Samuel "Sam" Reaney 1862-1928

REANEY, SMITH, BIRNEY

Posted By: Merllene Andre Bendixen (email)
Date: 12/10/2010 at 21:52:55

Sam Reaney, an old-time clothing man of this city, passed away at his home in Devils Lake, N. Dak., last week. Mr. Reaney came to this city in 1892 and for about fifteen years he was one of our popular business men. He was, after that, in the banking business in Huntington.

Mr. Reaney and his wife were in this city only a short time ago for a visit at the Dr. C. E. Birney home. Mr. and Mrs. Birney attended the funeral at Devils Lake.

The following is taken from the Devils Lake Daily Journal:
Sam Reaney, 66, member of the Devils Lake School Board, died at a local hospital last evening at 8 o’clock from cerebral hemorrhage, following a paralytic stroke. He has been in poor health for several months, but failed rapidly in the last week.

Coming to Devils Lake in 1917, Mr. Reaney was well known and well liked throughout the community, where he was a farm superintendent.

He was a member of the Devils Lake Shrine Club of the Masonic lodge and was a member of the Presbyterian church.

Funeral arrangements at this time are that the services will be held at 2:30 o’clock Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Reaney was born in County Armah, Ireland, April 14, 1862, and as an infant was brought by his parents to Chester, Pa. When he was ten years of age the family moved to Columbus Junction, Iowa, where Mr. Reaney lived until manhood. After living in Eugene, Oregon, for a short time the Reaneys moved here about twelve years ago.

He leaves besides his widow, one son, Paul, of Anamoose, who is in the city at this time, four brothers and two sisters. Another son, Jo Hunt, a West Point graduate was killed in France during the World War. He was captain of machine guns but had been advanced to major. (Estherville Enterprise, Estherville, IA, December 12, 1928)

Word was received here Friday by Dr. and Mrs. C. E. Birney that Sam Reaney had died at a hospital at Devils Lake, N.D. of cerebral hemorrhage on Thursday of last week. Mr. Reaney who was a merchant in Estherville for about twenty years was 66 years old at the time of his passing. He and his wife had visited here a few weeks ago at the Birney home and he spent considerable time visiting with many friends in and about the city. Although it was evident that he was not in robust health his death came as a shock to his relatives and wide circle of acquaintances in Estherville.

Mr. Reaney was born in County Armah, Ireland, April 14, 1862, and as an infant was brought by his parents to Chester, Pa. When he was ten years old the family moved to Columbus Junction, Iowa, where he grew to manhood. In 1892 he and his family came to Estherville to make their home. Here he conducted a mercantile business in partnership with Ed Wilson, father of W. W. Wilson, for about 20 years. After a short residence in Eugene, Oregon, the Reaneys moved to Devils Lake in 1917. Here Mr. Reaney looked after his land interests and was active in community affairs. At the time of his death he was a member of the Devils Lake school board and of the Shrine club of the Masonic lodge.
He leaves besides his widow, one son Paul of Anamoose, four brothers and two sisters. The elder son, Joe, was killed in action during the World war shortly before he was to have been promoted to major of machine guns.

Funeral services were held Sunday afternoon at the Presbyterian church at Devils Lake of which he was a member.

Dr. and Mrs. Birney made the trip there for the services. (Vindicator and Republican, Estherville, IA, December 12, 1928)

Word was received here Friday that Samuel Reany of Devil’s Lake, N. Dak., had passed away Thursday evening. The word was sent here to his brother, R. J. Reaney. Mr. Reaney was in Des Moines on a business trip and was notified. He and his brother, Joe Reaney of Waterloo, went to attend the funeral services which were held Saturday.

Samuel Reaney was a former well known resident here and was engaged in the clothing business. He is survived by his wife, who was Miss Hattie Smith, and one son, Paul. The elder son, Joe, was killed in France during the World war. (Burlington Hawk-Eye, Burlington, IA, December 12, 1928)