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In 1902 the old church was replaced by a new one called St. Mary's Church. This building was no longer used when a new Catholic Church was built in Leon in 1918 and the congregation attended at Leon the vacated St. Mary's church was torn down in 1927. He officiated at a funeral and burial while it was raining and cold. He gave his own raincoat to a mother to keep her infant dry, but Father Molloy became chilled and died 3 days later of pneumonia. Known burial, no stone.