The Newtown bee., 1894-07-06

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 SERVICES AT ST ROSES CHURCH ON
 MONDAY MoRNING,-EULoGY BY FATH- FIR KENNEDY.
 The sympathy of the townspeople has gone out in unstinted measure during the last week to County Commissioner NJ. J. | tIoulhan and his children, in the griev- ous affliction which has come to them in the death of the wife and mother, Mrs Annie NJ Houlihan. Her death occurred | on Friday evening, about as the clock chimed 9. A few hours earlier the symp- toms seemed very favorable, and MT Houlihan stepped out to attend meet | ing of the committee having in charge | the celebration on Independence day. | He returned shortly before 9 and was summoned at once to the bedside of his beloved wife, whose spirit soon took it's departure from the earthly tabernacle. | Mrs Houlihan gave birth on June Is to a daughter, and for a time both mother and daughter were doing well. But form of Bright's disease soon developed with the mother and she sank into stupOr, from which she never fully awoke.
 The deceased was born January II, 1857, and was the daughter of Joseph Slavin of Brooklyn, who was present at the last sad rites on Monday. Her moth CT died when she was an infant, and she is survived by her father and a half brother, John J. Slavin of Brooklyn. | g,e l. than on November 6, 1879, the marriage occurring in Brooklyn. Four children have blessed their home, Katie, now q young miss of II; Loretta, aged six; John G., aged two, and the infant daugh- 3 ter, born on June IS. Mrs HOulihans interests in life have naturally centered P in her home, and the loss to the children of their mother cannot be expressed in words. To her husband also the atllc- " tion comes with almost crushing force, T bereft as he is of his life companion, and n bringing upon him double responsibili- ties in the bringing up of his children.
 The funeral occurred on Monday morn ing from St Roses church, and was one of the most largely attended funerals there has been in town for years. The funeral service at the church was at II o'clock, and a solemn high mass of re- quiem was celebrated. Father Fox, the pastor of St Roses, was the celebrant
 Father O'Connell of Bethel was deacon
 Father Cray of Cornwall Bridge subdea. con, and Father Kennedy of Danbury master of ceremonies. Father TraynOl and Father Daly were present in the sanctuary. Father Lynch of Danbury and Father Smith, Jesuit priest, arriv ed just as the service was concluded
 Father Kennedy of Danbury, formerly { curate at St Roses, gave the last bles sing, and in eloquent and well choseI
 words, uttered few words of eulogy
 Father Kennedy spoke substantially a
 follows:
 It Is decreed for all men once to die
 and neither human prudence or humal
 foresight can stay the execution of tha
 dread decree. Our path through life ma, - be happy one. We may enjoy all tn
 gifts this world can bestow, but some
 where along that path, a grave has bee
 made by the decree of Divine Providence
 and sooner or later that grave will clair An us as it's own. The emperor on his thron )u is not too great or mighty to ward O this dread visitor, nor is the poor man to " lowly to escape this awful visitation
 Deaths visit is always sad, whether tn
 victim be the child who has not yet CT
 tered on lfe's struggle, or whether it b
 the elderly person, who has already file
 many years of usefulness to society an nd the family. But death is particular
 sad when it comes to one who is the hea
 of young and devoted family, lovin
 wife and the center of a large circle C
 devoted friends and acquaintances.
 It is in the latter case that we feel pal
 ticularly the awful character of Death
 visitation. It is then we look for som
 unfailing source of consolation. We d no not look to the world for that consols
 tion. We turn to religion. We find Id beautifully expressed in the words W n- read in the epistle of the mass of to-day
 'Brethren, we would not have you is
 norant of those who are asleep, that yo - weep not as those who have no hope. In these beautiful words we have abur E. dart consolation at the hour of death nt For us Christians and Catholics, all doe ge not end with the grave. Sadly and sor
 rowing we follow the body of our dea is departed friend to the grave. We see tn tn last sod placed upon the grave and W
 return home with sad and heavy heart: q Then we turn to the church, and hearke
 to the beautiful words of our text. w V. are taught by these words that this life
 less form will again rise glorious and i'm
 mortal to enjoy the reward which Al in. mighty God has prepared for his chose m. friends and servants. Our separatio
 from our dear departed friends at mos
 we know will be only for a short time
 If our lives be directed according to tn Z. commands of God, and the counsels o
 his church, we shall soon be happil of united with our dear ones who have gon n before us.
 ,es; You are assembled here, this morning "a. in large numbers to testify to your love to respect and devotion to our dear, dt ed parted friend, Mrs Houlihan. You kneN IT her many virtues. You were familia ,ae re with her model, Christian life. A lovn cd wife, devoted mother, she lived to serv iii her God faithfully and to fulfill her dr ut ties as wife and mother. As Catholi
 she was ever foremost in advancing tn Q, interests of her church and her religion
 As friend you esteemed her words C | Ir. {