ntry and 8th Infantry Division in four major campaigns in France and Germany during WWII. He received a Purple Heart and Bronze Star. After his honorable discharge he returned to Trinity College and then his last collegiate year at Loras College in Dubuque. He then attended St. Paul Seminary in St. Paul, Minnesota. On June 7, 1952, he was ordained by The Most Reverend Bishop Mueller in Sioux City at the Cathedral of the Epiphany. Rev. Joseph Nooney served as a priest for 60 years, retiring in 1996 in Fort Dodge. Rev. Nooney is a past chaplain to the Boy Scouts of America and past member of the V.F.W. Post 3388 of Estherville.
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