Anthony "Tony" Geary

GEARY, SCHNETTER, STEWART

Posted By: Esse (email)
Date: 9/13/2008 at 18:43:02

Anthony "Tony" Geary , 72, of Loveland, formerly of Boulder, died May 29, 2000, at Poudre Valley Hospital in Fort Collins.

Born Nov. 2, 1927, in Varina, Iowa, to Okley and Catherine Schnetter Geary, he married Velma M. Stewart on Aug. 1, 1950, in Sutherland, Iowa. They moved to Boulder in 1957 from Spencer, Iowa.

Mr. Geary worked as a mechanic at Arnold Brothers Ford and later as a vacuum technician in the Apollo Aerospace Program at Beech Aircraft. He also worked at IBM as a machinist before retiring in 1983.

The couple then spent four years in Spencer, Iowa, before moving to Loveland in 1987.

Mr. Geary was a former member of the Sacred Heart of Jesus Church in Boulder from 1957 to 1983 and the Wickenburg, Ariz., Elks Lodge No. 2160 B.P.O.E. He was an associate member of the Loveland Elks Lodge No. 1051 B.P.O.E. and belonged to St. John the Evangelist Catholic Church in Loveland.

He always was available to help others fix things and enjoyed finishing and working on old cars.

Survivors include his wife, of Loveland; two daughters, Terry of Longmont, and Dixie of Loveland; grandchildren Kathy of Westminster, and Bryan of Fort Collins; great-grandson Andrew of Westminster; brothers William of Spencer, Iowa, and ConleyJackson, Wyo.; and several nieces and nephews. He was preceded in death by a great-granddaughter, Maranda Jaschke, on April 19, 2000.

Cremation has been conducted, with memorial services at 10 a.m. Thursday at St. John's Catholic Church, with the Rev. Joseph Hartmann officiating. Burial will be in Mountain View Cemetery, Boulder Memorial contributions may be made to St. John's Catholic Church or Poudre Valley Hospital Coronary Care Unit in care of Kibbey-Fishburn Funeral Home.