A BRAMWELL HIGH SCHOOL ALUMNUS
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| Johnnie S. Mooney, age 87, of Rural Peru, Kansas, passed away Saturday, September 10, 2022 at the Select Specialty Hospital at OSU Medical Center in Tulsa, Oklahoma. He was born on May 10, 1935 in Farraday, Kentucky to Fred Mooney and Ardella "Sarah" (Webb) Mooney. He graduated from high school in Bramwell, West Virginia. On June 19, 1955 he married Mary Ferrell in Peru, Kansas. They made their way all over the United States and the world. John enlisted in the United States Air Force in Dayton, Ohio where he served for over twenty two years before retiring at Luke Air Force Base, Arizona as Master Sergeant. They moved to Peru in 1976 where they lived and raised cattle and pigs. Johnnie also worked for USPS as a mail carrier in Caney until his retirement in 1995. Johnnie was a former member of the Peru United Methodist Church and currently attended the Havana United Methodist Church; his hobbies were: fishing, hunting, yard work, and he enjoyed watching football. He also loved to talk to people and he never met a stranger. He is survived by his wife of 67 years, Mary Mooney of the home in rural Peru, Kansas; one daughter, Joni Gleason and husband Mike of Jetmore, Kansas; three grandson; Steven Gleason, Johnathan Howard, and Michael Howard; one great-grandson, Justin Gleason; one son-in-law, Ralph David Howard of rural Peru, Kansas; two sisters, Glinda Horn of West Carrollton, Ohio and Zelma Fletcher of Tulsa, Oklahoma; one brother, Bill Mooney of West Carrollton, Ohio and many other family and friends. He was preceded in death by his daughter Sherry Howard on March 8, 2019, as well as his parents. Cremation has taken place and a memorial service will be held on Friday, September 16, 2022 at 1:30 p.m. at the Peru Cemetery in Peru, Kansas with Pastor Mark Loftin and Pastor Dale Stone officiating. Military Honors will be presented. The family has suggested memorials to the Havana United Methodist Church or the Friends of the Chautauqua County Animal Shelter and those can be left in care of the Dickens Family Funeral Home, 209 N. Douglas, Sedan, Kansas 67361. To view the obituary or leave a message for the family please go to www.dickensfuneral.com. |
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| In September 2000 a article appeared in a local paper in Sedan, Kansas about a Bramwell High school Class '54 member and his family. Many of us remember this fellow BHS graduate from some fifty years ago. He is John Mooney; shown here when he was serving in the US Air Force. John made the Air force his career and served there for twenty two years; retiring in 1976 as a Master Sergeant. John's second career was with the US Post Office, where he worked for another 17 years. Those of us who have served in the military realize the sacrifices that John and his family made in the defense of this nation. John is to be commended for his years of military service to our country. |
Mary and Johnnie Mooney - September 2000
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John and his wife Mary are retired now and enjoying life to the fullest with their children and three grandchildren in the little Kansas town of Peru. |
