The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1904-04-16
Obituary.
Keogh.


The news of the death of Mrs. j. w
d Keogh was a sad shock TO every one.
= Mrs. Keogh left for California about
A month ago. Her husband, John ".
Keogh. is a member of the Keogh
! Bros. firm at Ridge Ida, and he is a
: brother of Mrs. Mccormick.
There are host of friends who
mourn the death of the gentle woman
whose life was ever perfect example
| of womanly virtue.
She was a thoroughly. consistent
Christian, woman Is strong faith, OF
noble disposition and charitable heart
Her entire life was marked by a
spirit of kindness and sweetness that
won the love and reverence of all.
The hand of sorrow touched her ife
deeply and darkly, when ten years ago
she lost her only child, but her grief
was borne with beautiful resignation
! to Gods holy will.
The funeral took place from St
Mary's Cathedral on Thursday after
! noon.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Seaman, Rev. Father
! Kelly and Rev. Father Curran Off
ciated.
\ tribute that was touching and
beautiful was paid to her memory by
Rt. Rev. Bishop Seaman.
The music was rendered by a quar-
tette from the Cathedral choir.
Rev. Father Kelly delivered the fun
eral sermon.
FATHER KIELYS SERMON.
'Let no evil speech proceed from your
month
This was st. Paul's advice to the
Christians of his day. There is an old
adaSe, too, which people generally OBJ |
serve. 1t is: "Of the dead say nothing
but what is good All this applied to
the deceased. 1t was verified in her
truly Christian life. No evil speech |
ever proceeded from her mouth.
Whilst living nothing was said of her
out what was good. / never heard
Mrs. Keogh's name mentioned except
in the most reverentia and endearing
terms. Her presence, her conversation,
her very movements served as an OBJ
jet lesson to all who had the pleasure
of knowing her. Ten years ago. when
she lost her only child. che was sub
Jected to the most heartrending pain
that a mother is called upon to endure.
Yet not murmur escaped her lips.
With Christian fortitude she resigned
herself to Gods holy will. The great
sacrifice, instead of causing rebel
ious spirit, drew her nearer and closer
to God. All her thoughts were in hea- !
ven. and the hope of a happy union
With her child gave Yer consolation and
'oothed her sorrow. Absorbed in the
owe of God, she often spent hours in
ms little church pouring out her soul I
n prayer. If we could only read her I
thoughts. what lesson would they not
each. These thoughts extended beyond
he grave. What she so often thought :
I and hoped for is now realized. | do ,
ot hesitate for moment in saying :
he is in heaven. The mother and child =
re now inseparably united. Her friends 1
Ill miss her. That personal character, :
o true, so gentle, so disinterested. so +
elt-sacrificing, and above ALL so cha :
liable, will create a gap in the circle :
her acquaintances that cannot be Z
lsily filled. Personally. if / were called U
point out truly Christian soul. she y
! one of the few known to me. After !
lirty years experience as a priest to l
HON l would refer and say: Behold I
Mrs. keogh a soul in whom there is =
0 guile N
She was devoted, loving, faithful y
ife. In that strong. manly soul, her d
lsband, is now a void that can only A
filled when united with her and his Il
lid in heaven. For him her career Ii
as too brief; she died too soon; but
1t too quick or too soon for herself
+ she died in the Lord, and her good p
orks are registered in heaven, You b
I'VE the sympathy If her friends and o,
'ur own. l unite with the church in 70
r coincidence as expressed in her r.
ayers. May it be your happy lot in vi
e end to share in the joys which now va
e hers. Death is the final goal for NJ
!. The future will be what we make d,
May it be happy one for all, are L.
= wishes on this sad. but solemn oc- r,
SION =,
The deep sympathy of all is extended ar
he bereaved husband in his sorrow. q
ere remains IN the hearts Oh all VINO Ki
eW MIS- heogh only the tenoerest T.
mories of life and death that was w
autiful and holy RI
lay the lovely little woman rest in
ice,