James Joseph Hanley

HANLEY - James Joseph, of Westbury, on September 22, 2008. James was born in New York City in 1918 to James Joseph Hanley, Sr. and Margaret Whitaker Hanley. Raised in Forest Hills and Garden City with sister Pauline and brother Joseph, James attended Chaminade High School and went on to study at Villanova University and William & Mary College, graduating in 1940. James enlisted in the Marines 1st Division as a lieutenant in 1941, and served throughout WWII as a Marine Captain and Major in the South Pacific and China, and fought in the battle for Guadalcanal. James married Eileen Daly of Garden City in 1950, and the couple moved to Westbury in 1954, where their children Patricia, Marylou, Catherine, and Jane were raised. James worked for Union Carbide in New York City and briefly in the banking industry on Long Island, retiring in 1988. He enjoyed coaching Connie Mack Little League baseball in the community, had an encyclopedic knowledge of American popular music, and was a dapper dresser and a lifelong lover of animals. James was grandfather to Beth, Erin, Patrick, Margaret and James and was also an uncle to seven nephews and one niece. A visitation service will be held on Friday, September 26 at Donohue-Cecere Funeral Home in Westbury. A funeral mass will be held Saturday, the 27th at 9:45am at St. Brigid's Church on Post Avenue.