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Rev Fr Leander Conley

25 May 1891 – 1954

Birth	25 May 1891
Death	1954
Cemetery	Queen of Heaven Catholic Cemetery Hillside , Cook County , Illinois , USA
Added by	Beth D on 25 Jul 2022
FaG	https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/242009083

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The parents and the article below suggested by contributor 52141179. REV. LEANDER CONLEY, O. F. M. Father Conley was born May 28, 1891, on a farm six miles north of Columbus, on the Monastery Road, the son of John Conley and Margaret Finnegan Conley, both of whom came originally from Cascade, Iowa. When the boy was four years old, his mother died, leaving only the father and two sisters, now Mrs. Mark Burke and Mrs. Frank Morgan, both of Columbus, Nebraska. At eight years of age the boy moved to Columbus with the family, where Mr. Conley had purchased a three-acre plot on Lovers' Lane. Young Conley spent a year at the district school near their farm, and later attended St. Francis' Academy at Columbus. When thirteen years old, Conley witnessed the death of his father also. For a few years the three children kept house together, but the priestly vocation called the boy to Teutopolis, Illinois, in 1907. The five years' preparatory study was finished in 1911; the novitiate made in 1911-1912, followed by two years' humaniora at Quincy and five years of Philosophy and Theology at West Park Seminary, Cleveland, Ohio. Fr. Leander was ordained in St. Joseph's Church, Cleveland, 1919. Another year of study was spent in St. Louis, during which time he was Chaplain of the City Sanitarium. Father Conley's first appointment was to St. Joseph's College, Teutopolis, Illinois, from 1920 to 1923; then he was sent to Quincy College, Quincy, Illinois, as sub-rector, till June, 1924. At that time he was appointed sub-rector at Teutopolis until January, 1927. In the summer of 1927 Father Conley was placed on the mission band and is kept constantly on the road, in various states of the Union. Since beginning the mission work, Father Conley has given over 45 retreats and missions before the end of 1928.

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