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Nashua Reporter
Nashua, Chickasaw, Iowa
August 10, 1922

Patrick Turley Called.
Aged Resident Answered Final Summons Saturday, August 5th.
Burial at Charles City.

Patrick Turley, who had been a resident of Nashua for a number of years, was called to his last long rest on Saturday, August 5, 1922, at the ripe age of 86 years, 5 months and 19 days. Deceased was born in County Armagh, Ireland in 1856, a year after his marriage to Bridget Loye and for the past forty years he and his wife had lived in Iowa, first on a farm near Charles City and afterwards moving to Charles City and a number of years ago he bought a home in Nashua and moved here to spend his declining years. Mr. Turley was a friend to old and young, an honest, upright citizen who knowingly wronged no one and was a friend of every one who knew him. He was a member of the Catholic church, and a true follower of its teachings. Funeral services were held from St. Michael's church in Nashua on Monday morning, conducted by Rev. B.A. Erdland and burial was in the Catholic cemetery at Charles City. There were many friends from Floyd, Charles City, Waterloo, Waverly, Plainfield and Waukon, in attendance at the funeral, to pay their last respects to one they loved as a true friend and brother.

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