William J. Moonan - Obituary

William Joseph Moonan

Dec. 19, 1896 - Jan. 31, 1944

Boonville

W. J. Moonan, 47,

Dies at Hospital

WWI Veteran Was Love Post Commander;

Rites Friday

Boonville, Feb. 1 - William Joseph Moonan, American Legion Post Commander, died at 6:30 PM Monday at Rome Hospital where he had been a patient ten days.  He had been in poor health for a year and seriously ill three weeks.

He was born in Amsterdam, Dec. 19, 1896, a son of the late Lawrence and Mary Blundell Moonan.  He was educated at St. Mary's Institute, Amsterdam, and lived his early life there.

On Feb. 12, 1923, he married Miss. Dorothy Cavanagh, Boonville, the ceremony being performed by the Rev. Dennis C. Flynn, then pastor of St. Joseph's Church.  For a short time after their marriage the couple lived in Amsterdam and then came to Boonville where they have since resided.  Their home was on Schuyler St.

Mr. Moonan was an asbestos mechanic by trade and was a past president of Local 30, Syracuse asbestos mechanic's union.  He was a member of St. Joseph's Church and its Holy Name Society and was also a member of Boonville Council, Knights of Columbus.

Mr. Moonan served as a member of Battery B, 18th Field Artillery in World War I and had been an active member of Charles J. Love D.S.C. Post 408, American Legion, which he was serving as commander at the time of his death.

He leaves his widow; four sons and a daughter.  William J., Jr., John L., Edward R., Kenneth E., and Christina M. Moonan, all at home; a brother Lawrence Moonan, Amsterdam; an uncle, William Moonan, Amsterdam; three nieces and a nephew.

Funeral Services will be held Friday with prayer at the home at 9:30 a.m. and services at St. Joseph's Church at 10 a.m.

Rome Daily Sentinel; Feb. 1, 1944; <http://www.fultonhistory.com/>; on Dec. 13, 2013.