Worcester morning daily spy., 1898-01-12
wAsHINGToNs MOURN MEMBERs
Resolutions Adopted on the Deaths o
DR.. Fitzpatrick and Mr.. O'Dav.

The committee from the Washington
Social Club, which was appointed last
week to draw up resolutions on the
deaths of DIR. James R. Fitzpatrick and
Frank P. O'Day, reported at meeting
of the club Tuesday night. The com
mittee was composed of John ]. Rior-
| dan, John e. Lynch, Philip j. O'Connell
| John F. H. Mooney John b Ratigan
| and John A. Fitzgerald. The resolutions
| are as follows:
| DIR. FITZPATRICK.
| The Washington Social Club desire to
place on record the. expression of their
profound sense of the loss that has
| been sustained in the death of their be-
| loved associate, Doctor James R. Fitz-
| patrick. He had the qualities of mind
| and heart which made him the centre
of many affections, and his home was
the abiding place of almost unexampled
peace and joy. We commend his af-
| f1icted wife and children to divine pro
lection and support. We share with
them the memories of kind and loving
heart, and of life lofty in it's aspira-
tons for true excellence, which was
pure and blameless in the sight of all
men.
As he verified in life the promise that
he who hath been faithful over a few
things shall be made ruler over many
things" we trust in the mercy of God
that he has received the welcome an
nexed to that promise, center thou into
the joy of the Lord
Therefore be it resolved that we hold
in honor the good qualities by which.
Doctor Fitzpatrick was distinguished.
We call to mind the energy and perse-
verance, the reverence for mother
church, the hopeful spirit the cordial
and dignified address, the generous i'm
pulses, that were prominent in his char
acter and gave him a large measure Of
worldly honor and respect.
Resolved. that we viii cherish the
memory of our revered associate in his
many good examples; in his punctual
earnest and unsparing labors for the
fuTtherance of every good object,
whether it was deemed great or small; 4
in the agreeable courtesy, the ready
sympathy and the genial dignity which
made his presence welcome in all his
social intercourse, in his purity of life
and his conscientious regard of Chris
tian observances.
Resolved that we offer to Mrs. Fitz-
gerald and her children our sincere
sympathy in their great loss, and we
commend them to the consolation of
grateful memories and Christian hopes
Resolved, that this action of the
Washington Club, in relation to our
honored and beloved associate. shall be
engrossed upon our records and be pre-
scented to the wife, with an assurance of
our respect and sympathy
Worcester, Mass, Jan. II, 1898.
MIR. o'DAY.
The Washington Club desires to place
on record an expression of the deep loss
this club has sustained in the death of
a loved and honored associate, Frank
p. O'Day.
While still in the flush of young man
hood, he has been called to his heavenly
home, but in his short life he had lived
long enough to give all men an llustra-
ton Of the beauty of modest sincerity
ana Christian purity of life A man of
stainless integrity and honor, and of
rare courtesy, he was loved and honored
by all who knew him. He has laid down
the burdens of this life to enter, as we
trust and believe, upon greater joys be-
yond
AS mark of respect to his memory, |
il is voted to engross. upon our records |
the following resolutions:
Resolved, that we consider with sad |
ness the death of our friend and asso-
ciate, Frank p O'Day, In whose death
this club has lost an associate whose
gifts of mind ana heart had endeared
him to all it's members; who expressed
his active interest in promoting the well
fare of the Washington Club by his
habitual presence at our meetings, and
who set striking example of eminent
integrity and moral worth in all his re-
lations of life.
Resolved, that we recall with peculiar /
sensibility his personal grace and at
fractions; his frank, generous nature,
his sweet, genial disposition; the tender
ness of his affections, the strength of his I
friendship. and the beauty of his life |
Resolved, that a copy of these resolu- I
lions be forwarded to the wife of our
deceased associate. to his father our
honored friend and brother, and to his
mother, with the assurances of the
hearty sympathy Of the members of this
club; and the hope that in the memory
of the spotless life he has left behind
they may find some consolation in this \
hour of their great affection.
Worcester, Mass, Jan. II, 1893