Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-08-27
PRIEST LAID TO REST
Funeral Services Over the Remains
of Father Bernard Floei
SEVERAL PRIESTS PARTICIPATE
Sacred Heart Church Unable to Ac-
commodate the Hundreds of People
Who Came to Pay Homage to the
Lamented Pastor.
LTrom Fridays Daily.

lFrom Fridays Daily.]
With solemn services, participated
in by more than fifty priests of the
Davenport diocese and of Chicago, the
mortal remains of the late Rev Father
Bernard Flood were this morning con-
signed to the grave. Sacred Heart
church, the building which was reared
by Father Flood and stands as a mon
ument to his faithful ministry and self
sacrifice, was filled to overt1owing by
the people who came to show their
high regard for the dead pastor Cath
ollcs and Professionals alike admired
and loved Father Flood, and repre-
sentatives of every religious order
were in attendance at the church this
morning.
The services were conducted by
more than fifty priests. The esteem
in which these men held their fellow
priest is attested by their travelling
hundreds of miles in order to be pres
ent at the last sad rites in his memory.
The hour for the funeral services
was O'Clock, but before that time
. had arrived every seat in the church
! had been taken. The priests began the
chanting of the solemn office of the
dead when the auditorium was
filled. Rev. Father James Davis, of
:, davenport, vicar. general of the. diocese
of Davenport, took the place of Bishop
Henry Cosgrove, of the same city. who
: was unable to be present at the SER
vices.
The requiem mass was celebrated
by Rev. Father A. NJ. Nodler. of Fair
field. the deacon was Rev. Father j.
McCarville, of Armah, the subdeacon
Rev. Father Mcdonald, of Chicago
Rev. F. Leonard, of Oxford, was mas,
ter of ceremonies. The music for the
requiem mass was furnished by the
regular church choir, which rendered
"Missa de Profundis, by Oswald Joos
(Gregorian music.) Prof. Chas. Keott
presided at the organ.
After the mass Rev. Father ]. P.
Tinan of Chicago, former school
friend of Father Flood, delivered the
funeral sermon. His remarks dwelt
upon the uncertainty of life and the
certainty of death, and the advis-
ability of being prepared for the latter
as was Father Flood. He spoke of the
life of Father Flood, told of his 1ovable
characteristics and his great regard
for and faithfulness to his work. His
mentioned prominently and were cit
ed as some of the reasons for the high
regard in which he is held by every
one who enjoyed his acquaintance.
Father Tinan spoke of Father
Floods work at Armah and the mis-
sion of Millersburg, in this state Al
Armah he remodelled the church
building, and at Millersburg he built
a church and consecrated it to the
work in which his life was spent. AT
ter time his superiors in the church
recognizing his worth, sent him tc
this city to perform the almost her
culean task of establishing a new par
ish. How successful he has been is
shown by the beautiful temple of wor
ship and the spacious parochial resi-
dence which he caused to be erecte.
in a few years. And now, as if fat
had decreed that he should do hi
greatest work in Ottumwa, he ha
staid here and ministered to his pee
pie until death came upon him in tn
same city in which his first work wa
done, as he was sent to assist the lat
Father Keckle here several years age
Immediately after leaving college.
Father Tinan then spoke of the dc
parted priests spiritual work, to whic
the temporal work is only auxiliary
He mentioned Father Floods self sac
rificing character, evidenced by his re
Z fusal to take vacation until hi
work was completed" and told of hi
generosity to the poor and his minis
try in time of illness and death. Fail
er Tinan described him as Christia
man, not brilliant but earnest, an
with but one object in view, the VI
building of the Catholic faith.
After the sermon Father Davis PR