The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1901-12-07
Patrick Joseph McKenna.

II HE EARTH that closed over the
mortal remains of DR.. Patrick j.
McKenna on Sunday afternoon
cannot veil his memory. So long as
men have hearts that respond to af-
fiction and souls that ascend to the
| borders of the Spirit Land. so long will
fancy see our old friend coming to
bid US good morning. Those who
| knew him in life will strive to Danish
from their minds the almost tragicel
manner of his death, so that more
easily may they dwell in the conceit
| that Patrick McKenna is still among
them. that it is his foQtstep they hear
at the door and his voice which lifts
the gloom from dependency and lets
in the sunshine of hope.
Who in Salt Lake City did not know
Patrick McKenna-Doc McKenna? See
those magnificent floral tributes whose
odor yet lingerN about his grave-their
beauty not more lovely than the char
acter of the dead man lying beneath.
their lavish abundance testifying in
silent language the affection of his fell
low-men. See that throng of mourn
ers, representing every feature of
clean social life in Salt Lake-religious.
professional, the common people, and
the poor to whom he was a benefactor.
Not to know Patrick McKenna was 10
live in the world of seIfishness with
out an example of quiet benevolence.
to read a novel without a character
that appealed to the finer traits of
man. All these emotions were aroused
at one glimpse of that noble yet youth
full face, that massive head crowned
with white hair. upon whose brow
anger never found place, and from
whose lips no insult could escape.
What else the world around us NAV
say of DR.. McKenna, these outlined
thoughts Will always be fixed in the
minds and hearts of his friends. The
world may say he was clever but not
profound, because his personal magne-
tism attracted humanity rather than
greatness. Be it so. Ills in such re-
Elections we indulge the strongest and
longest To those who loved him as a
friend, the friendship of McKenna. was
greater than the glory of Jenner.
Those who knew him best in his pro-
fession say he was above the average
in knowledge and practice, and as a
scholar and linguist, he had but few
peers. Had he not been suddenly cut
down on the threshold of vigorous
manhood, the opportunity was his by
simply reaching for it.
The large turnout of the Catholic |
and other benevolent societies on Sun
DAY last, the crowd in the church and |
the great number outside who pa
tently awaited the end of the services |
and followed the funeral to the ceme-
terry, all this must have impressed the
stranger in our midst with the uni |
Versal sadness of the city and carried
the name of Patrick McKenna abroad !
The annual memorial services of tbe
Elks on the same evening, always
beautiful, were rendered more touch
ing by the sad calamity which had
just deprived them of an endeared
brother
The state has lost a useful citizen. the
church militant a beloved and char
table child; his afflicted widow de-
voted helpmate. But his chosen friends
hey Who listen for his footstep every
lay, will clasp his hand in spirit and
the illusion that Patrick Nc
henna is still with them. For
Years have not seeD-time shall not coo
Inc hour mat tears my soul from thee