The daily morning journal and courier., 1902-07-17
OBITU4RT NOTES.
4 Large FnneraI-BuriaI of William J.
 sheehan.


 The funeral services of William J. sheehan was held yesterday morning at his late residence, F Washington ave- nue. West Haven and at St. Lawrence R. c. church on Main street, West Ha- ven, and at St. Lawrence R. C. church on Main street. West Haven. where a solemn requiem high mass was celebrat- ed. The church services were attended by large number of friends of the de- ceased and every pew was occupied. | There was present large delegation from the Knights of St. Patrick of this city, of which MT. Sheehan was for many years a member. Four members of this organization, William J. MaheT, Mark A. ". McGrath, Thomas Max well and Dr. William F. Verdi, acted as ushers at the church. It was tEe largest funeral that has ever taken place from St. Lawrence church. At the solemn high mass of requiem Rev. Father Curtin was celebrant. Rev. Father Heating of St. Johns church was deacon and Rev. Father Hefferon, o. J., of St. Mary's church, was sub deacon and Rev. Father Donegan of the Church of the Sacred Heart was master Of ceremonies. Within the chancel were Rev. Father Hennessey,
 recently ordained. and E. J. Higgins, a seminarian of Niagara college. Schmidt's mass was rendered by the choir. The organist was Mrs. Kimber- | ly, assisted by Miss Grace Sullivan of
 Holyoke. As the funeral cortege en- tered the church the junior choir sang very nicely the deceased's favoritR
 hymn, Lead Kindly Light" The mu- sic was most impressive. The quar- tette was composed of Miss Elizabeth
 c. Gaffney, Mary A. Lynch and Messrs ! Louis Lautenbach and Reilly Phillips.
 Especially fine was their rendering of | Thy Will Be Done" at the conclusion | of the services.
 At the offertory Miss Gaffney sang very beautifully Be Thou Faithful Un-
 to Death" and Eyes That Are Weary" | was also sung by Miss Gaffney with l touching expression.
 The Knights of St. Patrick, who act ed as a guard of honor, were the presi- ! dent, Dennis Martin, Dr. O'Connor, pr.
 Maher, W. F. Donnelly, pr. Spang,
 James Reilly,B. Fitzsimmons,D. F. Kel-
 ly, William Hyland. Matthew Reilly. | William O'Keefe, J. J. McPartland, E. S. McGrail, J. J. Lane, M. w. Leahy
 and Peter McKiernan. And over sixty | other members of t;sis society also | formed on either side as their former member and associate was borne to and | from the church. Two barouche5 were
 required to hold the floral offerings.
 There were about 200 floral pieces. l Those from the family and from the Knights of St. Patrick vera borne by Messrs. Thomas Carey, Edward Carey | D. J. O'Donnell and Pierce Pcndergast | After the mass the body was taken ! to the Union depot and the casket plac- ed aboard the special funeral car or 1 the Consolidated road, which was att tached to the 10:05 express for Spring 1 field. The interment took nlace yes- terday afternoon at Holyoke, Mass. Accompanying the relatives to Holyoke were a large number of friends of the family from this city. The bearers were John Cox and Michael Dillon of this city, w. G. O'Donnell of Holyoke, Mass, John B. O'Donnell of Northamp- ton, Mass, and S A. Ryan of Spring. | field, Mass.