Robert Martin Herrity 1895 - 1964

HERRITY, PIERSON, SEARS, CLAUSSEN

Posted By: Michael J. Kearney (email)
Date: 1/6/2008 at 18:38:29

The Clinton Herald Wednesday January 15. 1964 p. 20 Requiem High Mass will be celebrated at 9:30 a.m. Thursday in St. Mary's Church, for Robert (Bob) Martin Herrity, 68, of 434 12th Ave. S., who died Monday in Mercy Hospital. A prayer service at 9 a.m. in the Dalton funeral home will precede the Mass. The St. Mary's parish rosary will be recited at 7:30 p.m. today in the funeral home, where friends may now call. Burial will be in Clinton Memorial Park. Mr. Herrity was born Oct. 19, 1895 in Clinton, the son of Thomas and Emma Pierson Herrity. He married Audrey E. Sears, Dec. 15, 1916 in Clinton. He was a member of St.. Mary's Church and the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He was a former automotive mechanic, retiring in 1959. He is survived by his wife; one daughter, Mrs. Elmer (Betty) Claussen of Bryant; one son, Robert T. of Clinton; eight grandchildren; one brother, Oliver of Clinton, and one sister, Miss Lulu Herrity of Clinton. He was preceded in death by his parents.