{"id":4557,"date":"2020-08-28T12:40:41","date_gmt":"2020-08-28T12:40:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=4557"},"modified":"2020-08-28T12:40:41","modified_gmt":"2020-08-28T12:40:41","slug":"clarence-e-cady","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/?p=4557","title":{"rendered":"Clarence E. Cady"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"Clarence E. Cady \u2013 89 \u2013 of 6835 Upper Glen Ave., Hornell, died Saturday afternoon (August 22, 2020) at St. James Hospital, following a short illness.<\/p>\n

Born in Hornell on December 14, 1930, he was the son of Clarence & Iva (O\u2019Rourke) Cady.<\/p>\n

Clarence grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High School (class of 1950).\u00a0 Following high school graduation, he was drafted in the US Army and honorably served his country in Korea during the Korean Conflict.<\/p>\n

Following his honorable discharge from the US Army, Clarence decided to continue his education and enrolled at Alfred State, receiving a degree in Sales and Building Construction.<\/p>\n

He was employed for 37 years at the former Erie Railroad, Erie-Lackawanna Railroad and Conrail, first as a trackman, brakeman, and eventually a conductor retiring in 1991.\u00a0 Throughout the years, Clarence owned & operated his own 116-acre farm, raising corn, oats & wheat and also raising beef cows.<\/p>\n

An outstanding carpenter, Clarence built his own home on Upper Glen Ave., Hornell.\u00a0 He was a member of the Arkport American Legion and also a member of the Hornell Moose Lodge.\u00a0 He loved rooting for the Buffalo Bills fan, especially during the Super Bowl Years.<\/p>\n

He was preceded in death by his sister, Bertha Hathaway; his half-sister, Dorothy Zalinski.<\/p>\n

Clarence was married on May 24, 1958 to the former Joan Sackett who survives.\u00a0 Also surviving are 2 sons, Roger Cady of Hornell, Greg (Tammy Mead) Cady of Hornell; 1 daughter, Susan Cady of Hornell; 3 grandsons, Jesse Mead, Billy Cady & Owen Cady; several nieces & nephews.<\/p>\n

The family of Clarence E. Cady will receive friends on Tuesday from 4:00 PM \u2013 6:00 PM at the Dagon Funeral Home, 38 Church St., Hornell, NY.\u00a0 <\/strong>United States Army Military Honors will be held at the conclusion of calling hours at 6:00 PM. Final interment will be in the Bath National Cemetery, Bath, NY.<\/p>\n

In recognition of Clarence\u2019s service to his country during the Korean Conflict, the American Flag at the Dagon Funeral Home will be flown at half-staff.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Clarence E. Cady \u2013 89 \u2013 of 6835 Upper Glen Ave., Hornell, died Saturday afternoon (August 22, 2020) at St. James Hospital, following a short illness. Born in Hornell on December 14, 1930, he was the son of Clarence & Iva (O\u2019Rourke) Cady. Clarence grew up in Hornell and was a graduate of Hornell High […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4557","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-obituaries"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4557"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4559,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4557\/revisions\/4559"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4557"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4557"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.dagonfuneralhome.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4557"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}