EL PASO -- Michael J Cleary Sr., 79, of Gridley Township, died at his home Wednesday afternoon. The body was taken to the Otto-Vincent memorial home here. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
He was born in Bloomington Dec 28, 1863, the son of Thomas and Johanna Green Cleary. He spent most of his life in the El Paso community where he was a well known farmer, He married Julia B. Hanifan of El Paso in 1882. He is survived by 10 children; the Rev. Fr. Thomas Cleary of Kewanee, Leo, Detroit, Mich., William and Michael Jr., of Gridley; Mrs Margaret Zinn, Alameda, N. M.; Mrs. Ella Nethercott, Piper City; Mrs Alice McGinn, Chicago; Mrs Isabell Ryan, Lincoln, Neb.; Frank, Ridgewood, N. J.; Mrs Camella Gibbons, El Paso, 35 grandchildren, three great grandchldren, and one brother, James, Chicago.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church here.
EL PASO -- Michael J Cleary Sr., 79, of Gridley Township, died at his home Wednesday afternoon. The body was taken to the Otto-Vincent memorial home here. Funeral arrangements are incomplete.
He was born in Bloomington Dec 28, 1863, the son of Thomas and Johanna Green Cleary. He spent most of his life in the El Paso community where he was a well known farmer, He married Julia B. Hanifan of El Paso in 1882. He is survived by 10 children; the Rev. Fr. Thomas Cleary of Kewanee, Leo, Detroit, Mich., William and Michael Jr., of Gridley; Mrs Margaret Zinn, Alameda, N. M.; Mrs. Ella Nethercott, Piper City; Mrs Alice McGinn, Chicago; Mrs Isabell Ryan, Lincoln, Neb.; Frank, Ridgewood, N. J.; Mrs Camella Gibbons, El Paso, 35 grandchildren, three great grandchldren, and one brother, James, Chicago.
He was a member of St. Mary's Catholic church here.
Family Members
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Rev Thomas J. Cleary
1885–1961
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William James Cleary
1889–1964
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Josephine Clarissa Cleary Tardiff
1891–1938
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Margaret Esther Cleary Zinn
1892–1943
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Mary Ellen "Ella" Cleary Nethercott
1894–1968
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Alice Agnes Cleary McGinn
1896–1963
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Isabel Theresa Cleary Ryan
1898–1988
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Michael J. Cleary Jr
1899–1976
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Loyola Charles Cleary
1901–1914
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Francis Clestine "Foxy" Cleary
1903–1988
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Camilla Genevieve Cleary Gibbons
1905–2002
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