Waterbury evening Democrat., 1891-07-06
MORTALITY RECORD.
Deaths and Funerals of People Well
known Here.


The death of Peter Lawlor occurred
Friday afternoon at the Post Graduate
hospital in New York city. The de-
ceased had been ailing for more than a
year with throat trouble. He went to
the hospital two weeks ago, but ex-
perienced no relief. Mr. Lawlor was SO
years of age. He was born in Noun
trath, Queens county, Ireland, coming
to America July 3, 1862. He was en-
ployed for seven years in the grocery
store of N. B. Platt on Bank street and
afterwards started in the grocery bust
ness for himself in Browns building on
East Main street, from which he moved
to the building occupied at present by
tthe Bronson library. He afterwards
moved to the ground floor of the build
ing on East Main street, for years
known as Lawlor's hotel, where with
his three brothers, the grocery and I'M
dertaking business was carried on.
The firm afterwards engaged in the dry
| goods business at the same stand and
also for a time conducted a store in
| New Britain. In 1864 Mr. Lawlor
married Catherine Hendrcken, sister of
the late Bishop Hendricken, who with
three children, Thomas F., John P. and
Mary A. survive him. Mr. Lawlor was
tax collector of the town of Waterbury
for seven years from 1865 to 1872 with
served term as third selectman under
Selectman Perkins. Since then he has
not done much active business. He was
the oldest of a family of ten of whom
but three now survive. These are the
Rev Martin and Christopher Lawlor of
this city and Thomas Lawlor of
Missouri. The remains were brought
here Saturday afternoon and the
funeral was largely attended at 8 o'clock
this morning to the church of the
immaculate Conception, where
solemn requiem mass was celebrated by
Rev Father Mulcahy, assisted by the
Rev Fathers Daley and FlemmiDg. The
pallbearers We're: Michael Carroll, Pat
rick LawlOr, M. Guilfoile, Patrick Holo-
han, John Doran, Charles Roper.
The funeral of the late Owen Thomp-
son was held at $50 o'clock Saturday
morning and was one of the largest
ever see n in Waterbury. The celebrant
Of tie Sc lemn high mass of requiem
sung ih the Immaculate Conception
church was Rev James Thompson of
Taftville, brother of the deceased;
Father Stanley of Fair Haven was de; =
con: Father Cadotte of st AIMS church,
sub-deacon, and Father Murphy of the
Sacred Heart church, master of Cere-
monies. Rev Fathers Mulcahy, Dug
gan. Treanor, Bourret, O'Donnell,
Flemming and Brown of this city also
assisted. Rose Hill Hose company No
5, William Latin foreman, and BARGE
Iona council, K. of c., John S. Neagle,
grand knight, followed the hearse. The
Hose company presented a beautiful
floral piece, "Gates Affair."" with the
words "Our First Foreman" in relief.
A large harp was presented by BARGE
Iona council and numerous other floral
offerings from relatives and friends.
The pallbearers, four each from the Hose
company and Barcelona council, were
as follows: Rose Hill Hose Co-James
Coughlan, james Downey, John c.
Claffe, and Edward Balfe; barcelona
council-Thomaa H. Hayes, Thomas
Kane, John S. FAY and Daniel Hackett.
Rev Fathers Thompson and Cadotte
officiated at the grave.
The funeral of Richard F. Dunn was
held yesterday afternoon, services being
conducted at st Patl lexis church. One
hundred employees of the Farrell
foundry, led by President E. G. Lewis
and Foreman ?. F. Bannon attended,
and the deceased was given military
having until within a month been a ser.
geant in the company. At the funeral
, of sergeant the code provides for an
escort of sixteen privates with SER
geant in conn md, which in this case
wa s. r.!C.lt, i>eavney, and six privates
: for y ',.rers. AS the body was carried
fl ''n the house and the church the es-
= c:Et presented arms and the drums beat
, three rolls. The escort walked in ad
+ nee of the hearse with reversed arms
s !,le officers and the balance of the com
+ pany following the hearse ~ double file
, AT the cemetery the escort again saluteC
, the body and when the grave was CLOSED
fired three volleys over the mound
Trumpeter Vance then sounded "taps'
at the foot of the grave and the com
l pa"~ marched out of the cemetery
. w. out music. Co G presented beau
. tiful floral anchor with a sergeant's
> chevrons and the company's initials in
= scribed in the center. The fellow work
: men of the deceased presented a hand
: some pillow. The bearers were the fol
. low ing members and ex-members of the
y company who joined at the same time
as the deceased: Ex-Sergeant Butler, ex
p CQrporals Ca>oy and Hickey, Private
l. Fitzgeral: Dennis and Michael Sullivan
/ Deaf ~ ) once more visited the home
e Of M ~I, on Roy, in the Brooklyn dis
: trict. Joseph A, three year old boy i
~ the last victim of diphtheria, disease
f which has taken from the family within
e a short time, four children.
l. The funeral of Alice Conner took plac,
v Sunday at A p. m. from the family resi-
dence r.. Railroad hill street to st Pa
r GIl' '-'AuICu. lIo were
i M! = Daley, John DAILY Thomas Delane
3 j. Phelan, P. Delane and 7. Kirby.
= The funeral of James Heany, infan
!: son Of Patrick Heany, took place yester
- day afternoon from the family residence
y on Mattatuck street, to st Joseph's Gem
:" etery.
= TIL" funeral of Frank Regar, son O
y Goth, i Itegar, took place Friday morn
- inH { ON the family residence on tn
Mt4uiebury road. Burial at Riversid
Z CT netery.
u Lizzie, the infant daughter of Mr. AM
Mrs Fenton Phelan died yesterday
n Tire funeral was held this Afternoon
r from the family residence, Al Haydel
J. street.
II The funeral of jeremiah LawIor o
e Doolittle alley was held yesterday after
y noon from the residence to st Joseph
/: cemetery. Funeral services were he'll
d at the house.
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