McSWEENEY, Robert F. 1918-2004

MCSWEENEY, MCGRANE, PENNEY

Posted By: County Coordinator
Date: 2/16/2009 at 12:24:19

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ROBERT F. MCSWEENEY

CEDAR FALLS, IOWA — Robert F. McSweeney, 85, of Cedar Falls and formerly of Osage and Fort Dodge, died of heart failure Friday (Feb. 20, 2004) at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls.

He was born Nov. 16, 1918, in Liberty Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, the son of Stewart Cornelius and Charlotte Agnes (McGrane) McSweeney.

Robert married Maxine Penney on Nov. 25, 1936 at Cresco, Iowa. He served in the U. S. Army Air Corps in the European Theatre from 1943 to 1945. Robert farmed until 1962, when they moved to Fort Dodge where he was employ-ed at Coats Manufacturing and then Standard Engineering, until retiring in 1980.

Survivors include his wife, Maxine McSweeney, of Cedar Falls; his daughter, Kay McSweeney, also of Cedar Falls; his grandson, Michael Higgins of Indianapolis, Ind.; his brother, Richard (Jan) McSweeney of Hampton; and his sister, Phyllis Schrock of Charles City.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents, one granddaughter in infancy, one brother and four sisters.

Memorial services will be held at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, March 13, 2004 at Sacred Heart Catholic Church, with inurnment at Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, both in Osage. There will be a fellowship at the VFW in Osage following the memorial service. A memorial fund will be established.

Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home, 1825 W. 12th St. in Cedar Falls, is in charge of arrangements.

[Mason City Globe Gazette]

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OBITUARY: Robert F. McSweeney, 1918-2004,

Robert F. McSweeney, 85, of Cedar Falls and formerly of Osage, Iowa, and Fort Dodge, Iowa, died of heart failure Friday, February 20, 2004 at Sartori Memorial Hospital in Cedar Falls.

He was born November 16, 1918 in Liberty Township, Mitchell County, Iowa, the son of Stewart Cornelius & Charlotte Agnes (McGrane) McSweeney. Robert attended Mitchell county schools, graduating from the Little Cedar High School in 1936. He married Maxine Marie Penney whom he had met in the first grade in Little Cedar on November 25, 1936 at Cresco, Iowa.

He served in the U. S. Army Air Corp in the European Theatre of Operations from 1943 to 1945. the family also lived for a time in Portland, Oregon, Portalise, New Mexico. and Bangor, Maine. Returning to Mitchell County after the war, Robert farmed until 1962 when they moved to Fort Dodge where he was employed at Coats Manufacturing and then Standard Engineering, until retiring in 1980. Robert and Maxine moved moved back to Osage in 2000, where they lived until moving to Cedar Falls to be near their daughter in 2003. Robert McSweeney had a life long love of horses, raising and showing quarter horses until he was 75 years old.

Survivors include his wife of 67 years, Maxine McSweeney of Cedar Falls; his daughter, Kay McSweeney also of Cedar Falls; his grandson, Michael Higgins of Indianapolis, Indiana; his brother, Richard (Jan) McSweeney of Hampton, Iowa; and his sister, Phyllis Schrock of Charles City, Iowa, and dozens of nieces and nephews.

Robert was preceded in death by his parents, one granddaughter in infancy, one brother, Roland McSweeney of Osage and four sisters, Marie (sis) Devereaux Williams of New Ulm, Minnesota, Helen Canny of Osage and Katherine and Patricia McSweeney, both of Osage.

Memorial services will be held March 13 at 10:30 am at Sacred Heart Catholic Church with inurnment at the Sacred Heart Catholic Cemetery, both in Osage, Iowa.

Dahl-Van Hove-Schoof Funeral Home is in charge of arrangements.

[Adapted from: Mitchell County-Press-News online - Posted Feb. 25, 2004]