George P. CASEY

CASEY, MAY, BRADLEY, METZ

Posted By: Sarah Thorson Little (email)
Date: 4/21/2009 at 05:30:03

GEORGE CASEY DIED SATURDAY

George P. Casey, a former Ruthven boy, died at Iowa City last Saturday, December 20. The funeral services were held at Clarion on Monday morning and the remains were brought to Ruthven for interment in the local Catholic cemetery, where his parents are buried. Funeral services were held in the Sacred Heart church in this city on Monday afternoon, conducted by Rev. T.A. Coleman. There was a large congregation of relatives and friends present. The deceased lived at Clarion, but had been taken to a hospital at Iowa City for treatment.

George Casey was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Casey, who were residents of Ruthven more than forty years ago. He attended the local high school, from which he graduated with the class of 1903. He then studied telegraphy and took up railroad work, which he followed during the remainder of his life. He was at Crystal Lake for a few years, and then spent about eight years in Mason City. In 1922 he was made train dispatcher for the Great Western at Clarion and he held this position until recently, when failing health forced him to give up this work. The deceased was a man of the best type. He was always studious, honest, industrious and loyal to the high principles of conduct and character. Friends of his boyhood days in Ruthven remember him kindly and sympathize with the relatives who mourn his departure.

Surviving him are his widow, one son, Cyril, who is now employed in Dubuque, and a daughter, Anna May, of Clarion; his brother, John, and his sister, Mrs. L. Bradley, both now living at Fort Dodge, and his aunt, Mrs. Charles Metz, of Ruthven.

Ruthven Free Press, Ruthven, Iowa
January 1, 1930