Cerro Gordo County Iowa
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Patrick Augustus 'Gus' Casey, son of Patrick and Bridget M. McManus Casey, b. 28 Feb 1858, Meriden, Earl Township, LaSalle County, Illinois.
Patrick Sr., b. 24 Dec 1839, Draugheda, Co. Meath Ireland; died 16 Jun 1886, Grand Junction, Greene County, Junction Township, Iowa,
interred at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Junction. Bridget M. (McManus) Casey b. Sep 1830, married Patrick Sr.
05 Jul 1859, Drogheda, County Meath, Ireland. They emigrated to America in August of 1850. Bridget died 10 Aug 1901,
Boone, Iowa, and interred at Mt. Calvary Cemetery, Grand Junction, Iowa.
Patrick Augustus 'Gus' Casey was a machinist in Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa, 09 Jun 1880. He moved in 1884 to
Mason City, Iowa. He was Roundhouse Foreman, Milwaukee RR, Mason City, 1885. He was a machine shop foreman 04 Apr 1930,
Ward 3, Mason City. He retired as Roundhouse Foreman, Milwaukee RR, 1932, Mason City. He died 07 Jan 1942, Mason City,
Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. He was buried 10
Jan 1942 from Holy Family Catholic Church, Mason City, Iowa. His obituary, Mason City Globe Gazette, Jan, 1942,
stated, "Augustus Casey, 77 (sic, should be 83), died at a local hospital about 10 o'clock, Wednesday night,
following a brief illness. He had been a resident of Mason City for the past 58 years.
"Mr. Casey was born Feb. 28, 1864 (sic, should be 1858) at Earlville, Ill. He was married to Miss Mary G. Quirk in
September, 1885, at Sand Springs, Iowa. For 47 years he was roundhouse foreman for the Milwaukee road, having
retired in 1932. Suriving Mr. Casey is a son, Harold Casey, Mason City, and seven grand children. He was
preceded in death by his wife, Mary G. Casey, Jan. 20, 1935, by two daughters in infancy and one sone Frank Casey.
"The body will be taken from the Meyer funeral home to the Casey residence, 729 North Federal avenue, Friday forenoon
and will lie in state there until the time of the services. The Rosary will be said there friday
evening at 8 o'clock. Funeral services will be held at the Holy Family Catholic church at 9:30 o'clock Saturday
moring, with Father R. P. Murphy in charge. Burial will be at St. Joseph's Catholic cemetery [Mason City]."
Gus married on 23 Sep 1884, Greene County, Iowa Mary Genevieve Quirk, daughter of Edward Quirk and Johanna Shane.
Mary Genevieve 'Mame' Quirk Case, b. 25 Feb 1853, South Fork Township, Delaware County, Iowa; d. 20 Jan 1935,
Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, buried 23 Jan 1935, St. Joseph Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
Mary's obituary stated, "Mrs. Augustus Casey died at her home Sunday afternoon [January 20, 1935] after an illness
of five months. Mary G. Quirk was born in Sand Springs, Feb. 25, 1857. She had lived there 'til her marriage to A.
Casey, after which she moved to Grand Junction, her husband's home. She came to Mason City 48years ago [1887]. They
had celebrated their 50th anniversary Sept [23rd], 1934. She is survived by a brother, John Quirk of Mitchell, S.
Dak. She was preceded in death by two daughters in infancy. Funeral services will be held Wednesday at St. Joseph's church."
Francis Edward 'Frank' Casey b. Jul 1885, Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa; d. 1938, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County,
Iowa; buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa.
NOTE: Photograph is missing from files and archives. Patrick Augustus 'Gus' and Mary G. Quirk Casey had two sons, Francis Edward 'Frank' Casey and Charles Harold 'Harold' Casey, This photo (missing) was probably taken about 1897-1898 when Harold was between one and two years of age. Francis Edward 'Frank' Casey b. Jul 1885, Grand Junction, Greene County, Iowa; d. 1938, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Mason City, Iowa. He was a railroad engineer, Mason City. Frank married circa 1917 Frances Marie Hurley, born March 1891, Iowa, daughter of John Joseph Hurley and Aliacia Catherine Kelley. She died 1950 in Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, and was buried in St. Joseph's Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Charles Harold 'Harold' Casey b. 20 Nov 1895, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; d. 5 Jul 1972, Park Hospital, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa; buried 07 Jul 1972 in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. He worked for the railroad as a railroad dispatcher. When Forest Lawn Memory Gardens went bankrupt midway into development, he was reinterred in Elmwood Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. Elmwood Cemetery is the traditional resting place of the Casey family in Mason City, adjoining St. Joseph's Cemetery. Charles Harold 'Harold' Casey married 10 Oct 1918 in Saint Rap[hael's Cathedral, Dubuque, Dubuque County, Iowa, Florence Agnes Goodell, daughter of Frank Goodell and Mary Ellen McLoughlin. Mary was born 07 Jul 1900 in Britt, Hancock County, Iowa and was christened in St. Patrick's Church, Britt, Hancock County, Iowa. She died 06 Oct 1973 in Mercy Medical Center, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa, and was buried 10 Oct 1973 in Forest Lawn Memory Gardens, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa. When Forest Lawn Memory Gardens went bankrupt, Florence was reinterred in Elmwood Cemetery, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County, Iowa.
NOTE: Photograph is missing from files and archives. This is one of the last known photos of Gus and Mary Quirk Casey. It was taken very late in Mary's life perhaps 1934.
Charles Harold 'Harold' Casey married Florence Agnes Goodell of Clear Lake 10 Oct 1918 in Dubuque. They were married by Harold's uncle Fr. Michael J. Quirk at St. Raphael's Cathedral. At left, this snapshot was taken at the Goodell home in Clear Lake prior to their marriage. The photograph at right was probably taken about 1920.
Harold and Florence Goodell Casey remained childless through the first ten years of their marriage, despite multiple pregnancies and three sets of male twins dying at birth. John Joseph Casey was the first live birth, 7 Jan 1928, Mercy Hospital, Mason City, Iowa.  Harold, Lou & Joe In 1932, Harold and Florence Casey adopted their second child, Marilou Ann 'Lou' Casey, baptized Mary Louise 'Mary Lou'. This photo of Harold, Mary Lou and Joe was taken in back of the Casey home on S. Carolina, Mason City probably on a warm winter day in 1932. Marilou Ann 'Lou' Casey, b. 26 Jul 1932; d. 28 Jun 1986, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.
Left, Mary Lou and Joe Casey about 1935 at the Casey home on S. Carolina, Mason City. Right, Mary Lou and Joe Casey about 1944 behind the Casey hom on 6th St. NW, Mason City.
NOTE: John Joseph 'Joe' Casey joined the USMC in 1946. His USMC portrait of 1946 is missing from files and archives.
John Joseph 'Joe' Casey, b. 7 Jan 1928, Mason City, Cerro Gordo County,
Iowa; d. 30 Dec 1988, St. Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota.
Elizabeth Jane 'Betty' Swanson, b. 6 Aug 1930, Clear Lake, Cerro Gordo
County, Iowa.
Marilou Ann 'Lou' Casey married Edgar Vagsness Johnson 28 Jul 1953 in the 'new' Holy Family Catholic Church, Mason City. The maid of honor was Mrs. Lauren (Mary) Kreider a longtime friend of Lou Casey Johnson. The couple met while attending the State University of Iowa, Iowa City.
Marilou Ann 'Lou' Casey, b. 26 Jul 1932; d. 28 Jun 1986, Iowa City, Johnson County, Iowa.
Submission by Richard Casey
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