Grundy-Will County IL Archives Obituaries.....Riley, James February 22, 1922
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Newspaper Unknown, Feb 1922
James Riley of Minooka, A Pioneer, Laid to Rest

1922

Deceased was Popular Among Wide Circle of Friends

James Riley, who died at St. Joseph’s hospital, February 22, following an 
intestinal operation, was one of Minooka’s earliest settlers as well as most 
respected residents.

When, but four years of age, in 1850, Mr. Riley, with his parents, Mr. and 
Mrs. Peter Riley came to Illinois from Malone, N. Y.  The family settled in 
Kendall County, just over the line from Will and Grundy counties.  Four years 
later Mr. Riley purchased the farm upon which James Riley resided until his 
fatal illness.

James Riley was a man of the big hearted type – a man who made and retained 
the friendship of every person with whom he became acquainted.  He was highly 
congenial, and no visit to Minooka by a former resident of the vicinity was 
completed until a call had been made upon Mr. Riley.

Like all of the early settlers of this part of Illinois he was an enthusiastic 
Hunter in his youth and it was not long before he became widely known as a 
sportsman, of the higher type – a man who respected the game laws and who did 
all in his power to discourage the disregarding of them.  His home, in later 
years became a mecca for sportsmen, and many Joliet nimrods were frequent 
visitors.  The funeral was held form his late residence to St. Mary’s church 
in Minooka, where ritual services were conducted by Rev. McMahon.  Interment 
was by carriage to Mt. Olivet cemetery, Joliet.  The pall bearers were J. P. 
McEvilly, James Harvey, Richard Talbot, Arthur Thomas, Edward Brady and John 
Talbot.

He is survived by his wife, formerly Miss Maria Turley, to whom he was married 
in 1890, by one son, Roland, two daughters, Alice and Marie, one sister, Mrs. 
Martin Kaffer, of Minooka; and two brothers Hugh of Chicago and Lawrence of 
Joliet.

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