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(omrade Sends Word Home of theDeath of Private McEnery“Over There”Sorrow, mingled with pride, per- j vades the home of James O’Malley, 111th and Utica Sts., Mount Greenwood, as a result of word having reached them of the death in France of Patrick B. McEnery, of Company E, 132nd Infantry. McEnery was well known in political circles prior to his enlistment, had made his home with the O’Malley family for seven years.“He was a fine lad, he was just like one of the family,” was the tribute paid his character by Mrs. O’Malleywhen telling how the family had learned of the death through Thomas O’Malley, a cousin of her husband, and who is in the same company in which McEnery served.Patrick McEnery enlisted shortly after the United States entered the war and was sent to Houston, Texas, for training, and was with one of the contingents early sent overseas. Mr. O’Malley received a letter from him written July 27, in which he told Df his safety and promised to tell ali about his experiences upon his retu r. The next word of him came from his comrade, Thomas O’Malley, in a letter received a few days ago. His companion wrote that McEnery had been shot in the head during battle on Aug. 20 and had died four days later in a military hospital.McEnery’s mother, Mrs. Nina Mc-'Enery, lives in Tipperary, Ireland. He has a brother in New York City and one in Washington, D. C., studying for a priesthood. He was 31 years old. had no near relatives in this vi-Icinity, but many friends among the Knights of Columbus, of which he was a member, and was an active political worker in Mount Greenwood. At one time he was clerk at the city hall.PATRICK McENERY
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Blue Island Sun
Blue Island, Illinois, US
Fri, Nov 01, 1918
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