The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1916-11-08
HARRY LUNEY
NOW AT REST
After Years Of Suffering, Harry Luney
son of Mr.. and Mrs. w. D. Luney,
Succumbs 10 Disease.
FUNERAL MONDAY AFTERNOON
Deceased Leaves Wife and Three
Children, Besides Parents and
Brothers and Sisters.

! Mr.. Harry Luney, son of Mr.. AM
Mrs. w. D. Luney, died at the home o
his parents, Mr.. and Mrs! >W. ID. ALuney
lin this city Saturday, November 4tll
at $3.50 o'clock, after an illiiess cover
ing several years. He was afflicted
with peculiar nerve trouble, Which
baffled the physicians and in fact the
disease is SO uncommon that no rem
edy has been found for it. In July hi
and his family came to DenisOn from
their home at Montrose, COlo., IN hope!
that the change of climate would prove
beneficial to him. For the first few
weeks he seemed to improve, but later
he grew worse until death came to re
lieve him from his suffering.
The deceased was born July l, 1879
at Carrickfergus, County Antrim, Ire
land, where he lived until the age D!
| ten when he came to America with his
mother They came directly to Deni
son, where his father had come sia
months before to make the new home
for the family. Here Harry spent his
boyhood and grew to manhood. He at
tended the public schools Of Denison
until nineteen years of age when he
went " WOIh Ill Iuc DuIhc uIu6 oIOIc
as pharmacist On Dec. Is, 1898, he
was united in marriage to Miss Blanche
Partridge, and to this union We're born
three children: LeOna. who died in in.
fancy, Una Belle and George Harry
who survive. Mr.. and Mrs. Luney and
baby daughter moved in December
1900 to Prestcott, Ariz., where for
three years he worked as q pharma.
cist. He then took the civil service
examination and began his work with
the United States government. Six
months later he was transferred to
Montrose, Colo, where he held gov
eminent position up until the time of
his death.
On the 18th of July. of this year, Mr..
and Mrs. Luney and their children
came to DenisOn for a visit at the old
home, thinking that a complete rest
and change Of climate would be of ben
eft to him. During the summer all OF
the children Of Mr.. and Mrs. w. d.
Luney gathered for reunion, which
was most happy occasion for Harry.
During the reunion Harry was up a
part of the time, but as the days went
by some had to be spent in bed while
others were spent sitting up visiting
with his family and his many friends.
During his long illness he was most
patent sufferer, never once complain
ing of his lot, although he knew full
well that his days on this earth were
numbered. All was done that could
possibly aid him physically and the
fact that his loved ones were near him
was of much comfort to him in his
declining days.
The deceased leaves a loving and
most devoted wife, Blanche Partridge
Luney, and two children. Una Belle
and George Harry, ages fourteen and
eleven years; loving father and moth.
er Mr.. and Mrs. w. d. Luney; three
brothers, James, of ElPas0, Texas;
Charles, of SanFrancisco. and Eugene,
of Sioux City; four sisters; Mrs. Mar
tina Holmes and Mrs. Ray Friend, Of
Denison; Mrs. Sam Stewart, of Me-
dina, N. D., and Mrs. Geo. Cole, of
New York City.
Harry Luney early in life made it