Mass of Christian burial for Raymond “Ray” Rooney, 92, of Perry will be 10 a.m. Wednesday, Aug. 26 at St. Patrick Catholic Church. Burial will be at the Violet Hill Cemetery in Perry following the Mass.
Ray passed away Sunday, Aug. 23, 2020, at the Dallas County Hospital in Perry, Iowa.
Raymond Lyons Rooney was born May 31, 1928, in Perry, Iowa, the son of James Patrick and Mary June (Lyons–Moran) Rooney.
He was a lifelong resident of Perry and graduated from St. Patrick High School.
Ray married Marilyn Baker on Jan. 7, 1950, in Perry.
Ray was a farmer south of Perry for many years, and he also was the manager of the state-owned liquor store in Perry for a number of years before retiring.
Ray was preceded in death by his parents; his wife, Marilyn, on Jan. 6, 2004; one sister, Margaret Hake; and one brother, J. Norman Rooney.
Ray is survived by his daughter, Marsha (Chuck) Mueggenberg of Hamilton, Ohio; son, Steve (Melissa) Rooney of Robinsville, N.C.; five grandchildren, Todd (Amber) Mueggenberg of Hamilton, Ohio, Jill (Jade) Maasch of Loveland, Colorado, Emma Rooney of Buffalo, N.Y., Katelin (Zach) Cummings of Harlem, Georgia, and Noah Rooney of Nashville, Tennessee; and seven great-grandchildren, Eric, Tyler, Rian, Jack, Annie, Mason and Levi.
Memorials will be directed to St. Patrick Catholic Church, and sympathy notes for the family may be sent to Murdock Funeral Home in Perry. Online condolences may be left at murdockfuneralhome.net.
