Homer Mackey 1889-1954

MACKEY, GOMES, HEUSEN, SWEET, HENRY

Posted By: Sharon Elijah (email)
Date: 2/20/2023 at 13:46:29

30 December 1954 - The Anamosa Eureka

OLIN - Homer C. Mackey, 65, Olin plumber, died Friday, Dec. 24.

Funeral service was held in the Campbell funeral home Monday afternoon, Dec. 27, with burial in the Stanwood cemetery.

Son of Curtis and Mary Mackey, he was born Sept. 6, 1889, in Richland county, Wisc. He moved to Stanwood in 1915 and to Olin in 1931, where he had been engaged in the plumbing business since.

His wife preceded him in death in 1946.

Surviving are a daughter, Mrs. Mel (Dorothy) Gomes, Oakland, Calif., two sons, Sterling, Plainfield, and Robert, stationed with the armed forces in Japan; a foster daughter, Mrs. Robert Heusen, San Raphael, Calif., and four grandchildren.

One brother, Lewis N. Mackey, McHenry, Ill., and two sisters, Mrs. Clara Sweet, San Francisco, and Mrs. Jennie Henry, Richland Center, Wisc., also survive.