Charles A. McCleeary (1946)

MCCLEEARY, MCCLEARY, WALKER, MARTIN, PYERS, MOORE, SCARBOROUGH, SUMNER

Posted By: Pat Hochstetler (email)
Date: 11/2/2006 at 17:17:46

Winterset Madisonian - January 9, 1946

C. A. MC CLEEARY DIES AT 91 YEARS

Long-Time Resident Came to Madison County When 4 Years Old

Charles A. McCleeary, a resident of Madison county since 1858, died here last Thursday at the age of 91 years. He had been in poor health the past 10 years, and death was due to a heart attack.

Mr. McCleeary was a native of Ohio, where he was born at Pochacton on Sept. 22, 1854, the son of Charles F. and Margaret McCleeary. They came to Madison county when he was four years old. Most of his life was spent as a farmer in Jefferson township, but he moved into Winterset in 1913.

He was married in 1877 to Lucy Walker. They were the parents of seven children, all of whom survive. They are: Mrs. J. G. Martin of Patterson, Mrs. J. H. Pyers, Mrs. Guile E. Moore, and Alfred McCleeary of Carlisle, Walker McCleeary of Des Moines, and Charles R. McCleeary and Mrs. Margaret Scarborough of California.

His first wife died in 1920. He was married on Feb. 27, 1922, to Cecile Palmer Sumner, who survives him.

In addition to the wife and children, he leaves 17 grandchildren, 10 great grandchildren, one great great grandchild; and three brothers, Will, Seth and Clarence McCleeary, all of St. Charles.

Mr. McCleeary was a member of the Church of Christ, and of the Masonic lodge for many years.

Funeral services were held last Saturday from Ramsey-Richards funeral home, in charge of the Rev. Tom Foglesong, with Masonic rites. Burial was made in the Jefferson cemetery.
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Transcriber's note: Jefferson-Goar cemetery. Typed as written in Madisonian, surname per gravestone if "McCleeary".

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