Sunday, December 24, 2017

Austin Cavanagh with his sisters, Mary, Catherine & Helen.
Also pictured are his wife, Minnie Aylesworth, and one of their sons (Stewart or Harold).
I believe this may have been taken during one of their Christmas celebrations
 in the 1111 Park St. home, Utica, NY, approx. 1920.

Sunday, March 5, 2017

Mrs. William J. Moonan - Obituary




Mrs. William. J. Moonan

Boonville - Mrs. William J. Moonan, 76, of 123 Schuyler St., retired employee of the former Munger's Department Store, died Sunday in St. Elizabeth's Hospital, Utica, where she had been a patient two week. She had been ill since April.

The former Dorothy Cavanagh, she was born at 123 Schuyler St., May 15, 1899, daughter of John T. and Christina Pirnie Cavanagh.  With the exception of a brief time when she lived in Amsterdam, she resided at the Schuyler St. address all her life.  She attended Boonville schools and she and  Mr. Moonan were married February 12, 1923. He died January 31, 1944.

She was a member of St. Joseph's Church and its Altar Rosary Society, and St. Claire's Circle, Daughters of Isabella. 

She leaves a daughter, Mrs. Gordon (Christina) Henry, with whom she lived; three sons, William J. Moonan, Rome; Edward R. Moonan, Boonville, and Kenneth E. Moonan, Pulaski; a brother, Reginald Cavanagh, Syracuse; thirty grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.

Funeral services will be held Wednedsay at 9:00 am at the family home, and 9:30 am in St. Joseph's Church. Burial will be in St. Joseph's Cemetery.

Calling hours are today 2 - 4 and 7 - 9 in the family home.  Arrangements are by the Trainor Funeral Home.
ROME DAILY SENTINEL, ROME, N.Y., MONDAY EVENING, JULY 28, 1975
original newspaper clipping.

It should be noted that Dorothy was predeceased by her beloved son, John L. Moonan, Dec. 8, 1965, and beloved grand-daughter, Dorae C. Henry, August 24, 1969.



Grandma Dodo on her 75th birthday.



Taken approx. 1946







Tuesday, September 30, 2014

Mr. & Mrs. William J. Moonan, April 2, 1956



WILLIAM MOONAN TAKES BRIDE

Miss. Margaret Josephine Ingalsbe, 707 1/2 W. Bloomfield St., Rome, became the bride of William J. Moonan, 213 W. Bloomfield St., Rome, at 2 p.m. April 2 in St. Patrick's Church, Oneida, with the Rev. Aubrey R. Seiter, pastor of St. Mary's Church, Rome, officiating.

The bride, a member of the faculty at Bell Rd. School, Rome, is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. Warren Ingalsbe, 329 Main St., Oneida.  Mr. Moonan, a member of the faculty at Rome Free Academy, is the son of Mrs. William J. Moonan, Boonville. 

Miss. Mary Haulenbeck, cousin of the bride, Kingston, was maid of honor, and Miss. Eleanor F. Ingalsbe, sister of the bride, was junior bridesmaid.  Edward Moonan, Boonville, brother of the groom, was bestman, and ushers were Ward W. Ingalsbe, Jr., Oneida, and John Moonan, Utica, brother of the groom.

John LaFalce, Poughkeepsie, was soloist.  After the ceremony a reception was held at the bride's home.
Mr. and Mrs. Moonan left by plane for a wedding trip to Bermuda.  They will make their home on W. Bloomfield St., Rome, upon their return.

The bride is a graduate of Keuka College, and the groom is a graduate of Crane School of Music, Potsdam State Teachers College.  In addition to his teaching here, he is director of the Rome-Griffiss Civic Chorus and of the Rome Chapter of Barbershoppers.

Given in marriage by her father, the bride wore a gown of pure silk dupioni fashioned with bateau neckline edged with Venice lace and iridescent sequins and baby pearls, with a three-tiered full gathered skirt with elongated torso finished with a chapel sweep.  She carried a crescent bouquet of white carnations and stephanotis.

Pre-nuptial showers were given the bride by Mrs. Milton Rudnick, Mrs. George Fryer, Mrs. Cyril Williams, Mrs. Lowell Grafton, teachers of Bell Road School.  The couple was feted at a party and shower given by the Rome-Griffiss Civic Chorus of which Mr. Moonan is conductor.

Out-of-town guests were from Boonville, Syracuse, Rochester, Buffalo, Woodstock, Kingston, Utica and Ridgewood, N.J.

from original newspaper article, Boonville Herald, Boonville, NY, Thursday . April 12, 1956, pg. 1



Tuesday, April 29, 2014

Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Moonan




November 25th, 1954, St. James Church, Carthage, NY.






Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Moonan






















Mr. & Mrs. Edward Murphy, Mr. & Mrs. Edward R. Moonan, Dorothy C. Moonan, 
Mr. & Mrs. Romey Vaughn.






Thursday, January 30, 2014


Harold Douglas Cain & daughter, Norma.






Mr. & Mrs. Kenneth E. Moonan, Nov. 6, 1954.



















Christina M. and Dorothy C. Moonan





Christina M. Moonan Henry





Mr. & Mrs. Leon V. (Mary Rudnik) Henry, Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Henry, Dorothy C. & 
William Moonan, Jr.






John Moonan, Ken Moonan, Gerald Henry, Mr. & Mrs. Gordon L. Henry, Norma Henry, 
Katrina Seiter & Ed Moonan. 

Gordon L. & Christina M. Moonan Henry were married on Sept. 25, 1948,
 St. Joseph's Church, Boonville, NY.