Reverend Paul Hartley

1955-2022

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Fortified by the anointing of the Holy Catholic Church, The Reverend Paul Marion Hartley passed away peacefully at Boone Hospital, Columbia, Wednesday, Jan. 12, 2022.

A Mass of Christian Burial will be Wednesday (today), Jan. 19, at 11 a.m. at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church, Boonville. Visitation will be one hour prior to the funeral, with a rosary to be prayed at 9:45 a.m. Burial will follow in the SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church Cemetery.

Father Paul M. Hartley was born Aug.13, 1955, in Colorado Springs, Colo., the son of the late Herman Hartley and the late Martha Bechtold Hartley. He is survived by his sisters Jayne Evatte and husband John and Monica Hartley, and his brother Mark Hartley, seven nieces and nephews, plus his brother priests.

Father Hartley attended SS. Peter and Paul Catholic School and graduated from Laura Speed Elliott High School, both in Boonville. He attended Rockhurst University, Kansas City, from 1973-1977 and St. John’s Seminary, St. Cloud, Minn., from 1977-1981. He was ordained to the Holy Priesthood on May 30, 1981, by the Most Reverend Michael F. McAuliffe, Bishop of Jefferson City, at SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Church.

His pastoral assignments were: Associate Pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish, Jefferson City; Pastor, Church of the Risen Savior Parish, Rhineland; Pastor, St. Andrew Parish, Tipton; Pastor, St. Mary Parish, Shelbina and St. Patrick Parish, Clarence; Pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish, Owensville and St. Alexander Parish, Belle; Pastor, St. George Parish, Linn; Pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish, Macon and Mission of Sacred Heart, Bevier; Administrator of Shrine of St. Patrick, St. Patrick, St. Michael Parish, Kahoka, and the Mission of St. Martha, Wayland; Pastor, Sacred Heart Church, Vandalia and Mission of St. John, Laddonia; Pastor, St. Mary Parish, Glasgow and St. Joseph Parish, Slater; Pastor, Immaculate Conception Parish, Montgomery City and St. Patrick Parish Jonesburg; and Pastor, Church of the Resurrection Parish, Wellsville.

Father Hartley celebrated his 25th Anniversary of Holy Priesthood Aug. 13, 2006, at the Shrine of St. Patrick Parish, St. Patrick. He celebrated his 40th Priestly Anniversary on May 30, 2021, at the Knights of Columbus Hall, Montgomery City.

Memorial contributions are suggested to SS. Peter and Paul Catholic School, SS. Peter and Paul Catholic Cemetery, or the Little Sisters of the Poor, Kansas City.

Arrangements entrusted to Howard Funeral Home LLC, Boonville.