Geraldine Moyles Casey, former resident of Batavia, passed away in her home in McKinney, Texas on April 8, 2016, at the age of 87. Geraldine A. Moyles was born in Batavia on June 28, 1928, the daughter of Austin P. Moyles and Ruth O. Lewis Moyles. She was preceded in death by her father in 1938 and her mother in 1986. She was also preceded in death by older siblings, Jean Moyles (Ramsay), Marilyn Irene Moyles (McGuire), and Donald A. Moyles.
Geraldine was graduated from Batavia High School on her seventeenth birthday in 1945. In March 1947 she and a high school friend, Frances DeSalvo, moved to the Washington D.C. area, each taking a secretarial position with the government. There, Geraldine met Jimmie D. Casey, a Technical Sergeant assigned to the Joint Chiefs of Staff in the Pentagon. The two were married at Saint Joseph’s Catholic Church in Batavia on July 7, 1950. Geraldine and Jimmie enjoyed many assignments in the US and overseas during his long career in the Air Force. They relocated to McAlester, Oklahoma in 1973, where she resumed her government service with a position with the Federal Aviation Administration. The couple retired to the Lake Eufaula area in Oklahoma in 1994 and enjoyed gardening, fishing, and volunteering for veterans and senior citizens groups in the area. Geraldine’s husband Jimmie passed in February 2000.
She is survived by four sons and their spouses – James B. Casey (Pam) of McKinney, TX, John M. Casey (Jean) of Carrollton, TX, Wesley G. Casey (Betty) of Tulsa, Oklahoma, and Paul M. Casey (Lida) of Lake Dallas, Texas. She remained close to and was survived by her eleven grandchildren Brad, Alyson, Caroline, Lindsey, Connor, Amelia, Stuart, Anna, Mary, Hannah and Dylan.
Her sweet, loving and gentle spirit brought immeasurable joy to family and friends. She was released with graveside committal service on April 12, 2016, by Father Leonard Higgins of Saint John the Evangelist Church of McAlester, Oklahoma, before burial in Savanna, Oklahoma cemetery. Arrangements were handled by Chaney-Harkins Funeral Home of McAlester, Oklahoma. Full obituary and opportunity to share remembrance is available at http://www.chaneyharkinsfuneralhome.com
