From the Catskill Mountain News, October 30,
1953
John Casey Worked for Railroad
Half a Century
John F. Casey, 72, a retired railroad man, died Tuesday morning
in Margaretville hospital following a brief illness.
Funeral services were held Thursday morning in the Sacred Heart
church at Arkville. Rev. Walter Burns officiated. Burial was in the
family plot at St. Mary's cemetery in Kingston.
Mr. Casey is survived by a son, Dermuid Casey of Arkville, a
daughter, Mrs. Helen Hamilton of Stamford, Conn., and two grand
children. Also surviving are a brother, William Casey, of
Schenectady and three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Nolan, Mrs. Margaret
Hayes, and Miss Noreen Casey of Arkville.
Born Nov. 13, 1880, at Bloomville, Mr. Casey was the son of the
late Jerry and Anna Redican Casey. He was the husband of the late
Anne O'Leary Casey.
Mr. Casey was a brakeman with the New York Central and Ulster and
Delaware Railroads for nearly 50 years. He retired several years
ago.
He was a member of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen and of
the Sacred Heart Catholic church at
Arkville.
