Neal Mahoney, 78

The Montana Standard, Butte, 2001-08-21, p.5

Summary

**Neal J. Mahoney, 78**, died Sunday August 19, 2001 in a local Butte hospital. Born in Butte on **May 4, 1923**, the son of **Daniel J. and Johanna (Murphy) Mahoney**. Education in local schools and at Butte Business College. Served in the Army during World War II, stationed in Naples, Italy. **42-year career at Hennessy's Department Store** — clerk and later department manager. Following his discharge, returned to Butte and worked at Hennessy's. **Survivors:** - Wife: Lorraine Mahoney - Brothers and sisters-in-law: Dan and Florence Mahoney, Joe and Jean Mahoney, Ray and Geri Mahoney, Bill and Louise Mahoney, Dennis and Mary Lou Mahoney, and James Mahoney - Sisters: Helen Williams, Mary Junker, Pat Stenslen - Numerous nieces and nephews Cremation. Funeral 9:30am Tuesday at Duggan Dolan Mortuary chapel. Interment in Holy Cross Cemetery. Memorials to Butte Catholic Education Fund or Our Lady of the Rockies. Photograph in clip: head-and-shoulders portrait of Neal Mahoney, glasses, smiling, in middle age. ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. **(a) Neal Mahoney's mother was Johanna MURPHY** — meaning Johanna Murphy married Daniel J. Mahoney and bore at least seven children (Neal, Dan, Joe, Ray, Bill, Dennis, James + sisters Helen, Mary, Pat = at least 10). Johanna was born somewhere before 1923. Possibly = the Johanna Murphy whose 1917 death was the subject of the 1917-03-02_butte-miner_johanna-murphy-dies-after-operation clipping? Probably NOT — that Johanna died in 1917 (before Neal was born May 1923). Two distinct Johanna Murphys, both in Butte. Worth a person record on a back-pass. **(b) 42-year career at Hennessy's** — Neal worked at the same Butte department store JJM started at in c. 1898 and ran the Centerville branch of 1915–20. Neal's career c. 1947–1989 partly overlaps with the late-Hennessy era. The Hennessy → Murphy / Mahoney employment line spans the better part of a century. **(c) Lump-bias caution:** The user's interest in this Mahoney obit (and its clipping into the archive) suggests Johanna Murphy Mahoney (Neal's mother) MAY be a family-line figure. Holding at family_confidence 10 (worth surfacing) pending user signal.

Also mentioned

Neal J. Mahoney · deceased_subject_42_years_hennessys
b. Butte 1923-05-04, d. Butte 2001-08-19. Son of Daniel J. and Johanna (Murphy) Mahoney. WWII Army (Naples). 42-year clerk and dept manager at Hennessy's. Wife Lorraine Mahoney. Six brothers (Dan, Joe, Ray, Bill, Dennis, James), three sisters (Helen Williams, Mary Junker, Pat Stenslen).
Johanna (Murphy) Mahoney · mother_of_neal
Maiden surname Murphy. Bore at least 7 sons and 3 daughters in Butte 1920s-30s. Worth surfacing as a Butte-Murphy maternal-line figure; do NOT make lineage claims pending user-supplied supplemental records.
Daniel J. Mahoney · father_of_neal
Husband of Johanna Murphy. The father-line patriarch of the Mahoney branch.
Lorraine Mahoney · widow
Dan Mahoney · brother
Florence Mahoney · brothers_wife
Joe Mahoney · brother
Jean Mahoney · brothers_wife
Ray Mahoney · brother
Geri Mahoney · brothers_wife
Bill Mahoney · brother
Louise Mahoney · brothers_wife
Dennis Mahoney · brother
Mary Lou Mahoney · brothers_wife
James Mahoney · brother
Helen Williams · sister_married_name
Mary Junker · sister_married_name
Pat Stenslen · sister_married_name

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

Themes

Story threads

Berehaven Murphys

Source type

obituary

Related sources

Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# Obituary — Neal Mahoney, 78 *The Montana Standard (Butte), Tuesday, August 21, 2001, p. 5.* *[Head-and-shoulders photograph: middle-aged smiling man in glasses, captioned "Mahoney."]* Neal J. Mahoney died Sunday in a local hospital. He was born in Butte on May 4, 1923, the son of Daniel J. and Johanna (Murphy) Mahoney. He received his education in local schools and attended Butte Business College. Neal served in the Army during World War II and was stationed in Naples, Italy. Following his discharge, Neal returned to Butte and worked for 42 years at Hennessy's Department Store, as a clerk and later as department manager. He is survived by his wife, Lorraine Mahoney; brothers and sisters-in-law, Dan and Florence Mahoney, Joe and Jean Mahoney, Ray and Geri Mahoney, Bill and Louise Mahoney, Dennis and Mary Lou Mahoney and James Mahoney; sisters, Helen Williams, Mary Junker and Pat Stenslen; numerous nieces and nephews. Cremation has taken place. Funeral services will be conducted at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday in the chapel of Duggan Dolan Mortuary. Interment will be in Holy Cross Cemetery. Memorials: Butte Catholic Education Fund or Our Lady of The Rockies.

Open questions

Is Johanna (Murphy) Mahoney related by blood to any of the Murphy-line candidates already in people.yaml? Probably yes given the user's clipping of this obit — the Hennessy's employment + Butte + Murphy maternal surname + 1920s-30s family-building era all align with the JJM-Centerville branch chronology.
Daniel J. Mahoney (Neal's father) — could be a candidate for promotion to person record. The 7-son Mahoney clan is a substantial Butte Irish-American extended family worth mapping if any of Johanna Murphy's Murphy-line is family.