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NAME: Worley, Bert LeRoy (m. Cora B. Van Auken)

OBIT: Morning Democrat, Davenport IA, 20 May 1952

THE WORLEY FUNERAL
 A requiem high Mass will be said at 10 a.m. Wednesday in St. Mary's church, Davenport, for Bert LeRoy Worley, 79, of 310 1/2 Gaines street, Davenport, who died at 2:30 a.m. Monday in his home after a long illness.
 Burial will be in Fairmount cemetery. The body was taken to the Runge mortuary, where brief services will be held at 9:30 a.m. Wednesday.
 Mr. Worley was a cement finisher and plasterer by trade. He was born Aug. 2, 1872, in Columbus Junction and attended school (there.) He married Cora (Van Auken - - - ) 12, 1903, in Columbus Junction, where the couple made their home until 1918 when they moved to Davenport.
 Surviving are his wife; a daughter, Mrs. Andrew Reyline, and two sisters, Mrs. Sue Wilcox and Mrs. Margaret McCornick, both of Muscatine.

contributed by Betty Rasmussen