Our Neighbors in the Services
Danbury, Iowa
Francis Crilly, staff sergeant, son of Mrs. Florence Crilly, has returned to Camp Shelby, Miss., after spending a furlough of 14 days at home. Sergeant Crilly is a member of the water purification department which furnishes water for the combat engineers.
Source: The Sioux City Journal, July 19, 1944
Francis Hugh Crilly was born Apr. 1, 1914 to Hugh and Florence Johanna O’Connor Crilly. He died Mar. 31, 1946 and is buried in Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery, Anthon, IA.
Sgt. Crilly served in World War II with the U.S. Army 244th Combat Engineers.
Sioux City Journal 2 April 1946
VETERAN DIES ON FURLOUGH
T. Sgt. Crilly Expires at Anthon of Heart Attack
T. Sgt Francis H. Crilly, 31, European veteran at home on furlough pending his discharge, died unexpectedly of a heart attack at the home of his sister, Mrs. Clifton Renneker, four miles northwest of Anthon. Sgt. Crilly, who served three years in the army, had been home less than a week from overseas, where he was a combat engineer for 18 months with the Ninth army. His death occurred Sunday.
Sgt. Crilly was born April 1, 1914 at Danbury, Iowa, and had lived in the Anthon and Danbury community before he entered the service. Survivors include his mother, Mrs. Florence Crilly of Sioux City: five sisters, Mrs. Renneker, Mrs. Nellie Pearson and Mrs. Mary Burke of Sioux City, Sister Alice Marie of Dubuque and Miss Pauline Crilly of Anthon, and four brothers, Wayne of Dunlap, la., Ralph with the army in the south Pacific, Michael of Anthon and Eugene of Sioux City.
Funeral services will be at 9:30 a. m. Wednesday at St. Joseph's Catholic church, Anthon. Burial will be in St. Joseph's cemetery there. The Hudgel funeral home is directing arrangements.
