Conley, Oliver Oscar "Ollie" (1873-1925)

CONLEY, MORGAN, HOWELL, POWELL, COX, MORRISON, MARSHALL

Posted By: Cass County Coordinator (email)
Date: 8/10/2025 at 19:55:03

Anita Tribune, August 27, 1925, Pg. 1:

OLLIE CONLEY BURIED IN ANITA SUNDAY

Last Sad Rites for Well Known Man of Atlantic and Anita Held at the M. E. Church in Atlantic. Interment Made in Anita.

Funeral services for the late Oliver Oscar Conley, known to his legion of friends in Anita and Cass county as "Ollie" Conley, were held Sunday afternoon at 2:30 o'clock at the M. E. church in Atlantic, of which deceased was a member, and interment was made in Evergreen cemetery in this city. The Masonic fraternity, to which deceased was a member, had charge of the services at the grave. Mr. Conley passed away at Iowa City on last Wednesday evening, death being caused by cancer from which he had been a sufferer for a number of years.

Obituary.
Oliver Oscar Conley was born October 22nd, 1873, in the state of Kansas, and passed away August 26th, 1925; aged 51 years, 10 months and 4 days.

When he was four years old the family moved to Richmond, Indiana. In 1895 Mr. Conley came to Anita, where on the 7th of April, 1898, he was married to Miss Mae Morgan, the late Rev. A. D. Beckhart performing the ceremony. They made this city their home until 1912, when they moved to Atlantic. While here Mr. Conley was engaged in the grocery business, entering the same business when he moved to Atlantic.

Both here and in Atlantic deceased was active in everything that was good for the community. He was an active member of the Methodist church and the Lions club. He was also a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Eastern Star order. He was also a member of the Atlantic school board, but resigned a few months ago on account of failing health.

Mr. and Mrs. Conley made a great sacrifice to their country, when on the 9th of March, 1918, their eldest son, Cecil, a member of the "Rainbow" division, was killed while in service of his country in France, being among the first of Cass county men to die in the world war.

Three children, with the wife, survive him. They are Donald, 21, with the U. S. navy in Hawaiian waters, and who was unable to be present at the funeral, Miss Genevieve, 16, and Meredith A., at home. There are also four brothers and five sisters. The brothers are W. I. Conley of Siebert, Colorado; Ed. Conley of Tyron, Oklahoma; Carl and Earl Conley of Richmond, Indiana. The sisters are Mrs. William Howell of Modoc, Indiana; Mrs. Ancil Powell of Munice [ sic? Muncie }, Indiana; Mrs. Gary Cox of Carlos, Indiana; Mrs. Orson Morrison of Economy, Indiana; and Mrs. Raymond Marshall of Grove City, Pennsylvania. His father, a veteran of the civil war, has been dead for many years.

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