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Born: April 9, 1928
Died: June 17, 2019
Father Dale R. Maloy, 91, of Mendota died in his home on Monday June 17, 2019. Mass of Christian burial will be at 10:30 a.m. on Saturday at Holy Cross Church with The Most Reverend Bishop Daniel R. Jenky C.S.C. and Father Gary Blake officiating. Burial will be at Holy Cross Cemetery, Mendota. Visitation will be at Merritt Funeral Home, Mendota on Friday from 5-7 p.m. with the Rosary at 4:15 p.m. A brief visitation will be held on the morning of the Mass from 9:30 a.m. to 10:00 a.m. at Merritt Funeral Home for family and clergy arriving from out of town the morning of the funeral.
Father Maloy was born in Sublette on April 9, 1928 to Ralph and Frances (Full) Maloy.
Father Maloy graduated from Mendota High School in 1946 and Saint Ambrose in Davenport, Iowa in 1950. He then attended Saint Paul Seminary in Minnesota for four years, followed by ordination into the priesthood in Peoria in 1954. His first Mass was said at Holy Cross Church in Mendota. He was an Assistant Pastor at Visitation in Kewanee, Sacre Creve Coeur and St. Mark's in Peoria. He was Pastor at Saint John in Walnut for a brief period, St. Theresa in Earlville for 16 years, and Holy Rosary in LaSalle for 16 years. During his retirement years he resided in Mendota. He was with the Marriage Tribunal in Peoria for ten years as an advocate and 20 years as a judge
Father Maloy was a great sportsman. He played summer baseball in the Illinois Valley and in 1946 attended the national tournament in Dayton Ohio, where Jim (Stymie) Schmitt was the pitcher and he was the catcher. He later played semi-pro baseball. While at Saint Ambrose, he played tennis and the team won the Iowa Conference Championship. He was an avid golfer, hunter, and downhill skier.
Survivors include a niece, Susan Brown (Alan) Urso of Earlville, great nephew Dan (Susan) Bohn of Rockton and great niece Amy Bohn of Atlanta, Georgia.
He was preceded in death by his parents, an older sister Marjorie that died in infancy, and a second sister, Marian (Maloy) Brown in 2018. his brother-in-law, Benton Brown in 2013. Mention should also be given to two long time housekeepers, Katie Gripentrog from St. Theresa in Earlville who died in 1989 and Rita Mae Aubry from Holy Rosary in LaSalle who died in 2012.
Memorials may be directed to Holy Cross Church.