Hanley, Robert Lee 1913 - 1998

HANLEY, MILLER, ZINN, SCHULTZ

Posted By: Pat Ludeke (email)
Date: 5/19/2013 at 11:19:44

July 3, 1998 Clipping from Mason City Globe Gazette
ROBERT LEE HANLEY - OBITUARY - CLEAR LAKE

Robert Lee Hanley, 85, died Wednesday (July 1, 1998) in Superior, Wis. Funeral services will be held at 2 p.m. Monday at Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel, 101 N. Fourth St., Clear Lake, with the Rev. Thomas Healy, of First Congregational Church in Clear Lake, officiating. Interment will be at the Clear Lake Cemetery.

Visitation will be held from 6 to 8 p.m. Sunday at the Ward-Van Slyke Colonial Chapel. Memorials may be given to the Robert Lee Hanley Memorial Fund.

Robert was born March 19, 1913, in Hamburg, Iowa. His parents were James Albert and Poca (Vanderpool) Hanley. He married Addie Miller on Jan. 5, 1936, at the Little Brown Church in Nashua, Iowa.

Robert worked for several years at different implement dealers, including Debryne & Pugh, and then went to work for Northern Natural Gas in Ventura. He was transferred to Belmont and Dickeyville, Wis., in 1961. Robert and Addie moved to Superior, Wis., in 1974 and resided there until his death.

Robert worked at the Surf Ballroom in the 1940's and early 50's. He also liked to fish. Robert was a former member of Clear Lake United Methodist Church and a member of Itasca Presbyterian Church in Superior, Wis.

He is survived by his daughters, Shirley Zinn, of Superior Wis., and Karen Schultz and her husband, Gerald, of South Range, Wis.; grandchildren, Yvette Talarico and her husband Darryn, of Superior Wis., Stuart Schultz, of South Range, Wis., and Royal Bonjour, of Superior, Wis.; great-grandchildren, Kyle Talarico, and Kesonda Talarico.; on sister Elizabeth Thurtle, of Clear Lake, Iowa; several in-laws and nieces and nephews.

He was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Addie, in 1993; and his brothers, Guy Hanley, Leonard Hanley, Richard Hanley and James Hanley.