John Dooley

John Dooley, a forty year employee of the Bureau of Reclamation, died Saturday, March 17, 2007, in Boise, Idaho, after a short illness. Services will be held at 12:30 pm on Monday at Cathedral of the Holy Spirit with Rev. Thomas E. Kramer officiating. Burial will be held at St. Mary's Cemetery, Bismarck. A vigil will be held at 7:00 pm Sunday at Eastgate Funeral Service, Bismarck. Visitation will be held at 10:30 am until the time of service on Monday at the church. John Dooley was born at Fargo, North Dakota, on May 27, 1941. A graduate of St. Mary's Central High School, he received a BS in Civil Engineering in 1964 from North Dakota State University. After a year and a half with the North Dakota Highway Department in the design phase of central and western sections of Interstate 94, he began his Bureau of Reclamation career in Boise in November 1965. In 1974 he was promoted to the Billings, MT, regional office and thereafter the planning division in Denver. While in Denver in 1987 he was selected as the US Bureau of Reclamation's delegate to assist the Brazilian reclamation office in Brasilia; in 1995 he traveled to South Africa on similar Bureau duties. In 1990 he was named the Project Superintendent of the Minidoka Project on the Snake River, based in Burley, Idaho, and in 1993 he was selected as the Reclamation manager for the Columbia River System in Portland, OR. In 1996 he received the Department of the Interior's Honor Award for Superior Service. He retired in 2004. He loved his work and deeply appreciated all who worked with him; he was an active member of Sacred Heart parish. He was an avid traveler and outdoorsman who enjoyed hiking, camping, skiing, hunting and fishing. John is survived by many loyal friends and three brothers, Patrick Nora of Cuba, NY, Fintan Judy of Milwaukee, WI, and Bernard Diane of Boston, MA; one sister, deRicci Horwatt of Canonsburg, PA; and eleven nieces and nephews. His parents, Kiaran L. Dooley and Katharine McDonald Dooley predeceased him. In lieu of flowers please give memorials in John's name to the Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Boise.

John Dooley

May 27, 1941 - March 17, 2007