"Ed" Plunkett Dead
Old Resident of City Succombs to Stroke of Apoplexy
Edward Plunkett, an old and well known resident of the city, and owner of much business and residence property in the south part of town, died at 6 o'clock Thursday evening at his home, 302 S. Center Street, as the result of a stroke of apoplexy suffered last Saturday. Ever since he was stricken Mr. Plunkett has been practically unconscious, and wholly so during the three days preceding his death.
Mr. Plunkett has been a resident of the city since 1876, when he came to Marshalltown from Eldora as a boilermaker in the Central Iowa Railroad Shops. A native of County Cavan, Ireland, Mr. Plunkett was born Jan. 1, 1847. He spent his boyhood in Ireland, where he was educated, and came to this country as a young man. In New York City he learned the boiler maker's trade, and came west to Eldora to work in the Central Iowa Railroad Shops. He came here when the shops were moved to Marshalltown.
Mr. Plunkett's marriage took place in Oskaloosa in 1874, when he claimed as his wife Miss Mary A. Duffy. Thirteen children, eight of whom are living, were born to Mr. and Mrs. Plunkett. Mrs. Plunkett survives her husband, and her living children are Misses Julia and Ruth, and Edward, Jr, John, and Oliver Plunkett, who are at home. Mrs. W.C. Quigley, of this city; Mrs. J.C. Stump, of Eagle Grove; and Mrs. R.E. Greek, of Fort Wayne, Ind. The children dead are Mary, Philip, Oliver, Katherine, and Rose.
Mr. Plunkett was a member of St. Mary's Catholic Church and the Knights of Columbus.
Funeral services will be held from the church at 9 o'clock Saturday morning, interment following in the family lot in Riverside.
---Marshalltown Times-Republican, February 19, 1915