Hurley, Michael R. 1882 - 1959

HURLEY, NEVINS, MCNEILL, BARRY, WHITE, OBRIEN, SCOTT, ROETHLER, FINLEY, GERAGHTY, ERNST, DOYLE, WHITTEMORE, SCULLY, LITTLE, MEYERS, CAREY, BURT, FRIEDL, MCELLIGOTT, ALBRIGHT, HALE, HANDBERG, TOBIN, MCMAHON, BORMAN, HENDEL, LUCEY, NORTH, FREILINGER, SAEUGLING, MCDERMOTT, STEELE, LINLEY, FERRING, EISCHEID, MCNEIL

Posted By: Reid R. Johnson (email)
Date: 6/25/2018 at 10:27:12

Clayton County Register, Thur., 3 Dec. 1959.

Michael R. Hurley, son of Bernard and Catherine Nevins Hurley, was born Feb. 14, 1882, on a homestead farm in Highland Township north of Volga City.

On Nov. 8, 1959, in St. Joseph's Roman Catholic Church in Elkader, as high mass for Holy Name Sunday was closing, Mr. Hurley suffered a stroke and was taken by ambulance to Mercy Hospital, Oelwein, where he died at 11:05 p.m., Nov. 15, 1959.

He was educated in a rural school near his Highland home and at Valder's Business College, Decorah.

On Nov. 15, 1904, Mr. Hurley married Elizabeth G. McNeill at Delmont, S.D., where he engaged in building houses. Early in 1905 they bought a farm two miles west of Elkader, where they have since resided.

Besides Mrs. Hurley, seven children survive: Mrs. Bernice Barry, Mapleton; Mrs. Mary Gertrude White, Rock Island, Ill.; Mrs. Frances O'Brien, Whittemore; Mrs. Agnes Scott, McGregor; Colette, Chicago; Angela at Alverno College, Milwaukee; and Bernard, Milwaukee, Wis. Fifteen grandchildren also survive.

Mr. Hurley's pioneer ancestors began to migrate to Clayton County in 1836 from County Galway, Ireland. He was preceded in death by two half-sisters, one half-brother, six sisters and four brothers, John J., Jeremiah, Timothy and Dr. W. J. Hurley of Chicago.

Funeral services were held in St. Joseph's Church, Elkader, Nov. 19, 1959, at 10:00 a.m., with burial in the church cemetery in a lot near the grave of Mr. Hurley's pioneer grandfather, J. Hurley of Kilbeggan Parish, County Galway, Ireland.

Msgr. Daniel A. Gorman, pastor, conducted the services. The Rev. Francis J. Phelan of McGregor and the Rev. Leo Derga of Mercy Hospital, Oelwein, were in the sanctuary. The acolytes were: Kenneth Hurley, Robert Roethler, Michael Stence and Michael Walch. St. Joseph's school choir, directed by Sister Mary Madonna, sang during the requiem high mass.

The pallbearers were six nephews: Joe Hurley, William Roethler, Ray Roethler, Dan McNeill, Ed Finley, and Carroll Geraghty.

Besides Mrs. Hurley and the seven children, the following relatives attended the Funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Pat Barry, Des Moines; Bernie Barry, Creighton University; Michael Barry, Omaha; Rose Marie Barry, Lake Forest, Ill.; Mrs. P. F. Barry Sr., Danbury; Harry E. White, Mary Ray Ernst, Arvin Doyle, Rock Island Ill.; Edmund O'Brien and Eileen, Michaeleen, Kevin, Francine, and Daniel, Whittemore; Michael and Nancy Scott, McGregor; Ria, Michael and James Hurley, Milwaukee.

Mrs. Tim Hurley and Helene, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Hurley and Kenneth, James, John and Mary, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Finley, Pat and John, Mr. and Mrs. Dan Scully, Mr. and Mrs. Joe Little and Luke, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Meyers, Mary Lou and James, Volga City; Mary Ellen Hurley, San Pedro, Calif.; Pat Carey, Mrs. Patricia Burt and Eddie, Ray Roethler, Lou Ella Roethler, Al Friedl, Mrs. Martin Hurley, Tom McElligott, Chicago; Mr. and Mrs. John Albright, Dale Roethler, Minneapolis; Mr. and Mrs. William Roethler, Robert, Beverley, William and Kathy, Elkader; Mr. and Mrs. Dan McNeill, Rose McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Jack NcNeill, Mrs. Ed McNeill, Mr. and Mrs. Dick Hale, Postville.

Ray Hurley, Mrs. Myrtle Eischeid and Douglas, Waterloo; Mr. and Mrs. Melvin Handberg, Cedar Falls; Mrs. Anna Hurley, Mr. and Mrs. Merlin Tobin, Farley; Mr. Gene McMahon, Mrs. Robert Ferring, Dubuque; Mr. and Mrs. Carroll Geraghty, Bruce, Wis.; Mrs. Harold Smith and Jack, Waukegan, Ill.; Mr. and Mrs. Cecil Borman, Black Earth, Wis.; Mrs. Ethel Linley, Mrs. Marie Hendel, Mrs. Francis Lucey, Mazomanie, Wis.; Mrs. Ervilla North, Madison, Wis.; Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Freilinger, Mrs. Nora McNeil, Mrs. Helen Saeugling, Monona; Mr. and Mrs. Abe Steele, Oelwein; Mr. and Mrs. Emmett McDermott, Cedar Rapids.