Fitzsimmons, Mary
Maiden Name
Berry Spang
Death
1916-02-19
(aged 80 years)
Birth
1836-01-25
Haddersfield, England
Obituary
Mary Ann Fitzsimmons, a daughter of Thomas and Ann Berry, was born Jan 25, 1836, in Haddersfield, Yorkshire, England, and died Feb. 19, 1916; came to America with her parents in 1843, arriving in Mineral Point in June of that year. Her girlhood life was spent on a farm a few miles east of Mineral Point, where she was married to Mr. Peter Spang after which she lived in Dodgeville for a number of years. Three children were born to this union, two of who died in infancy and one, Mr. Joseph Spang, who preceded his mother to the grave just one year ago. In 1878 she was married to Mr. Richard Fitzsimmons, who with one daughter are left to mourn the death of a loving wife and mother. Friends and neighbors will testify to the constant care and faithful attendance rendered by her daughter during the latter years of her mother's life. Besides her husband and daughter, she is survived by one sister, Mrs. Richard James of Mineral Point and three brothers, Alfred of Long Beach Cal., John and Wm of Mineral Point, Wis., besides two grandsons and one great grand-daughter.
Mineral Point Tribune, Feb. 24, 1916