Patrick McCarney (1923-2007)
MCCARNEY, PRESLEY, BUTLER, HARMON, MAYER, HARTLEBEN
Posted By: Ames Tribune
Date: 6/12/2007 at 14:34:35
THE AMES TRIBUNE, Ames, Story County, Iowa, Tuesday, June 12, 2007.
May 22, 1923-June 10, 2007
Patrick McCarney, 84, formerly of Iowa City, died peacefully Sunday, June 10, at Green Hills Care Center in Ames. Funeral Mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m. Thursday, June 14, at St. Mary's Catholic Church in Iowa City, with the Rev. Kenneth Kuntz officiating. Burial will be in St. Joseph Cemetery in Iowa City.
Patrick McCarney was born May 22, 1923, in Pueblo, Colo., the son of Patrick D. and Blanche Presley McCarney. He was a graduate of Central High School in Pueblo, and later attended Kirkwood Community College and the University of Iowa.
During World War II, he served in the U.S. Army Air Force. While stationed at Davis-Monthan Air Force Base in Tucson, Ariz., he met June Butler, the love of his life. They were married Oct. 20, 1944, in Tucson, and moved to Iowa City following the war.
He joined the Iowa City Police Department in 1948 as a patrolman. He rose steadily through the ranks and was ultimately appointed chief of police. He retired in March 1975 after 27 years of dedicated service, and later served as Johnson County Civil Defense director. In addition, he became involved in real estate in 1975.
He believed wholeheartedly in hard work, service to country and community, and helping those in need. Blessed with a gregarious personality and unending optimism, he nurtured a wide group of treasured friends. Moreover, he was a fervid, loyal and endlessly enthusiastic fan of the Iowa Hawkeyes football team, the Wisconsin Badgers football team and the Iowa State Cyclones football team. For many seasons, Pat created commemorative photographs and buttons for the families of the Hawkeye, Cyclone and Badger football players, and was known to one and all simply as "P.J." He was an honorary member of the Iowa Lettermen's Club, a charter member of the Johnson County I Club and a 50-year member of the American Legion. He enjoyed life to the fullest. His friends and family will be forever grateful for his consistent love and support.
He is survived and lovingly remembered by his four children, Michael and Elizabeth McCarney, of Rapid City, S.D., and their children, Daniel and Sara Harmon and husband Jeff, and P.J.'s first great-grandchild, Grace; Katy and Dennis Mayer, of Portland, Ore.; Dan and Margy McCarney, of Tampa, Fla., and their children Jillian, Melanie and Shane; and Mary McCarney and Paul Hartleben, of St. Paul, Minn., and their children Michael, Devin and Garrett.
He was preceded in death by his beloved wife, June; his parents; one brother, Leo; and two sisters, Emma and Evelyn.
Friends may call from 4 to 8 p.m. Wednesday, June 13, at Lensing Funeral and Cremation Service, 605 Kirkwood Ave., in Iowa City.
In lieu of flowers, memorials may be directed to either the University of Iowa Lettermen's Club, c/o University of Iowa Foundation, Box 4550, Iowa City, IA 52240 or the Iowa State University Lettermen's Club c/o Iowa State University Foundation, 2505 Elwood Drive Ames, IA 50010.
Online condolences may be directed to www.lensingfuneral.com.
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