OBITUARY: Joseph Allen Bly, 1957-2005, Mitchell County, Iowa 

Web-posted: May 11, 2005 on www.mcpress.com --- Edited by IaGenWeb




                                 Joe Bly

Funeral services for Joseph Allen Bly, age 47, of Osage, were held Monday,
May 9, 2005, at the Interstate Park in Mitchell, with Rev. Wayne Ellingson
officiating.

Burial was in the Oak Grove Cemetery in Mitchell with military honors at
the grave by Osage V.F.W. Post 7920. Joe died Wednesday, May 4, 2005, at
his home in Osage.

Joe was born July 23, 1957, in Osage, Iowa, the son of Ervin Bly and Norma
(Lovejoy) Moen. Joe served in the United States Navy. He was an employee
of Osage Manufacturing for 23 years. Joe enjoyed outdoor activities, and
writing poems, some of which he had published. He also enjoyed spending
time with his family and friends. Joe's granddaughter, Hailey, was his
pride and joy.  Joe's wishes were carried out to be at home with the loving
help of his cousin, Diana Bly.

Joe was preceded in death by his grandparents, Ellis and Hilda Bly and
Wilder and Fama Lovejoy, and his father, Ervin Bly.

Joe is survived by a daughter Sheila (Bly) Taylor and husband David of
Cedar Falls; a granddaughter Hailey Taylor of Cedar Falls; his mother
Norma Moen and husband Gene of Nora Springs; three sisters, Vickie (Bly)
Norby and husband Bill of Rudd, Michelle (Bly) Warner and husband Keith
of Rockford, Kelly (Bly) Miller and husband Dean of Rudd; two brothers,
Rick Bly and wife Sandy of Virginia Beach, Virginia, and Kris Bly of
Osage; and many aunts, uncles, nieces and nephews, and cousins.

Arrangments were made by Champion-Bucheit Funeral Home in Osage.


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