Mayme Hughes was the youngest daughter of Martin and Mary (Wickham) Hughes. She was born in Council Bluffs, Iowa in 1873, and lived there until her marriage. She married John Francis "Frank" Coad on 12 Feb 1896. The Coads were a prominent banking family in Omaha. Mayme and Frank had four children, Marion (who married George C. Wigert), Pauline (who married Clesson A. Jeffrey), John Francis IV and Edmond, who died in adolescence. Mayme was only 30 years old when she died. She is buried in her parents' family plot in St. Joseph Cemetery, Council Bluffs. Frank Coad remarried in 1912 to Irene Dyer.
Related Items:
Biography of her father, Martin Hughes, from 1891.
The Hughes residence at 903 3rd St., Council Bluffs, which is listed in the National Register of Historic Places.
Biographies of her uncles James, Patrick and Owen P. Wickham.
Newspaper notice of Mayme's marriage to Frank Coad.
Biography of her husband J. Frank Coad from 1925.
Obituaries for her father, Martin, mother Mary and brothers John J. and Martin D. Jr.
Pictures of the Hughes family plot in St. Joseph's Cemetery.
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Morning World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska)
Monday, 19 October 1903, p. 3
DEATH OF MRS. J. FRANK COAD
Was a Shock to Her Many Friends in the Community.
The sudden and untimely death of Mrs. J. Frank Coad, who died of heart failure at her home, Twentieth and I streets, Saturday evening, cast a gloom upon the entire community.
Mrs. Coad was apparently in good health and spirits when her husband returned from his desk at the Packers' National bank Saturday evening. Mr. and Mrs. Coad dined together, and it was shortly after the meal that she was stricken. Dr. W. J. McCrann states that the immediate cause of Mrs. Coad's death was rheumatism of the heart. She was dying when the doctor arrived at 6:30.
Mrs. Coad was a charming lady, much devoted to her home, her friends and her children. She was regarded as a woman of high Christian character, charitably inclined and of a lovable disposition. She was much beloved by all who knew her.
Mrs. J. M. Mullen and Mrs. Charles Fox of this city are sisters of the deceased, while in Council Bluffs, her old home, reside her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Martin Hughes, and three brothers, G. F., J. J., and M. D. Hughes. The family is one of the oldest and best known in the Bluff city.
The funeral will be held Tuesday. The cortege will leave the residence, 901 North Twentieth Street, at 8 o'clock, going thence to St. Frances' church, Council Bluffs, where services will be held at 9:30 o'clock.
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Morning World-Herald (Omaha, Nebraska)
21 October 1903, p. 2
Funeral of Mrs. Coad.
All that was mortal of Mrs. J. Frank Coad, jr., was borne tenderly by loving hands from the confines of her home at 901 North Twentieth street at 8:15 yesterday morning and conveyed to the Francis Xavier church, Council Bluffs, where the obsequies were performed. The Coad home was filled with beautiful floral offerings, and a large number of personal friends were present when the body was removed. The pallbearers were Frank J. Moriarty, Patrik McBride, Charles Paschel, Mike Culkins, E. W. Simeral and Patrick Mesner.
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