(KS) Haddam Clipper-Leader Jan. 7, 1943
Harry Rooney's death was accidental, due to asphyxiation in the Miller home in Belleville, Kansas, the night of December 28, caused from fumes from a gas furnace. George Miller, as associated in the Rooney Motor Co. in Belleville, was found dead when they were found by friends Tuesday noon, December 29. Harry, who was unconscious when found, was taken to the Patterson Memorial Hospital in Belleville where doctors worked tirelessly over him until he passed away Friday morning, never having regained conscious.
Harry Edward Rooney was born at Haddam, Kansas, May 22, 1914, and departed this life January 1, 1943 at Patterson Memorial Hospital, at the age of 28 years, 7 months and 19 days. He was the seventh child of William T. and Otilla Rooney.
After graduation from the Haddam public schools, Harry attended St. Benedict's in Atchison one year, then Kansas State College at Manhattan where he was a member of the Phi Deltha Theta fraternity.
More then any of the other Rooney children, Harry has been identified with the Haddam community and in recent months, the towns of Belleville and Brewster. After college he formed a partnership with his brother George, to conduct the Rooney Motor Co. car agency at Haddam and Belleville. Later they acquired a ranch at Brewster, Kansas.
Harry was interested in aviation, he had piloted planes and tried repeatedly during the past year to enlist in the Air Corps, but was unable to pass the physical examination, due to defective eyesight and an asthmatic condition. Therefore, he stayed at home to manage their various undertakings while his brother George has been in the service of his country the past year.
Harry was one of a family of ten children: Anne of Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Mabel (James) J. Cahill of Long Island, N.Y.; Mary of New Orleans, La.; Wm. T. Jr. of Deerfield, Kansas; Helen of Ferry, N.Y.; George, 1st Lieutenant, Army, Camp Beauregard, La.; Harry, deceased January 1, 1943; Paul, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army; Frederick, born December 10, 1917 and passed away eleven days later; Mrs. Geraldine (Donald) Simpson of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.
The death of Harry is the first in the W. T. Rooney family since that of baby Frederick twenty-five years ago. Harry was a member of the Haddam Masonic and Odd Fellow Orders.
Harry with his brothers and sisters and close friends enjoyed gathering in the family home. There was a tie of affection that held the family close together. Now, something of the joy of living has gone from the family circle, and while no doubt they will be together again, Harry's passing will leave a vacant place which will be filled only by a beautiful memory of him.
Services were held at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, January 5, at the Methodist church in Haddam. They were simple, with reading of the Episcopal ritual by Rev. Newton of Clay Center, Kansas. Burial was in the family plot in Haddam cemetery. The father, mother, and all the brothers and sisters, besides a host of relatives and friends were present at the services.
Harry Rooney's death was accidental, due to asphyxiation in the Miller home in Belleville, Kansas, the night of December 28, caused from fumes from a gas furnace. George Miller, as associated in the Rooney Motor Co. in Belleville, was found dead when they were found by friends Tuesday noon, December 29. Harry, who was unconscious when found, was taken to the Patterson Memorial Hospital in Belleville where doctors worked tirelessly over him until he passed away Friday morning, never having regained conscious.
Harry Edward Rooney was born at Haddam, Kansas, May 22, 1914, and departed this life January 1, 1943 at Patterson Memorial Hospital, at the age of 28 years, 7 months and 19 days. He was the seventh child of William T. and Otilla Rooney.
After graduation from the Haddam public schools, Harry attended St. Benedict's in Atchison one year, then Kansas State College at Manhattan where he was a member of the Phi Deltha Theta fraternity.
More then any of the other Rooney children, Harry has been identified with the Haddam community and in recent months, the towns of Belleville and Brewster. After college he formed a partnership with his brother George, to conduct the Rooney Motor Co. car agency at Haddam and Belleville. Later they acquired a ranch at Brewster, Kansas.
Harry was interested in aviation, he had piloted planes and tried repeatedly during the past year to enlist in the Air Corps, but was unable to pass the physical examination, due to defective eyesight and an asthmatic condition. Therefore, he stayed at home to manage their various undertakings while his brother George has been in the service of his country the past year.
Harry was one of a family of ten children: Anne of Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Mabel (James) J. Cahill of Long Island, N.Y.; Mary of New Orleans, La.; Wm. T. Jr. of Deerfield, Kansas; Helen of Ferry, N.Y.; George, 1st Lieutenant, Army, Camp Beauregard, La.; Harry, deceased January 1, 1943; Paul, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army; Frederick, born December 10, 1917 and passed away eleven days later; Mrs. Geraldine (Donald) Simpson of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.
The death of Harry is the first in the W. T. Rooney family since that of baby Frederick twenty-five years ago. Harry was a member of the Haddam Masonic and Odd Fellow Orders.
Harry with his brothers and sisters and close friends enjoyed gathering in the family home. There was a tie of affection that held the family close together. Now, something of the joy of living has gone from the family circle, and while no doubt they will be together again, Harry's passing will leave a vacant place which will be filled only by a beautiful memory of him.
Services were held at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, January 5, at the Methodist church in Haddam. They were simple, with reading of the Episcopal ritual by Rev. Newton of Clay Center, Kansas. Burial was in the family plot in Haddam cemetery. The father, mother, and all the brothers and sisters, besides a host of relatives and friends were present at the services.
(KS) Haddam Clipper-Leader Jan. 7, 1943
Harry Rooney's death was accidental, due to asphyxiation in the Miller home in Belleville, Kansas, the night of December 28, caused from fumes from a gas furnace. George Miller, as associated in the Rooney Motor Co. in Belleville, was found dead when they were found by friends Tuesday noon, December 29. Harry, who was unconscious when found, was taken to the Patterson Memorial Hospital in Belleville where doctors worked tirelessly over him until he passed away Friday morning, never having regained conscious.
Harry Edward Rooney was born at Haddam, Kansas, May 22, 1914, and departed this life January 1, 1943 at Patterson Memorial Hospital, at the age of 28 years, 7 months and 19 days. He was the seventh child of William T. and Otilla Rooney.
After graduation from the Haddam public schools, Harry attended St. Benedict's in Atchison one year, then Kansas State College at Manhattan where he was a member of the Phi Deltha Theta fraternity.
More then any of the other Rooney children, Harry has been identified with the Haddam community and in recent months, the towns of Belleville and Brewster. After college he formed a partnership with his brother George, to conduct the Rooney Motor Co. car agency at Haddam and Belleville. Later they acquired a ranch at Brewster, Kansas.
Harry was interested in aviation, he had piloted planes and tried repeatedly during the past year to enlist in the Air Corps, but was unable to pass the physical examination, due to defective eyesight and an asthmatic condition. Therefore, he stayed at home to manage their various undertakings while his brother George has been in the service of his country the past year.
Harry was one of a family of ten children: Anne of Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Mabel (James) J. Cahill of Long Island, N.Y.; Mary of New Orleans, La.; Wm. T. Jr. of Deerfield, Kansas; Helen of Ferry, N.Y.; George, 1st Lieutenant, Army, Camp Beauregard, La.; Harry, deceased January 1, 1943; Paul, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army; Frederick, born December 10, 1917 and passed away eleven days later; Mrs. Geraldine (Donald) Simpson of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.
The death of Harry is the first in the W. T. Rooney family since that of baby Frederick twenty-five years ago. Harry was a member of the Haddam Masonic and Odd Fellow Orders.
Harry with his brothers and sisters and close friends enjoyed gathering in the family home. There was a tie of affection that held the family close together. Now, something of the joy of living has gone from the family circle, and while no doubt they will be together again, Harry's passing will leave a vacant place which will be filled only by a beautiful memory of him.
Services were held at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, January 5, at the Methodist church in Haddam. They were simple, with reading of the Episcopal ritual by Rev. Newton of Clay Center, Kansas. Burial was in the family plot in Haddam cemetery. The father, mother, and all the brothers and sisters, besides a host of relatives and friends were present at the services.
Harry Rooney's death was accidental, due to asphyxiation in the Miller home in Belleville, Kansas, the night of December 28, caused from fumes from a gas furnace. George Miller, as associated in the Rooney Motor Co. in Belleville, was found dead when they were found by friends Tuesday noon, December 29. Harry, who was unconscious when found, was taken to the Patterson Memorial Hospital in Belleville where doctors worked tirelessly over him until he passed away Friday morning, never having regained conscious.
Harry Edward Rooney was born at Haddam, Kansas, May 22, 1914, and departed this life January 1, 1943 at Patterson Memorial Hospital, at the age of 28 years, 7 months and 19 days. He was the seventh child of William T. and Otilla Rooney.
After graduation from the Haddam public schools, Harry attended St. Benedict's in Atchison one year, then Kansas State College at Manhattan where he was a member of the Phi Deltha Theta fraternity.
More then any of the other Rooney children, Harry has been identified with the Haddam community and in recent months, the towns of Belleville and Brewster. After college he formed a partnership with his brother George, to conduct the Rooney Motor Co. car agency at Haddam and Belleville. Later they acquired a ranch at Brewster, Kansas.
Harry was interested in aviation, he had piloted planes and tried repeatedly during the past year to enlist in the Air Corps, but was unable to pass the physical examination, due to defective eyesight and an asthmatic condition. Therefore, he stayed at home to manage their various undertakings while his brother George has been in the service of his country the past year.
Harry was one of a family of ten children: Anne of Chicago, Illinois; Mrs. Mabel (James) J. Cahill of Long Island, N.Y.; Mary of New Orleans, La.; Wm. T. Jr. of Deerfield, Kansas; Helen of Ferry, N.Y.; George, 1st Lieutenant, Army, Camp Beauregard, La.; Harry, deceased January 1, 1943; Paul, Second Lieutenant, U.S. Army; Frederick, born December 10, 1917 and passed away eleven days later; Mrs. Geraldine (Donald) Simpson of Cheyenne Wells, Colorado.
The death of Harry is the first in the W. T. Rooney family since that of baby Frederick twenty-five years ago. Harry was a member of the Haddam Masonic and Odd Fellow Orders.
Harry with his brothers and sisters and close friends enjoyed gathering in the family home. There was a tie of affection that held the family close together. Now, something of the joy of living has gone from the family circle, and while no doubt they will be together again, Harry's passing will leave a vacant place which will be filled only by a beautiful memory of him.
Services were held at 2:30 Tuesday afternoon, January 5, at the Methodist church in Haddam. They were simple, with reading of the Episcopal ritual by Rev. Newton of Clay Center, Kansas. Burial was in the family plot in Haddam cemetery. The father, mother, and all the brothers and sisters, besides a host of relatives and friends were present at the services.
Family Members
Siblings
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Anne Elizabeth Rooney Sherman
1903–1996
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Mabel Alta Rooney Cahill
1905–1993
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Mary Marguerite "Mae" Rooney
1906–2001
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William Tecumseh "Bill" Rooney Jr
1908–1968
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Helen Eleanor Rooney Bledsoe
1910–1997
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George Arthur Rooney
1911–1988
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CPT Paul Chester "Pablo" Rooney
1916–1984
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Fredrick Funston Rooney
1917–1917
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Geraldine Pelesky Rooney Byram
1919–1964
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