The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1902-09-06
Obituary..
Halloran.

= IlIe WAeh all was bright and fair but
the valley of death was sweeter than
llfe's hills, and deaths beautiful calm
that fell on his pure spirit was the
deep calm peace of God,
God lent him and took hlm"-his
oereft ones cry, but If God in His i'm
mite wisdom takes back His gift and
draws the angel te Himself, He knows
best,
HIS SUNNY, playful nature endeared
MIN to all. The tears and evident sor-
row of his companions at the funeral
testified to the deep affection felt for
him. The most lovable trait of his
character was the great love and affee-
ton III his heart for his father and
grandmother, Grandma" was very
dear to him. 1t would seem that he
transferred to her the love that was in
MS heart for the dear little mother.
who went to God three years ago.
He suffered intensely after his acei-
dent, but never shed tear, and as he
was taken to the operating room he
bravely said to his father, Don't wor-
~, papa, | will be all right, but (and
the little voice never faltered) give my
love to all. Dear, brave little lad!
Tears will fall for many a day for the
promising boy, May God in his infinite
compassion comfort the eerrowing ones!
Let them remember that their dear lad
wasstaken in all the beauty, sweetness
and Innocence of youth to Gods own
garden. TO lay his sunny head on the
breast of the dear little mother, who
| has now one of her treasures safe in
! Gods tender keeping,
The funeral Services were very touch
ing. Beautiful music was rendered by
the Junior choir, Under the direction of
Miss Gleason, Clara Fafek being the
sweet-Voiced soloist The choir also
sang at the cemetery. Six young com
panlons acted as pall-bearers. Emmett
Mulvey, James O'Connor, Robert VIII
son, Alfred Siegel Kenneth Luman and
Blaine Wilson. The deepest sympathy
is extended to the sorrowing father
and family Rev. Father Morrissey
preached the funeral sermon. paying
the following beautiful tribute TO the
dead boy:
He pleased God and was beloved,
and living among sinners he was trans
lated. He was taken away lest wick
edness should alter his understanding,
or deceit beguile mis- soul" -(Wisdom:
4:10-11.)
My Dear Friends-Were it not for
utterances and assurances such as this,
and our faith in the infinite goodness
and fidelity of the God who placed
them upon the lips of His prophets,
the cruel hand of fate. which works
such terrible evils, and, indeed. life
user would be insupportable-som
times. IN the gloomy silence of the
nome from which death has snatched
a loved one, in the hollow sound of
those walls which once re-echoed the
cheerful ring of familiar voice. in the
melancholy tick of the clock upon the ]
wall, which forever keeps repeating to
the silent mourner in monotonous tones
dead and gone; dead and gone.'
faith IN God alone. and hope and con-
ndence in His goodness and His prom
lses can sustain us. When the gloom
that follows death Expresses the spirits
of surviving friends, when the grief
that fills the void in the heart sweIls
until it fairly bids it break, where Is
the hope OF endurance-what could as
suage that surging grief, if faith, if
religion did not raise its assuring voice
and command that bursting heart BE
CAIN be silent, break not; he is not
oead' but sleepeth. He pleased Coz
and was beloved He was taken away
lest wickednesB should alter his un-
Outstanding or deceit beguile his SOUL |
II is this faith, this hope that sustains |
this sorrowing father and his orphan |
children in the recurring loss which is |
theirs today.
Three years ago 1 stood here before
to perform the like sad and painful Of
nee for those bereaved ones and it |
grleves me deeply to have to repeat it /
today. | had always been a friend of |
the family, but since that occasion 1 /
nave been more than friend-I have |
been as one amongst them. F have
spent hours together in their home and
company and 1 have always found /
those children gentle, affable, loving |
ana dutiful. They not only realized |
their own personal loss, but they
seemed, too, to realize and appreciate |
the burden which had fallen upon their
fathers shoulders, and it was the aim
and object of their little lives to make I
that burden as light as possible. They
are all sweet and dear, but little Willie
possessed these qualities in pre-emin-
ent and marked degree. There are
degrees of talent and virtue. They
are all bright and intelligent, but he
was more bright and intelligent; they
are all thoughtful, but he was more |
thoughtful; they are all lovable, but he i
was more lovable; they are all dutiful.
but he was most dutiful He was by
common consent the family favorite,
for the reason, perhaps, that the ster-
ling qualities and virtues which char.
acterized the life of his deceased moth
er survived and shone again in the
young life of this lovable child.
That little Willie was wise anal
thoughtful beyond his years, a little in /.
cldent will show: On the eve of hisS
departure upon his little outing with
his brother and companion a few DAYS
ago, he called his sisters and begged
them to be good during his absence.
If you are good to grandma . he said,
I'll give you a nickel apiece when /
return" Again, when taken to the
hospital, when death, undisguised
stared out at his eyes, when the doc
tors shook their heads in sad forebod- /
ing; when his father, grandmother,
brother and sisters circled round his
couch to bid and kiss him goodbye. and
when the anticipation of the inevitable
would no longer be restrained. but
would burst forth into a paroxism of
tears and grief, the little follow. at
first bewildered. looked round at the
fearful group; and then, collecting him
self and remembering that he must be
brave, and console his heartbroken pa
rent, as doubtless, he had often done
before. said: Papa, don't cry; I'm
not going to die-I will be we'll; /
have no pain, it does not hurt; I am
all right" All. dear friends, it was
an affecting, a heartrending scene: it
would soften the hardest heart Such
1eroism and bravery was phenomenal
n a child, and at once enlisted the
and admiration of his nurses
md his fellow sufferers, who lay
around; all eyes were bedimmed with
ears, even those familiar with and
to some extent, hardened
o such scenes. All that skill and sci
ence could do was done to sustain life,