James Richard Carney (1928-1951)

CARNEY, BROWN, VINCENT, STOWE

Posted By: Dorian Myhre (email)
Date: 5/24/2019 at 11:21:08

From Nevada Evening Journal February 19, 1952 (page 3)

Cpl. James Carney Laid to Rest With Military Honors

Full military honors were paid Cpl. James R. Carney son of Mr. and Mrs. Virgil J. Carney, 1435 M avenue, when last rites were held from St. Patrick's Catholic church Tuesday, Feb. 12, at 9:30 a. m., with The Rev. Vern F. Cross of Nevada officiating at the high mass and the Rev. Jermaine of Elkhart preaching the sermon.

The choir of St. Patrick's church with Shirley Greiner at the organ sang the mass and response.

A large number of veterans attended the service in a body and officiated at the military committal in the Nevada cemetery. American Legion Post, No. 48, Nevada, was in charge of the military committal.

As a mark of respect the Nevada stores were closed during the funeral hour.

The body of the young soldier who had made the supreme sacrifice for his country and it ideals on the battlefield, was returned to Nevada Sunday, Feb. 10, having arrived Jan. 29 in San Francisco, Calif.

The body rested at the Cooper-Moore Funeral home in Maxwell until the time of service. The Rosary service was held there Monday evening preceding the last rites.

Committal was in the Catholic cemetery in Nevada.

Born at Pontiac, Mich., Sept. 6, 1928, he returned to Iowa with his parents when one year of age. He attended the grade school for a time at Farrar later moved to Altoona where he graduated from eighth grade, later enrolling in the Elkhart high school where he graduated in 1946.

After graduation he moved to Des Moines with his parents and worked for the Colonial Baking company for four years, when he returned to Nevada with his parents and worked for his uncle, E. A. Vincent.

He was inducted in the Army, Nov. 10, 1950 at Des Moines. He was trained at Fort Leonard Wood, for 14 weeks, after which he had an additional 12 weeks of leadership schooling.

He returned home on a seventeen-day furlough before sailing from Seattle, Wash. May 28 for Korea where he was killed on October 27, 1952.

Cpl. Carney is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil J. Carney, brothers, Lowell, David and Michael and two sisters Kathleen and Patricia and his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. Walter Carney of Elkhart and Mr. and Mrs. Harve Brown of Nevada and a host of other relatives and friends.

Those in attendance at the funeral from a distance were Mr. and Mrs. Hugh Carney and family of Creve Cour, Ill., E. Peoria, Mr. and Mrs. C. F. Stowe, sister of Mrs. Carney of Omaha, Neb., Mr. and Mrs. Harry Brown, aunt and uncle of Mrs. Carney, and a host of friends and reltives.