OBITUARY from local newspaper, April 1943 SIOUX CITYAN DIES IN ACTION Corporal Ronald Carey, Formerly of LeMars, Killed in Africa Corporal Technician Ronald F. Carey, son of Mrs. Mary A. Carey, 416 16th Street, was killed in action in the North African area April 8, [1943] according to word received from the war department in Washington by his mother. Corporal Carey was born December 2, 1913, at Marcus, Ia., and attended the Marcus parochial school. In 1925 the family moved to LeMars where he graduated from St. Joseph’s high school. After graduation, he moved to Sioux City and was employed by the Gifford Oil Company and the Powers Collection Service. He enlisted in the army in February 1941. Corporal Carey is survived by his mother; a brother, Wilfred J., San Antonio, Tex.; three sisters, Mrs. Edith Meinen and Bernice McCarville, both of Sioux City, and Sister De Chantal of New Orleans, La.
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