George Lucey

George Lucey, 86 of Carroll died at 1:15 a.m.  Wednesday March 17 at
St. Anthony Hospital after several years of illness.

A Requiem mass will be celebrated at 10 a.m.  Friday at Holy Spirit
Church by the Very Rev.  Leo Lenz, V. F. with interment in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.  Arrangements are in charge of Sharp Funeral Home of
Carroll, where friends may call after 2 p.m. Thursday.  The Charles
Carroll Council, Knights of Columbus will recite the rosary at 8 p.m.
Thursday; another rosary will follow at 8:45.

Mr. Lucey had worked at the Kisgen Cigar store for many years, and for
16 years served on the Carroll County Selective Service board.

He was born at Kirkman, Ia March 10, 1884, a son of Jeremiah and
Katherine McAndrews Lucey.  At the age of six he moved with his
parents to Vail, and later to Merrill, He was married to Clara Kemp at
St. Joseph's church in LeMars On May 3, 1916 by the late Rev. F.  X.
Feursteen: and the couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary
in May, 1966.

Following their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Lucey moved to Salt Lake City,
Utah, living there two years and then returning to Iowa.  They moved
to Carroll in 1938.

Mr. Lucey was a member of Holy Spirit Church, a member and past grand
knight of the Charles Carroll Council K of C and a member and past
faithful navigator of the Fourth Degree K of C.

He is survived by a son, Robert E. Lucey, of Tacoma, Wash: four
daughters, Mrs. Paul (Genevieve) Rauch of Lake View, Mrs. Kathleen
Walden of Carroll, Mrs. John (Joan) Carlton of Balboa, Ca., Alberta
Lucey of Denver Colo.: also 16 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren, 2
brothers, Philip and Marquette Lucey, both of Sioux City, and a
sister, Mrs. Florence Lambert, of LeMars.  Preceding him in death were
his wife on July 19, 1969, a daughter Rosemary Lucey: two brothers and
two sisters.

Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa 
Wednesday March 17, 1971, page 2
Typed by Lyman Morrison 12/27/1994

Note by Dennis Nicklaus, 1999: The above March 10 birthdate is as I received 
this retyped copy from Lyman. His son Robert and daughter Alberta both
corrected me that his birthdate was March 19, not 10. So I guess there
was a typo along the way somewhere, either by Lyman or the Times Herald.


			     Clara Lucey

Mrs. Clara Lucey, 82, wife of George Lucey of Carroll did at 1:50 a.m.
Saturday in St.  Anthony's hospital, where she had been a patient the
past six weeks.  She had been in failing health for two years.

Requiem mass will be at 10 a.m. Tuesday, from St. Joseph's church,
with the Very Rev. Leo Lenz officiating.  Burial will be in Mt. Olivet
Cemetery.

Friends may call after 5 p.m. Sunday, at the Sharp Funeral Home, where
the rosary will be recited at 8 p.m. and 8:30 p.m. Sunday, and on
Monday by the Legion of Mary at 3 p.m.: C.D.  of A. at 8 p.m. and at
8:45.

Mrs. Lucey was a member of the Holy Spirit parish, the Catholic
Daughters of America, Legion of Mary, and the American Legion
Auxiliary.

She was born March 26, 1887 at LeMars, the daughter of Mathias and
Josephine Kemp.  Her younger years were spent in LeMars, until May 3,
1916 when she was married to George Lucey at St. Joseph's church
there.  The couple celebrated their golden wedding anniversary in May,
1966

After their marriage they moved to Salt Lake City, Utah , later
returning to Iowa to farm in Plymouth county until 1932: then moving
to Auburn where they operated a restaurant, and later in 1939 to
Carroll.

She is survived by her husband, George, the following sons and
daughters, Robert E. Lucey, of Tacoma, Wash: four daughters, Mrs. Paul
(Genevieve) Rauch of Lake View, Mrs. Kathleen Walden of Carroll, Mrs.
John (Joan) Carlton of Balboa, Ca., Alberta Lucey of Denver Colo.:
also 16 grandchildren, 6 great grandchildren and two sisters, Mrs. Mae
Lieb, Austin, Minn.  and Mrs. Nick Goetzinger, Oyens, Ia..

Preceding her in death was a daughter Rosemary in 1951, 3 brothers and
3 sisters.

Times Herald, Carroll, Iowa 
Saturday July 19. 1969 page 2
Typed by Lyman Morrison 12/27/1994