Michael Joseph Mullally, 88, of Le Mars died Monday, Jan. 5, 1998, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars following a brief illness.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Le Mars, with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Le Mars. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Thursday, with a scriptural wake service at 7 p.m., at Feuerstein Funeral Home in Le Mars.
Mr. Mullally was born April 30, 1909, in Ponca, Neb., the son of Thomas and Eleanor (Barrett) Mullally. He moved with his family to Fremont, Neb. He was raised in Fremont and graduated from St. Patrick's Catholic School.
He began his career as a professional boxer and was ranked first in the state. He was an accomplished pool player and had played against Willie Masconi and Minnesota Fats.
He married Marie Ann Hames on Oct. 2, 1939, in Le Mars. The couple operated several pool halls, including the Paramount in Le Mars. They also operated M&M Produce and later opened Eastside Restaurant and Catering, which they operated for several years. She died Jan. 9, 1979.
He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Michael P. and Judy, Ronald J. and Nancy and Thomas P. and Patty, all of Le Mars, and Lawrence T. and Jo Ellen of Storm Lake, Iowa; seven daughters and their husbands, Margene and Joe Geary of Hinton, Iowa, Susan and David "Rocky" Bunjes, Jo Ann and Dan Singer, Margaret and Dave Davis, Malea and Kim Penne and Laura and Dave Klave, all of Le Mars, and Karen and Michael Pommier of Winterset, Iowa; 43 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Art of Boston, Mass.; and two sisters, Cecelia and her husband, Louie Lombardi, of Orlando, Fla. and Marie Ladenburg of Burke, Va.
He was preceded in death by a son, Peter Thomas; and a granddaughter, Mariah Jean Davis.
Pallbearers will be his grandchildren, Brian Singer, Pat Mullally, Michael Pommier Jr., Tom Mullally Jr., Michael "M.J." Mullally, Dan Bunjes, Ryan Klave and Susie Geary.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Le Mars, with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Le Mars. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Thursday, with a scriptural wake service at 7 p.m., at Feuerstein Funeral Home in Le Mars.
Mr. Mullally was born April 30, 1909, in Ponca, Neb., the son of Thomas and Eleanor (Barrett) Mullally. He moved with his family to Fremont, Neb. He was raised in Fremont and graduated from St. Patrick's Catholic School.
He began his career as a professional boxer and was ranked first in the state. He was an accomplished pool player and had played against Willie Masconi and Minnesota Fats.
He married Marie Ann Hames on Oct. 2, 1939, in Le Mars. The couple operated several pool halls, including the Paramount in Le Mars. They also operated M&M Produce and later opened Eastside Restaurant and Catering, which they operated for several years. She died Jan. 9, 1979.
He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Michael P. and Judy, Ronald J. and Nancy and Thomas P. and Patty, all of Le Mars, and Lawrence T. and Jo Ellen of Storm Lake, Iowa; seven daughters and their husbands, Margene and Joe Geary of Hinton, Iowa, Susan and David "Rocky" Bunjes, Jo Ann and Dan Singer, Margaret and Dave Davis, Malea and Kim Penne and Laura and Dave Klave, all of Le Mars, and Karen and Michael Pommier of Winterset, Iowa; 43 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Art of Boston, Mass.; and two sisters, Cecelia and her husband, Louie Lombardi, of Orlando, Fla. and Marie Ladenburg of Burke, Va.
He was preceded in death by a son, Peter Thomas; and a granddaughter, Mariah Jean Davis.
Pallbearers will be his grandchildren, Brian Singer, Pat Mullally, Michael Pommier Jr., Tom Mullally Jr., Michael "M.J." Mullally, Dan Bunjes, Ryan Klave and Susie Geary.
Michael Joseph Mullally, 88, of Le Mars died Monday, Jan. 5, 1998, at Floyd Valley Hospital in Le Mars following a brief illness.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Le Mars, with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Le Mars. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Thursday, with a scriptural wake service at 7 p.m., at Feuerstein Funeral Home in Le Mars.
Mr. Mullally was born April 30, 1909, in Ponca, Neb., the son of Thomas and Eleanor (Barrett) Mullally. He moved with his family to Fremont, Neb. He was raised in Fremont and graduated from St. Patrick's Catholic School.
He began his career as a professional boxer and was ranked first in the state. He was an accomplished pool player and had played against Willie Masconi and Minnesota Fats.
He married Marie Ann Hames on Oct. 2, 1939, in Le Mars. The couple operated several pool halls, including the Paramount in Le Mars. They also operated M&M Produce and later opened Eastside Restaurant and Catering, which they operated for several years. She died Jan. 9, 1979.
He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Michael P. and Judy, Ronald J. and Nancy and Thomas P. and Patty, all of Le Mars, and Lawrence T. and Jo Ellen of Storm Lake, Iowa; seven daughters and their husbands, Margene and Joe Geary of Hinton, Iowa, Susan and David "Rocky" Bunjes, Jo Ann and Dan Singer, Margaret and Dave Davis, Malea and Kim Penne and Laura and Dave Klave, all of Le Mars, and Karen and Michael Pommier of Winterset, Iowa; 43 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Art of Boston, Mass.; and two sisters, Cecelia and her husband, Louie Lombardi, of Orlando, Fla. and Marie Ladenburg of Burke, Va.
He was preceded in death by a son, Peter Thomas; and a granddaughter, Mariah Jean Davis.
Pallbearers will be his grandchildren, Brian Singer, Pat Mullally, Michael Pommier Jr., Tom Mullally Jr., Michael "M.J." Mullally, Dan Bunjes, Ryan Klave and Susie Geary.
Services will be at 10:30 a.m. Friday at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Le Mars, with the Rev. Jerome Cosgrove officiating. Burial will be in Calvary Cemetery at Le Mars. Visitation will be after 2 p.m. Thursday, with a scriptural wake service at 7 p.m., at Feuerstein Funeral Home in Le Mars.
Mr. Mullally was born April 30, 1909, in Ponca, Neb., the son of Thomas and Eleanor (Barrett) Mullally. He moved with his family to Fremont, Neb. He was raised in Fremont and graduated from St. Patrick's Catholic School.
He began his career as a professional boxer and was ranked first in the state. He was an accomplished pool player and had played against Willie Masconi and Minnesota Fats.
He married Marie Ann Hames on Oct. 2, 1939, in Le Mars. The couple operated several pool halls, including the Paramount in Le Mars. They also operated M&M Produce and later opened Eastside Restaurant and Catering, which they operated for several years. She died Jan. 9, 1979.
He was a member of St. Joseph's Catholic Church and the Holy Name Society.
Survivors include four sons and their wives, Michael P. and Judy, Ronald J. and Nancy and Thomas P. and Patty, all of Le Mars, and Lawrence T. and Jo Ellen of Storm Lake, Iowa; seven daughters and their husbands, Margene and Joe Geary of Hinton, Iowa, Susan and David "Rocky" Bunjes, Jo Ann and Dan Singer, Margaret and Dave Davis, Malea and Kim Penne and Laura and Dave Klave, all of Le Mars, and Karen and Michael Pommier of Winterset, Iowa; 43 grandchildren; 11 great-grandchildren; a brother, Art of Boston, Mass.; and two sisters, Cecelia and her husband, Louie Lombardi, of Orlando, Fla. and Marie Ladenburg of Burke, Va.
He was preceded in death by a son, Peter Thomas; and a granddaughter, Mariah Jean Davis.
Pallbearers will be his grandchildren, Brian Singer, Pat Mullally, Michael Pommier Jr., Tom Mullally Jr., Michael "M.J." Mullally, Dan Bunjes, Ryan Klave and Susie Geary.
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