William Greeley (1865-1942)

GREELEY, MURPHY, SCHEERER

Posted By: John Davis (email)
Date: 10/28/2019 at 09:40:44

Obit posted in Ottumwa Courier March 8, 1942
William Greeley Born In County 77 Years Ago; Rites Tuesday
Funeral services for William Greeley, 77, who died Sunday at his home, 259 South Moore street will be held Tuesday at 8:30 a.m. at the home and at 9 a.m. at the at Saint Patrick's Catholic church, where a requiem mass will be celebrated by the Rev. T.C. Donohoe. Burial will be in the Calvary cemetery. Pallbearers will be W.L. Gilger, Mike Carr, Frank Gibbons, William Harris, Edward Harden and Martin O'Hara. Mr. Greeley was born in Wapello county March 8, 1865, and had lived in the county all his life. Surviving are his wife, Martha; a daughter, Mrs. C.A. Murphy of Delta; a son William of Ottumwa; three grandchildren, James Murphy of Ottumwa, Florence Scheerer of Peoria, and Charles Greeley of Ottumwa and one great grandchild and several nieces and nephews. The body will be taken to the home from the Vaughan funeral chapel at 2 p.m. today. Members of St. Patricks' parish will meet at the home at 8 p.m. today to recite the rosary.