Patrick Neil Fahey

b. 16 December 1883, d. 20 December 1973
  • Patrick Neil Fahey was born on 16 December 1883 in Texas.
  • He married Lela Beatrice McAlpine, daughter of John Anderson McAlpine and Willie Cabeen Cameron, on 7 June 1914.
  • Patrick Neil Fahey registered for the draft on 12 September 1918 in Grimes County, Texas, while living with his wife Lela in Navasota, and employed there as an attorney-at-law.
  • Patrick Neil Fahey registered for the draft in 1942 in Harris County, Texas, while living at 5117 Brawburn Drive in Houston, employed there by Toliver, Graves, Hutcheson & Fahey, 1532 Esperson Building.
  • The following appeared on 21 November 1942 in The Eagle: Funeral services were held Friday morning at her home near Navasota for the late Mrs. Annie C. Fahey, 84, who passed away Wednesday evening, and a second service was held at St. Patrick's Catholic church, with Rev. H. J. Vincent of Hempstead officiating. Interment was in Oakland cemetery.
         Mrs. Fahey was the mother of Judge Gerald C. Fahey and is survived by two other sons, six daughters, 28 grandchildren and a number of great grandchildren. Six of her grandsons acted as pallbearers. Mrs. Fahey, born in Kaufman county, was married to the late J. J. Fahey in 1872. The family had lived near Navasota for 60 years.
         The surviving children, besides Judge Fahey, are as follows: Mrs. Nora Sullivan and Mrs. Clara Batts of Navasota; Mrs. Gertrude Altenburger, Mrs. Eilleen Rash, Mrs. Maggie Cochran and Mrs. Lois Krischke, all of Houston; Patrick N. Fahey of Houston and Joseph M. Fahey of Navasota.
  • At the time of his death, his usual residence was in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at 2209 Portsmouth.
  • Patrick Neil Fahey died on 20 December 1973 at age 90 in Houston, Harris County, Texas, at Hermann Park Manor, 5600 Chenevert.
  • His wife Lela Beatrice McAlpine became a widow at his death.
  • He was interred at Garden of Gethsemane (Forest Park Lawndale), Houston, Harris County, Texas.
  • The following appeared on 21 November 1974 in the Navasota Examiner: Funeral services for Mrs. Lela McAlpine Wood Fahey, 94, of 2209 Portsmouth, Houston, were held at 10 a.m. Monday, Nov. 18, from St. Anne's Catholic Church, Houston. Mrs. Fahey died Friday, Nov. 15, at a Houston nursing home. She was born Nov. 21, 1879, in White Hall, the daughter of the late Dr. and Mrs. John A. McAlpine, pioneer Texans. Her early education was in private schools and she later graduated from the Old Chappel Hill Female College. Her first marriage was to the late Green A. Wood, who died in 1909. She remarried on June 8, 1914, to Pat N. Fahey, attorney, who preceded her in death Dec. 20, 1973. She was past regent of Samuel Sorrell chapter, D.A.R., past president of the Colonial Dames of America, Chapter VIII, member of the Magna Charter Cames, the Newman Circle, and a member of St. Anne's Catholic Church. Surviving are one daughter, Mrs. Neill F. (Edith Wood) Amsler, Sr. of Houston; three grandchildren, Neill F. Amsler, Jr. and Mrs. George W. Hansen, both of Houston, and Mrs. Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr. of Laguna Niguel, Calif; ten great grandchildren; two great great grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Maude McAlpine Siddall of Navasota, Mrs. Sterrett McAlpine Terry of Alexandria, La., and Mrs. Bess McAlpine Braunig of Lafayette, La; plus numerous nieces and nephews. Pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, Jr., George W. Hansen, Melvin X. Hobbs, Jr., Truman S. Thomas, Jr., Stewart Perry and Phillip M. Pappas. Honorary pallbearers were Neill F. Amsler, III, George W. Hansen, Jr., Mark Amsler, Melvin X. Hobbbs, III, Patrick Wood Hobbs, Col. James F. Kerr, Lanson F. Demming, and Karl Seiling. In lieu of usual remembrances, friends may contribute to the Larry Amsler Memorial Fund, c-o Hermann Hospital, Houston.
  • Last Edited: 18 Jan 2016

Family: Lela Beatrice McAlpine b. 21 November 1879, d. 15 November 1974