LEO M. MCCARTHY

Leo M. McCarthy, 75, of 1021 N. 15th St. Manitowoc, died Sunday morning at
Holy Family Hospital, Manitowoc.
Funeral services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Tuesday at Schneider-Mittnacht
Funeral Home and 10 a.m. at Holy Innocents Catholic church, Manitowoc. The
Rev. Leo Schmitt will officiate and burial will be in Evergreen Cemetery,
Manitowoc. Graveside military services will be conducted by the American
Legion Drews-Bleser Post 88.
Mr. McCarthy was born Jan. 8, 1897, at Manitowoc, son of the late John P.
and Hannah Klein McCarthy. He was a graduate of Manitowoc High School. He
married Dorothy Miller a former home economics teacher of Menominee, Mich.,
Aug. 17, 1927, at Menominee.
He was a Veteran of World War I, a member of the local barracks, American
Legion Drews-Bleser Post 88 for 50-years, local secretary-treasurer for
United Commercial Traveler and past grand state counciler. He was also a
member of Holy Innocents Catholic Church, Past Grand Knight and fourth
Degree members of the Knights of Columbus, and a member of the Brotherhood
of Railroad Clerks.
He was employed at Chicago Northwestern Railroad for 46 years where he was
chief clerk until his retirement in 1962.
Survivors include his wife, four sons and a daughter (Survivors omitted for
privacy.); a brother, John, of Manitowoc; a sister, Mrs. Emmett (Rtuh) Norton,
of Kewaskum and 23 grandchildren. Two sisters preceded him in death.
Friends may call at the funeral home after 4 p.m. Monday where a wake service
will be conducted at 8 p.m. for Holy Innocents parish and Knights of Columbus.
Manitowoc Herald Times, Manitowoc, Wis. January 31, 1972
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[d. 01-30-1972/age 75 yrs./husband of Dorothy McCarthy/bur. on Mrs. John P. McCarthy lot]