The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1899-06-10
OF ANTHONY KELLY,
An Eloquent Panegyric Delivered
by Father Keane.

AoSt V4OAAOdy tliS lulleIdl VI AutuONy
Kelly took place from the Church of the
Immaculate Conception, which was filled
to its utmost capacity by a vast con-
course of people of various creeds who
testified by their presence to the esteem
in which the deceased was held in the
community of which he was leading
citizen for upward of forty years. The
obsequies were Of the most solemn char
acter, and large number of the clergy
were in attendance. In accordance with
the wishes OF Mr.. Kelly there was an
entire absence of floral offerings or dec
orations in the church. The sanctuary
was draped in black, and also the pew in
which Mr.. Kelly sat for many years dur
ing divine service. Solemn requiem
mass was celebrated by the pastor, Very
Rev. ]. ]. Keane, assisted by Very Rev.
J. c. Byrne, rector OF St. Thomas Col
lege, and Rev. DR.. P. Danehy, professor
of Sacred Scripture in St. Paul Semin-
airy. The following priests occupied
seats in the sanctuary: The Very Rev.
Vicar General ]. N. Stariha, Rev. R. Ca
hill, secretary Of the archbishop of St.
Paul; Rev. T. R. Hebron, rector of St.
Paul seminary; Rev. Terence Moore,
professor in St. Thomas college; Rev.
Robert Fitzgerald, Rev. William Nc
Golrick, Rev. Henry McGolrick, Rev.
George Arctander, Rev. J. P. McCar-
ron, Rev. Joseph LeGardeur, Rev. J..
A. Andre, Rev. Michael Mcintyre, Rev.
Claude Gennis and Rev. T. E. Shields.
Very Rev. ]. ]. Keane delivered an
eloquent eulogy on his departed parish
Toner, and said in part:
Anthony Kelly was a good citizen
because he was disinterested. He was
man OF self-denial and tender sympa-
thy for all who came to him; therefore
he was good man. The world knew
oEly half of the goodness of him and on
ly the chosen followers of Jesus Christ
can know how bountiful he was.
Anthony Kelly was successful man
without being dangerously enrerprising
or venturesome. He was, indeed, some
what conservative. He realized always
that God had the first claim on him, and
while most young men were gathered
into the vortex OF commercial excite
ment, he has stood singly and almost
alone, and with his Christian conserv-
atism has preserved his commercial in
tegrity.
He was not only model business
man, but he lived by the word of honor
in all things, and his memory will live
on to bless those who are now stepping
out into the paths of life.
"He has succeeded in business without
forgetting the God who made and pro-
tected him.
ellis marriage was union which was
the realizing OF an ideal which was new
to the world until the Nazarene came
into the world to be one of that family,
after which all Christian families should
be modelled.
He was man most generous with
his church and had given of his time and
means in great abundance to the build
ing of the church in which his remains
then lay. But his power for good to the
church had gone farther than that one
church, or even, the churches of the city,
and was equally felt all over the state.
"When he came to die he felt the Sc
curity in religious matters of sincere
Catholic. His religion revealed to him
the true purpose of life, and was to him
an actually, guiding all his thought and
actions. He looked into the future and
always stood prepared for death. When
death came he went out of life as should
a man who was conscious OF life we'll
spent and death we'll prepared for. He
was true man in life and great man
in DEATH"
The active pallbearers were John
White, A. H. Dexter, Frank Hoy,
Thomas lowering, ]. McCarty, Joseph
Healey and w. H. Guiwitz. They were
the eight oldest employees of the whole
sale grocery company Of Anthony Kel-
ly & Co. The honorary pallbearers were
Judge William Lochren, ]. B. Gilfillan,
Major C. B. Heffelfngcr, William Bas-
sett, George R. Newell, DR.. Chute, ]. c.
Oswald, Major w. D. Hale, T. B. jan
ney, o. C. Wyman, John Durham, J.
w. Raymond, A. C. Shattuck, E. Thorn
son, w. w. Rooms, w. S. Stockdale, ].
R. Robertson, T. Mcconnell, F. T.
Kenyon and ]. Boehnlein. The last eight
were travelling statesmen of the firm.
Among the people in attendance who
were especially attached to the de-
ceased were the members of the St. Vim
cent de Paul church society, of which
Mr.. Kelly had long been member, and
forty little children from the Catholic
Orphans Home, to which he had often
contributed money and that which was
more valuable than money.
Interment was at St. Mary's cemetery,
the remains being placed in the Anthony
Kelly memorial chapel, erected by Mr..
Kelly in memory of his son, who died
several years ago, and but recently COM
pleted. The service at the cemetery was
brief, the Catholic burial service being
read by Father Keane.