Hooley, Vernon Joseph (1894-1975)

Mennonite Weekly Review obituary: 1975 Jul 3 p. 11

Birth date: 1894 Mar 8

text of obituary:

VERNON JOSEPH HOOLEY

Funeral services for Vernon Joseph Hooley of Colorado Springs, Colo. were held on May 12 in the Bethel Mennonite Church. Burial was made in Crystal Valley Cemetery at Manitou Springs. Rev. Calvin J. King officiated.

V. J. died May 8 at the age of 81 in a Colorado Springs hospital. He was sick just one day. He was born March 8, 1894 in LaGrange, Ind. He attended Goshen College until called into service during World War I. He was married on July 17, 1921 at Kalona, Ia. to Viola M. Ulrich of Manson, Ia.

A retired carpenter who had lived at Colorado Springs five years, he formerly resided at Manson, Ia. He was a member of the Mennonite Church.

He is survived by his widow of Colorado Springs, three sons, Max E. of Chipita Park, Lee E. of Longmont, and Jno. E. of Denver, a daughter, Mrs. Gene (Charity) Yordy of Woodland Park; two brothers, Kenneth and George, both of Goshen, Ind.; three sisters, Mrs. Lois Cripe of Goshen, Mrs. Clara Hershberger of Glendale, Ariz., and Mrs. Florence Kurtz of Mishawaka, Ind.; 11 grandchildren and five great-grandchildren.