April 24, 2009
Hugh Henry Hanley, of Cornwall, N.Y. entered into rest on Friday, April 24, 2009, after a long illness.
He was born in Jersey City, N.J. on April 29, 1923 to Hugh and Mary Buss Hanley. He attended St. Peters Preparatory in Jersey City prior to the outbreak of WWII. He enlisted in the Army Air Corps in 1942 where he attained the rank of Lieutenant. He was the bombardier on the “Flying Finger,” a B-24 stationed with the 461st Bomb Group in Cerignola, Italy. Mr. Hanley flew over nine successful missions before being shot down over Ploestic, Czechoslovakia, on December 17, 1944, during the Battle of the Bulge. One of six survivors of the crash , Mr. Hanley was shot in the leg, captured by the Germans and imprisoned in Stalag Luft 1 in Barth, Germany, until his liberation by the Russians on May 1, 1945. For his service, he received the Purple Heart and the Army Air Medal.
After the war, he attended Fordham University and married his high school sweet heart, Ann Lehr, on August 12, 1947, who accompanied him to Germany, when he was re-activated in 1951. Mr. Hanley served as the Quarter Master for the Army at Bad Neuheim, Germany, until 1953. He later worked as a sales executive for Kolmar Labs in Port Jervis until his retirement in 1984.
Mr. Hanley is survived by his wife of 62 years, Ann, and three children: Hugh Hanley, of Arlington, MA., Martin Hanley, of Wausau, WI., and Mary Hanley Halloch, of Marlboro, N.Y.; sisters: Jane Doherty, of Red Bank, N.J. and Mary Biggio, of Vero Beach, FL.; seven grandsons: Franklin and Daniel Halloch, of Marlboro, N.Y., John and James Esposito, of Stamford, CT., and Phillip, Patrick and Matthew Hanley, of Wausau, WI. He is predeceased by his daughter Catherine Esposito, who died of cancer in 1992 ,
Friends and family may call on Monday April 27, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Quigley Bros. Funeral Home . 337 Hudson St. Cornwall-On-Hudson, N.Y.
Mass will be on Tuesday, April 28, 2009, at 10 a.m. at St. Thomas Of Canterbury Church, Cornwall-on-Hudson, N.Y. Burial will follow in Orange County Veteran Cemetery in Goshen, N.Y. In lieu of flowers, donations to Birthright in Middletown or the charity of one’s choice.
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