Funeral services will be at 1:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Ohde Funeral Home with the Rev. Harlan Kruse, officiating. Burial will be in the Irwin Cemetery.

Mrs. McMahon, widow of James J. McMahon, was born Sarah Noon November 16, 1872, at Mount Horeb, Wisconsin. She was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Edward and Hannah (White) Noon who, in 1898, took their family to western Nebraska.

For four years they lived in a sod house on a land grant. Her father was a Civil War Veteran (at the opening of the war of 1861 he became a member of Company F. 11th Wisconsin Volunteer Infantry, although he was only 16 years old at the time. He served for four years until his discharge).

Coming to Iowa from Nebraska by covered wagon, the family located in Shelby County. Mrs. McMahon was educated in the rural schools and the Woodbine Normal School. She taught rural schools in Shelby County before her marriage which took place in 1907.

Mr. and Mrs. McMahon moved to Harlan, where Mr. McMahon was deputy sheriff from 1907 to 1911. He served as sheriff from 1911 to 1915. In the latter year, the family moved to a farm near Irwin, where they were living when Mr. McMahon died in 1924. Mrs. McMahon continued to live on the farm until 1939, when she moved to Manilla to be with her son, B. R. McMahon. She had been at the Francis J. McMahon home in Manning for some time.

Surviving are eight children: Mrs. Gus Jensen (Eunice) and "Bud" Francis James McMahon, Manning; Lester Earl McMahon, Lansing, Michigan; Jesse Clyde, Irwin; Glenn Duane, Manning; Walter, Manilla; Harry Raymond, Des Moines; and Bernard Rex, Manilla. She also leaves three brothers and two sisters: Frank Noon, Ireton; John, Harlan; Will, Atlantic; Hattie (Mrs. G.W.) Craney, Walnut; and Mrs. C.P. Christensen, Atlantic.

MOTHER OF MANNING FOLKS DIED SUNDAY
Funeral services for Mrs. Sarah McMahon, 77, were held Wednesday at 1:30 at the Ohde Funeral home in Manning, with the Rev. Harlan Kruse of the Presbyterian Church, officiating. Burial was in the Irwin, Iowa, Cemetery.

Mrs. McMahon passed away at the home of her son, Francis J. McMahon, about 6:30 Sunday evening, January 1, 1950, following a long illness.

She was born November 16, 1872, at Mt. Horeb, Wisconsin, the daughter of Edward and Hannah (White) Noon. Her father, a Civil War Veteran, received a government land grant in Nebraska and in a covered wagon, the family moved there in 1898. They lived in a sod house for four years, before moving to Shelby County, Iowa.

Mrs. McMahon received her education in the rural schools of Shelby County and Woodbine Normal school. She taught rural school in Shelby County for a number of years.

She was married to James J. McMahon in 1907 and the young couple made their home in Harlan, where he was Shelby County deputy sheriff from 1907 to 1911 and sheriff from 1911 to 1915. In 1915, the McMahon family moved to Irwin, where they farmed until 1939 after which Mrs. McMahon went to Manilla to make her home with her son, Bernard R. McMahon. Her husband passed away in 1924 but she continued to operate the farm until 1939.

The eight children of Mr. and Mrs. McMahon who survive are Mrs. Gus Jensen (Eunice), of Manning; Francis J. McMahon of Manning; Lester E. McMahon of Lansing, Michigan; Jesse C. McMahon of Irwin; Glenn of Manning; Walter of Manilla; Harry R. McMahon of Des Moines, and Bernard R. McMahon of Manilla. There are also several grandchildren and the following brothers and sisters: Frank Noon of Ireton, John Noon of Harlan, Will Noon of Atlantic, Hattie (Mrs. George W.) Craney of Walnut, and Mrs. C.P. Christensen of Atlantic.

CARD OF THANKS
We wish to express our most sincere appreciation to our friends and neighbors for the flowers, cards and other acts of kindness shown during the last illness of our mother, Sarah Noon McMahon. Your thoughtfulness will long be remembered.
Mrs. Eunice Jensen, F.J. McMahon, L.E. McMahon, J.C. McMahon, Glenn McMahon, H.R. McMahon, Walter McMahon B.R. McMahon.
January 5, 1950, Manning Monitor