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Norby Joseph Conoryea

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Norby Joseph Conoryea

Birth
Silver Lake, McLeod County, Minnesota, USA
Death
19 Dec 1953 (aged 70)
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA
Burial
Saint Paul, Ramsey County, Minnesota, USA Add to Map
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He was employed by Tristate Telephone; Northwestern Bell for 47 years. He started as a water boy for the horses and later became a lineman.

He told the story and had an article was written about his horse "Charly." When they were stringing lines in southwestern Minnesota, he would climb a pole, set the line and whistle. "Charly" would pull the wagon down the road, paying the line out from the reel and stop and wait at the next pole. He would go down to it and start the procedure over. Even though he had a very limited education he was able to wire complex switch-boards.

In his retirement years he gardened on the lot next to his home on 870 Newcomb St. Even though the toll of all of his falls from telephone poles had him hurting, he worked from morning until dark in his garden plot. He was the free farmers market for the neighborhood. His yard was full of flowers and manicured to perfection.

OBITUARY

NORBY J. CONORYEA

Norby J. Conoryea, 70, of 870 Newcomb, retired Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. lineman, died in St. John's hospital Saturday.
Mr. Conoryea was born in Silver Lake and came to St. Paul when he was 14. He retired from the telephone job in 1947.
He is survived by his wife, Sophie; three sons, Harvey of Minneapolis, Willard of St. Paul and Brother Bede, OFM, Chicago; a daughter, Alderine, St. Paul; a brother, Wallace, Detroit Lakes; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Hullsiek, St. Paul, and five grandchildren.
A solemn high mass will be celebrated for him at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Sacred Heart church, Sixth and Arcade. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.




He was employed by Tristate Telephone; Northwestern Bell for 47 years. He started as a water boy for the horses and later became a lineman.

He told the story and had an article was written about his horse "Charly." When they were stringing lines in southwestern Minnesota, he would climb a pole, set the line and whistle. "Charly" would pull the wagon down the road, paying the line out from the reel and stop and wait at the next pole. He would go down to it and start the procedure over. Even though he had a very limited education he was able to wire complex switch-boards.

In his retirement years he gardened on the lot next to his home on 870 Newcomb St. Even though the toll of all of his falls from telephone poles had him hurting, he worked from morning until dark in his garden plot. He was the free farmers market for the neighborhood. His yard was full of flowers and manicured to perfection.

OBITUARY

NORBY J. CONORYEA

Norby J. Conoryea, 70, of 870 Newcomb, retired Northwestern Bell Telephone Co. lineman, died in St. John's hospital Saturday.
Mr. Conoryea was born in Silver Lake and came to St. Paul when he was 14. He retired from the telephone job in 1947.
He is survived by his wife, Sophie; three sons, Harvey of Minneapolis, Willard of St. Paul and Brother Bede, OFM, Chicago; a daughter, Alderine, St. Paul; a brother, Wallace, Detroit Lakes; a sister, Mrs. Nellie Hullsiek, St. Paul, and five grandchildren.
A solemn high mass will be celebrated for him at 10:30 a.m. Tuesday in Sacred Heart church, Sixth and Arcade. Burial will be in Calvary cemetery.




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