The Irish standard., 1907-11-09
WAS KNOWN HERE.
James D. Fr.iney, Pioneer Citizen Of
Portland, Orc, 10 Dead.

James D. .Frainey, Pioneer Citizen Of
Portland, Orc, 10 Dead.
The Catholic Sentinel of Portland,
Oregon, under date of October 81, con-
tains the following:
While waiting for car at Seven
teenth and Jefferson streets late We'd
nesday evening, October %, James D.
Frainey was run down by. car and
instantly killed. 1t was very dark at
the time and Mr. Frajney in crossing
the street failed to see the car which
struck him down and crushed him.
Mrs. Frainey and party of friends
were with Mr.. F'rainey and witnessed
the accident.
The deceased was 50 years of age
and a native of Ireland. He came. to
America in his youth, and coming west
in the early COS settled in Portland,
where he has since resided. He is
survived by his wife, Mrs. Mary
Frainey. five daughters, Katherine and
Alice Frainey. both Of this city: Mrs.
~. Fitzpatrick. of San Francisco; Mrs.
M. j. Driscoll and Mrs. P. Collier of
Portland. MI. Frainey was for many
years engaged in the street contracting
business, from which he retired only
last year.
The Portland Daily oregonian of
October 26 contained the following
tribute to the life of deceased, written
by Judge NJ j. MacMahon Of that
city: 80.
In politics a Republican by training.
and in religion a Catholic by. birth, Mr..
F'rainey, was above and beyond his po-
litical and religious creeds. Gems are
found in rough exteriors, and in the
words of a contemporary, who for 40
years had been his friend and had been
by him befriended: Jim Frainey was
in a class by himself"
No estimate of the deceased could
be correct or complete without point
ing out the peerless courage, physical
and moral, ever. manifest in his virile
makeup. Many of his countrymen pos
sessed some of the estimable qualities
with which he was endowed, but none
approached him in manly courage, dar-
ing audacity and, withal, in judicious
conservatism in the heat of a trying
ordeal. The predominating character
iatic of James Frainey was his un-
bounded charity and his ever-ready
forgiveness. even unto his enemies,
vanquished or victors.
Six thousand miles from. the land of
his birth. a land to which he ever
turned with filial affection and undying
patriotism, today he returns to mother
earth in the bosom Of Oregon, mourned
and admired by a field Of acquaint-
anees that extends from the sands. OF
San Diego to the barriers of British
Columbia, a line which the deceased
never desired to cross.
James Frainey was typical Celt; he
had no Scotch Irish in his veins, and
he proclaimed no boast Of ancestry;
no. coat of arms ever immortalized the
F'rainey gems; he was what he was be-
cause he was what he was. and could
not be otherwise; simply lineal de.
scendant OF generations and genera
tions Of autochthons, who multiplied.
lived, died and We're buried in the same
parish Of the same country Of the same
province Of the same island. ~
If from poverty to have acquired at
fluence by the sole energy and the
honest toll Of a laborious life is praise
worthy: II to have reared family
whose every care. want and educational
training was guarded and provided for
by devoted father and a respectful
husband is commendable; II for IL
years. in adversely and prosperity, to
have commanded not only the respect
but the admiration of his co-laborers
and his employees is creditable. then the
life Of James Frainey was a success
and. the world is better because he
lived. ~
Well might his epitaph read: Write