Milton Robert Hartley - 1927-1987

HARTLEY, MARIHART, THORSON, STONE

Posted By: Connie Ellis (email)
Date: 2/22/2011 at 16:57:12

SOURCE: Waukon, Iowa WAUKON DEMOCRAT November 12, 1987
Contributor: Connie Ellis (Not related)

Milton Robert Hartley, age 60, died Saturday, November 7, 1987 at his home in Dubuque, Iowa. Funeral services were held at 1 p.m. Monday, November 9 at Egelhof-Casper-Strueber Funeral Home in Dubuque, Iowa. Burial was in Linwood Cemetery with military rites at graveside. Mr. Hartley died of cancer. Attending the funeral from the Allamakee County, area were Mrs. and Mrs. Robert Hartley and Violet Howes of Waukon, Iowa, Mr. and Mrs. Norman Monserud of Waterville, Iowa and Paul Howes of Dorchester, Iowa.

Milton was born April 25, 1927 in New Albin, Iowa to Sydney and Mabel Hartley. The family moved to Dubuque, Iowa where he attended school. On June 28, 1947 he married Mary Louise Marihart in Dubuque, Iowa. He was associated with Excel Photo service for many years. Later he worked for the Dubuque Fire Department for 34 years and the Dubuque Community School District transportation department. He was a World War II veteran and a member of the Firefighters association. He belonged to the Dubuque Lions Club.

He was preceded in death by his father Sydney Hartley.

Surviving are his wife, Mary Louise; 2 daughters, Mrs. Owen (Karen) Thorson of Maquoketa, Iowa and Mrs. Matthew (Nancy) Stone of Omaha, Nebraska; 2 grandchildren; his mother, Mrs. Mabel Hartley and a brother, Lester Hartley, both of Dubuque, Iowa.