Kentucky Irish American. (Louisville, Ky.) 1898-1968, 1899-11-18
Mrs. Hugh Higgins Was of the
Old School of Good Cath
Ollie Women.
Large Funeral Gives Evidence
of the Esteem in Which
She Was Held.
Her Son Celebrated the Requiem
Mass at the Funeral
Obsequies.
GREAT MANY PRIESTS WERE PRESENT

Mrs. Hugh Higgins, who died last
week in Syracuse, N. ", was the mother
of William M. Higgins, of the Kentucky
Irish American. The following notice
of her life and death is taken from the
Syracuse Catholic Sun:
A noble and thoroughly Christian
Catholic woman is lost to this community
by the death of Mrs. Hugh Higgins, who
died at St. Joseph's Hospital Oh Monday
afternoon after an illness of few weeks.
Mrs. Higgins was one of the old school
type, by the way, which is now well
nigh extinct--a devoted wife, loving
mother, faithful friend; true to her
God, her country and her kind, she was
an honor to the race whose virtues she
inherited in full measure, exemplifying,
as she did, by precept and example, the
grand, ennobling qualities of heart and
head which, in the centuries gone by,
made the Irish women pre-eminent above
all others.
Mrs. Higgins came to this country in
1S49, the year when the tide of immigra-
ton from Ireland brought thousands of
her good, Christian kind to build up this
country. Deceased was corn in the Parish
of Drumlace, County Letrim, Ireland.
She was married to Hugh Higgins in
Auburn and resided in this city for the
greater part of her life.
She performed her duties to her re-
ligion, her family and her friends, and
her length of days, if they could be ex-
planned at all, might be attributed to the
fact that she never permitted an obliga .
ton to remain unfulilled. She was gen
crous the church and to the poor and
f}i44er c6rvsstisp to the Ias,i-,ss er
birth was one of her distinguishing char
acteristics. Exile only intensified it. As
the chosen people of old wept by the
waters Of Babylon she, too, inourned the
fate of her kindred. In the dark days OF
famine in the old land she gave as a girl
what she could afford to the funds raised
for the relief of the sufferers. Her last
years were peaceful and happy. They
were not so much like the close Of a long
life as the beginning Of a new one.
Placid, tranquil, affectionate, the virtues
that had been tried and purified during
lifetime shone forth with a soft and
beautiful resplendence that made heI
saintship indisputabie. When the end
came Il found her waiting peacefully
Surrounded by her children and heI
childrens' children. fortified by the rites
= of holy religion aud consoled and
strengthened by the ministrations of hei
pastor, when the supreme moment az
rived. with her spiritual powers still un
7, clouded and undiminished, she was abl'
. to commend her soul TO Him whom she
had served so faithfully and so we'll.
The funeral. which was very large, wa
held from ST. Mary's church Wedneada.
morning. Solemn high mass was cele
brased by Rev. John ]. Higgins, son o
the deceased, assisted by the Rev. Jane
% O'Shea as deacon. the Rev A, ]. Gomez
ford as sub.deacon and the Rev. r.
Donahne as master Of ceremonies. 4
the sanctuary were the Reys. J. =. Mul
laney, +. Howard, 81. clune, A. Dwyel
IL. McCnw, 2. n. McEyoy. w. i
~ Doughety. {. Thibault, J. =. Magee,
y V. Byrne, all -of this city. ]. IioDkini
!, Oswcgo; J. Kelly, Onelda r. neeeiau
. Raldwinssille; ]. Mclaughlin, Cortland
I ]. Donnelly. waleryille; ]. Herman. Can
|. den; A. ], Hayes, rompey; y. Moon
IL Utica, W. Quinn, Utica, ], Mccras
4. clayyllls; J. Meciynn, sherbnrne; y.
Quinn, Hast Syracuse.
!. The absolulion over the remains VI
n pronounced by Rev. John Grimes, q
!, sisted BY the clergy present., The prizes
"A uko attended the services Al she GEM
4, ieFy were the Rsys. James O'shea.
IA Donahpe. A. ]. Hayes. w y. DouRafn'
m ID. Moore, A, comerlord, y. neecham,
4. v. Mcclure and J. Y, nyrne.
The pail bearers were n. O'nnel
"A Ffauk Hunt, Thomas Costello. John n
IA Lad, Michael Reldy aud Andres Hold
IA nian. Deceased Il survived. besides %
4, uldowcf by ivo sous and Two daughter
NJ They us Rev. J. J. lilgglns. assiaie'
n pastor a "a. Mays chnfcls, hnHliamloI
.s William n. Higgins, editor and pn
\, prsim u the Kentucky ldsh Amfr|ca'
\, ~ Louisville, Ny, Mrs. Anns Lynch.
= Ibis city. and Ars. ], !. Martin, ~ Roc|
: ester
- sue u gone. peacs 10 heT menior
~ ~ aIatl Inr0f - her Illa again