John Parnell Kiley, 89, the former Milwaukee Road president who oversaw the changeover from steam engines to diesel locomotives and presided over construction of the road's fully automated freight yards, died Tuesday in an Evergreen Park retirement home.
He was president of the Milwaukee Road from 1950 to 1957, during which time the railroad built its pioneering fully automated freight yards in Bensenville, Illinois. During his years as president, the Milwaukee Road converted its locomotive fleet to diesels and signed a major agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad to share operation of five passenger trains between Chicago and the West Coast.
"He loved travel," said his daughter Rosemary Hartrich, and began traveling with the railroad during a school vacation in 1913, when he worked as a rodman on the Milwaukee Road track project in the Chicago area. In 1915, he graduated from Villanova University with a degree in civil engineering and joined the railroad full time. He was appointed auditor in 1940, assistant to the president in 1946, and president in 1950, retiring in 1957.
John Parnell Kiley, beloved husband of the late Magdalen, nee Dockendorf; loving father of Madeline (Ralph) Morrison of Seattle, WA, Rosemary (Eugene) Hartrich, Jane (Edward) Blgane and Betty (David) Roach of Huntington, NY; loved grandfather of 18 and great-grandfather of four; dear brother of Betty Kiley Lamont, Sr. Robert Kiley S.P. and Agnes C. Kiley. Funeral Saturday, 9:45 a.m., from Laughlin Sons Chapel, 2100 W. 95th St., at Hoyne, to St. Germaine Church. Mass 10:30 a.m.
Mass for Mr. Kiley, a longtime South Shore and Oak Lawn resident, was said at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Germaine Catholic Church, 98th Street and Kolin Avenue, Oak Lawn.
Interment Holy Sepulchre. Visitation Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sisters of Providence Retirement Fund, St. Mary of the Woods, IN 47876. 779-1100.
Providence Journal (RI) - October 5, 1984 and Chicago Tribune (IL) - Friday, October 5, 1984
He was president of the Milwaukee Road from 1950 to 1957, during which time the railroad built its pioneering fully automated freight yards in Bensenville, Illinois. During his years as president, the Milwaukee Road converted its locomotive fleet to diesels and signed a major agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad to share operation of five passenger trains between Chicago and the West Coast.
"He loved travel," said his daughter Rosemary Hartrich, and began traveling with the railroad during a school vacation in 1913, when he worked as a rodman on the Milwaukee Road track project in the Chicago area. In 1915, he graduated from Villanova University with a degree in civil engineering and joined the railroad full time. He was appointed auditor in 1940, assistant to the president in 1946, and president in 1950, retiring in 1957.
John Parnell Kiley, beloved husband of the late Magdalen, nee Dockendorf; loving father of Madeline (Ralph) Morrison of Seattle, WA, Rosemary (Eugene) Hartrich, Jane (Edward) Blgane and Betty (David) Roach of Huntington, NY; loved grandfather of 18 and great-grandfather of four; dear brother of Betty Kiley Lamont, Sr. Robert Kiley S.P. and Agnes C. Kiley. Funeral Saturday, 9:45 a.m., from Laughlin Sons Chapel, 2100 W. 95th St., at Hoyne, to St. Germaine Church. Mass 10:30 a.m.
Mass for Mr. Kiley, a longtime South Shore and Oak Lawn resident, was said at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Germaine Catholic Church, 98th Street and Kolin Avenue, Oak Lawn.
Interment Holy Sepulchre. Visitation Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sisters of Providence Retirement Fund, St. Mary of the Woods, IN 47876. 779-1100.
Providence Journal (RI) - October 5, 1984 and Chicago Tribune (IL) - Friday, October 5, 1984
John Parnell Kiley, 89, the former Milwaukee Road president who oversaw the changeover from steam engines to diesel locomotives and presided over construction of the road's fully automated freight yards, died Tuesday in an Evergreen Park retirement home.
He was president of the Milwaukee Road from 1950 to 1957, during which time the railroad built its pioneering fully automated freight yards in Bensenville, Illinois. During his years as president, the Milwaukee Road converted its locomotive fleet to diesels and signed a major agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad to share operation of five passenger trains between Chicago and the West Coast.
"He loved travel," said his daughter Rosemary Hartrich, and began traveling with the railroad during a school vacation in 1913, when he worked as a rodman on the Milwaukee Road track project in the Chicago area. In 1915, he graduated from Villanova University with a degree in civil engineering and joined the railroad full time. He was appointed auditor in 1940, assistant to the president in 1946, and president in 1950, retiring in 1957.
John Parnell Kiley, beloved husband of the late Magdalen, nee Dockendorf; loving father of Madeline (Ralph) Morrison of Seattle, WA, Rosemary (Eugene) Hartrich, Jane (Edward) Blgane and Betty (David) Roach of Huntington, NY; loved grandfather of 18 and great-grandfather of four; dear brother of Betty Kiley Lamont, Sr. Robert Kiley S.P. and Agnes C. Kiley. Funeral Saturday, 9:45 a.m., from Laughlin Sons Chapel, 2100 W. 95th St., at Hoyne, to St. Germaine Church. Mass 10:30 a.m.
Mass for Mr. Kiley, a longtime South Shore and Oak Lawn resident, was said at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Germaine Catholic Church, 98th Street and Kolin Avenue, Oak Lawn.
Interment Holy Sepulchre. Visitation Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sisters of Providence Retirement Fund, St. Mary of the Woods, IN 47876. 779-1100.
Providence Journal (RI) - October 5, 1984 and Chicago Tribune (IL) - Friday, October 5, 1984
He was president of the Milwaukee Road from 1950 to 1957, during which time the railroad built its pioneering fully automated freight yards in Bensenville, Illinois. During his years as president, the Milwaukee Road converted its locomotive fleet to diesels and signed a major agreement with the Union Pacific Railroad to share operation of five passenger trains between Chicago and the West Coast.
"He loved travel," said his daughter Rosemary Hartrich, and began traveling with the railroad during a school vacation in 1913, when he worked as a rodman on the Milwaukee Road track project in the Chicago area. In 1915, he graduated from Villanova University with a degree in civil engineering and joined the railroad full time. He was appointed auditor in 1940, assistant to the president in 1946, and president in 1950, retiring in 1957.
John Parnell Kiley, beloved husband of the late Magdalen, nee Dockendorf; loving father of Madeline (Ralph) Morrison of Seattle, WA, Rosemary (Eugene) Hartrich, Jane (Edward) Blgane and Betty (David) Roach of Huntington, NY; loved grandfather of 18 and great-grandfather of four; dear brother of Betty Kiley Lamont, Sr. Robert Kiley S.P. and Agnes C. Kiley. Funeral Saturday, 9:45 a.m., from Laughlin Sons Chapel, 2100 W. 95th St., at Hoyne, to St. Germaine Church. Mass 10:30 a.m.
Mass for Mr. Kiley, a longtime South Shore and Oak Lawn resident, was said at 10:30 a.m. Saturday in St. Germaine Catholic Church, 98th Street and Kolin Avenue, Oak Lawn.
Interment Holy Sepulchre. Visitation Friday from 2 to 9 p.m. In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to the Sisters of Providence Retirement Fund, St. Mary of the Woods, IN 47876. 779-1100.
Providence Journal (RI) - October 5, 1984 and Chicago Tribune (IL) - Friday, October 5, 1984
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