave her communion. She was in her eightieth year. Iwwas [I was] not at her death bed but I presided at her burial. She died well. Rest in Peace."

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