JAMES MALEY, Jr.
Champaign - Funeral services for James Junior Maley, 75, of Champaign will be at 11 a.m. Thursday at Owens Funeral Home, 101 N. Elm St., Champaign,IL Chaplain Vera Duncanson will officiate.
Burial will be in Woodlawn Cemetery, Urbana,IL. Military rites will be by the Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5520 Color Guard.
Visitation will be from 10 to 11 a.m. Thursday at the funeral home.
Mr. Maley died at 8:10 a.m. Tuesday (April 18, 2000) at home.
He was born Oct. 14, 1924, in Champaign,IL, a son of James Maley and Rhoda Pierce Maley. He married Pauline L. Schmidt on May 17, 1947, in Champaign,IL. she died Sept. 22, 1997.
Surviving are a daughter, Kathleen Friedrich of Urbana,IL; a son, Steven Maley of Mahomet,IL; five grandchildren; Kelli Ann Davis; Troy DWayne Davis; Michael John Davis; Stephanie Maley and James Jesse Maley and a sister, Helen Reed of Owosso,Mich.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brother: Eugene Charles Maley and Philip Edward Maley and two sisters Irene Elizabeth Maley and Phyllis RoseAnn Cassidy.
Mr. Maley served with the U.S. Army Air Foreces in the China-Burma-India theater during World War II. He retired in 1987 from clifford-Jacobs Forging, Champaign,IL after working there for 38 years. His interests included bowling and other sports.
Memorial contributions may be made to the Provena Covenant Hospice Care Program of the American Lung Association.
Submitted by: Pat Maley-Curtis