Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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James Henry Gillooly was born in Murphysboro, Illinois on February 28, 1929, the son of James and Katherine Puttman Gillooly.
He married Sue Lambert in Murphysboro on March 29, 1952.
He is survived by his wife; six daughters, Deborah Jones, Jamie Tuttle, and Janet, Gina, Barbara and Diane Gillooly, all of Murphysboro; two grandchildren; three sisters, Katherine Koenig, Thelma Huppert and Mary King, all of Murphysboro; and two brothers, Gene of Makanda and Robert of Murphysboro.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers.
Mr. Gillooly was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
He was a guard at the Menard Penitentiary in Chester.
He was a veteran of U. S. Navy Service in World War II, and was a member of Paul Stout Post 127, The American Legion, in Murphysboro. He was also a member of the Forty and Eight in Murphysboro.
Mr. Gillooly died at age 45 on Friday, March 15, 1974, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro.
Burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.
Source; The Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, March 17, 1974, page 5.
Additional information was provided by FindAGrave contributor C. Ann Carruthers.
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Burial plot location was provided by FindAGrave contributor and cemetery employee Angela Cyphers.
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James Henry Gillooly was born in Murphysboro, Illinois on February 28, 1929, the son of James and Katherine Puttman Gillooly.
He married Sue Lambert in Murphysboro on March 29, 1952.
He is survived by his wife; six daughters, Deborah Jones, Jamie Tuttle, and Janet, Gina, Barbara and Diane Gillooly, all of Murphysboro; two grandchildren; three sisters, Katherine Koenig, Thelma Huppert and Mary King, all of Murphysboro; and two brothers, Gene of Makanda and Robert of Murphysboro.
He was preceded in death by two sisters and five brothers.
Mr. Gillooly was a member of St. Andrew's Catholic Church.
He was a guard at the Menard Penitentiary in Chester.
He was a veteran of U. S. Navy Service in World War II, and was a member of Paul Stout Post 127, The American Legion, in Murphysboro. He was also a member of the Forty and Eight in Murphysboro.
Mr. Gillooly died at age 45 on Friday, March 15, 1974, at St. Joseph Memorial Hospital in Murphysboro.
Burial in Pleasant Grove Memorial Cemetery.
Source; The Southern Illinoisan, Sunday, March 17, 1974, page 5.
Additional information was provided by FindAGrave contributor C. Ann Carruthers.
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Family Members
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Catherine Margaret Gillooly Koenig
1906–1974
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Thelma Ann Gillooly Huppert
1907–2003
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William Alexander Gillooly
1910–1972
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Maria Anna Gillooly Volner
1912–1965
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Marguerite Esther Gillooly
1914–1939
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Henry Edward Gillooly
1916–1936
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Thomas Arthur Gillooly
1919–1962
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Charles Andrew Gillooly
1919–1965
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Samuel Eugene "Geno" Gillooly
1922–2002
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Mary Louise Gillooly King
1924–2017
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Robert Ervin Gillooly
1926–1995
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James Henry Gillooly
1929–1974
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