Milo Everett Hartley (1920)

HARTLEY

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 3/18/2012 at 08:04:08

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Thursday, February 12, 1920
Page 6

MILO HARTLEY

The funeral of Milo Hartley, who died at the naval station at San Francisco, after a brief illness, was held at Earlham on Friday morning. The funeral was a military one, the sailors acting as pall bearers.

Milo had not been in Earlham but a short time since his parents moved here. He joined the Navy in December. His parents, brothers and sister have the sympathy of the community in their bereavement.
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Earlham Echo
Earlham, Iowa
Thursday, February 5, 1920

PNEUMONIA TAKES TOLL OF YOUNG LIVES

Milo Hartley Dies in Far Away Naval Station After Short Term Service

Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Hartley received the sad news last Friday that their son Milo, a Marine stationed at Mare Island near San Francisco, Cal. had passed away on that day after a short illness with pneumonia. Another message on the preceding had partially prepared them for this shocking intelligence, informing them of his serious illness. On Wednesday they were in receipt of a letter written by him on the preceding Saturday telling of his entrance into the Naval Hospital suffering with bronchitis that later developed into measles, but the boy made light of his condition in his letter, evidently assuming that recovery was near.

He had been in the Naval service but little over a month. On the 9th of December he left Earlham with his brother Harold for Denver, Colo., the latter having a ranch at Brighton and Milo expecting to get some sort of work. He did actually enter employment in a sugar refinery but his brother was surprised a few weeks later to receive a latter from him dated at Utah and written enroute to the Mare Island Naval base, he having gone to Denver some time between Christmas and New Year and enlisted as a Marine.

It appears that Milo has for over two years had a passion to enlist in the Navy, but he had not reached the age of independence and his parents withheld their consent on account of his immature years. He reached his eighteenth year the 16th of December, and his subsequent action indicates that his future career was clearly outlined in his mind.

Milo was a quiet, well mannered boy of exceedingly amiable disposition and made friends wherever he was. He was little known in Earlham, having spent but a small part of his time here since his parents removal east of town. However, he was with them a part of the winter of 1918-19. The following resume of his life has been prepared and will be read at his funeral Friday afternoon:

Milo Everett Hartley, son of J. W. and Anna Hartley, was born Dec. 16, 1901 at Keswick, Iowa, passing away Jan. 30, 1920 at the U.S. Naval Hospital at Mare Island, Cal., aged 18 years, 1 month and 14 days. He had been in the service over one month. On Jan. 12 he was admitted to the hospital suffering with measles, developing in a few days into pneumonia. On Jan. 20 the parents received a message stating he was seriously ill, and on the next day the notice of his death.

He leaves to mourn his loss his father and mother, two sisters, Mabyn and Ruth and three brothers, Harold, William and Norris, besides many other relatives.

The funeral will be held Friday afternoon at Earlham Cemetery conducted by Rev. J. B. Howard, soldiers and sailors participating, and the latter acting as pall bearers.

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