Individual Details

Marriage

The Monticello (Iowa) Express, June 26, 1930

Wedding of Edna Eilers And Dewey Rhatigan

The marriage of Miss Edna Eilers, the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Ben Eilers, to Dewey Rhatigan, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Thomas Rhatigan took place last Saturday morning at the home of Rev. Leonard Duckett, pastor of the First Presbyterian church. The wedding was a complete surprise to the immediate relatives and friends of both Mr. and Mrs. Rhatigan. The bride and bridegroom were attended by Miss Margaret Eilers, a sister of the bride and Leslie Read, a friend of Mr. Rhatigan.
Although the ceremony was intended to be a very private affair, the news leaked out from somewhere, early Saturday morning, and several of Mr. Rhatigan's friends dropped in to witness the ceremony at the Duckett home just as it began.
Mrs. Rhatigan in the past few years has been employed as a milliner in the Belle Devlin shop in this city and in similar shops in Cedar Rapids and Sac City.
Mr. Rhatigan is a graduate of the Monticello high school and of the college of pharmacy of Des Moines university, finishing in the latter place with of the highest averages ever recorded in that institution. At present he is proprietor of a drug store at Clarence, which he recently purchased. Mr. and Mrs. Rhatigan will be at home in Clarence after July 1. They left immediately after the wedding for a two weeks' trip through Wisconsin and Michigan.

Death

(Monticello Express, Oct 3, 1990)
Edna Rhatigan
Edna Rhatigan, 86, died Monday, October 1 in the Senior Home, Monticello. Arrangements are pending at the Goettsch Funeral Home.

Edna Rhatigan
Funeral services for Edna Rhatigan, 86, were held Wednesday, October 3, at the Goettsch Funeral Home, Monticello, with burial in Oakwood Cemetery. Rev. Al Polito officiated at the services.
Edna Rhatigan of Monticello died October 1 at the Senior Home, Monticello, following an extended illness. Edna Eilers was born August 23, 1904 at Monticello, the daughter of Benjamin and Virginia Tuel Eilers. She received her education in the Anamosa and Monticello schools. Edna then worked as a hat trimmer for Belle Devlin in Monticello. She later worked as a hat trimmer in Cedar Rapids and Sac City.
Edna Eilers and Dewey Rhatigan were married June 21, 1930 at Monticello. The couple made their home in Clarence, where they owned and operated the Clarence Drug Store. After Dewey's death in 1963, Edna operated the store until 1966 when she moved back to Monticello. She then worked at Long Drug in Monticello until 1976. She made her home with her sister, Margaret Hoag, for several years until she moved to the Senior Home in 1983. She was a member of the First Presbyterian Church, Monticello, and the Order of the Eastern Star.
Edna is survived by her son, Jack Rhatigan of Cottage Grove, MN, three grandchildren, and a sister, Margaret Hoag, Monticello. She was preceded in death by her parents, her husband, four sisters and three brothers.