Rev. Joseph Patrick Nooney

Rev. Joseph Nooney, 95, of Fort Dodge passed away on Friday, October 6, 2017, at the Marian Home in Fort Dodge. Funeral services will be 1:00 PM Wednesday, October 11, 2017, at Sacred Heart Church with Most Reverend Bishop R. Walker Nickless officiating, the Mass of Christian Burial. A visitation will begin at 11:00 a.m. at the church Wednesday. Burial will be at Corpus Christi Cemetery with a U.S. Flag Presentation. Laufersweiler-Sievers Funeral Home is serving the family. Survivors include his nephews, Bill Nooney; Gregory Nooney; Michael Nooney all of Sioux City and Patrick Nooney of Richmond, VA; nieces, Marianne Buford of Sioux City; Terry Piere of Shaenee, KS. and Ann Peck of Hudson, WI; sisters-in-law, Johnette Nooney of Sioux City and Mary Nooney at St. Aurora, CO. Joseph was preceded in death by his parents Thomas W. and Elizabeth (Crotty) Nooney; brothers, Richard; Thomas. Robert and John Nooney. Patrick Joseph Nooney was born on September 24, 1922, in Sioux City. He attended Trinity High School and later Trinity College in Sioux City. A year after his graduation, Joseph was drafted into the United States Army. He served with the 28th Infantry and 8th Infantry Division in four major campaigns in France and Germany during WWII. He received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. After his honorable discharge he returned to Trinity College and then his last collegiate year at Loras College in Dubuque. He then attended St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. On June 7, 1952, he was ordained by The Most Reverend Bishop Mueller in Sioux City at the Cathedral of the Epiphany. Rev. Joseph Nooney served as a priest for 60 years, retiring in 1996 in Fort Dodge. Rev. Nooney is a past chaplain to the Boy Scouts of America and past member of the V.F.W. Post 3388 of Estherville. In Lieu of flowers, please make memorial mass offerings. Visitation Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 11:00 am - 1:00 pm Sacred Heart Church 211 S 13th St Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501 Funeral Mass Wed, Oct 11, 2017 at 1:00 pm Sacred Heart Church 211 S 13th St Fort Dodge, Iowa 50501