Waterbury evening Democrat., 1907-02-28
DEATHS AND FUNERALS.
We'll Known People Who Have Been
 Called Away.

John Bergin died last evening at his home, 60 South Main street, af- ter n long illness with rheumatism. He Is survived by his wife and i've children. Julia, Mary, Catherine, Jo- seph and Charles; also one sister, Mrs Bridget Thompson of Baldwin street. Mir Bergin was born in Ire land seventy years ago and canic to Waterbury with other members of the family when he was about twelve years of age. He worked for time attending castors at Benedict X Burnham's, but not kindly to that sort of employment he tried farm ing for season and later returned to the casting shop and remained there until 1856 or 1857 when he joined the great army of ambitious young men who were engaged in gold hunting in California. His own story of his escapades in Frisco and in the mining districts of California would make quite an interesting book, and were as fresh in his mind up to the time of his death as if they were occurrences of but yesterday. He roughed 1t in the Pacific states for ten or eleven years and while lie did not make millions he succeeded in earning considerable money and came back to Waterbury shortly after the Civil war with enough capital to give him good start in life. He opened cafe on South Main street and con ducted 1t with considerable success until he retired about ten years ago, when he sold out to Peter Lamb. Since that time he had been a suffer- CT from combination of ailments which necessitated him to use crutch- es most of the time. A few years ago he made trip to Colorado thinking that the change would benefit him, and while he seemed to improve for time, the relief was not permanent and his condition soon became as bad as ever before. His place of business, now occupied by F. F. Gallagher, was for years the most popular cafe in Waterbury, and was conducted on a plan which was most satisfactory to his patrons and also to the authorl- ties. He was a blunt, honest fellow. who had little patience with people who wanted to make trouble and probably no man who ever engaged in the liquor business could dispose of a tr0uble-maker in shorter order than he. He had G,rick temper and said things just as they came to him, but withall. he possessed warm heart and in q quiet way did a great deal of charitable work and could al- ways be relied upon to help out. pro- vided he knew that he was being im- posed upon. Years ago when there was but one court of foresters in Wa terbury, Court Fruitful Vine, A. Q. F.. Mir Rergin was associated with 1t and was active in furthering tho in terests of the different entertainments given under it's auspices. Mir Bergin was shrewd business man and long ago had acquired competence for himself and his family. He owned the block he lived in and had consid- erable money besides. Those who had business relations with him re- garded him as thoroughly wide awake and fully up to the times. He was a pleasant, cheerful man to meet on the streets or elsewhere, and will be missed by large number of warm personal friends. who admired his rugged honesty and splendid con tempt for anything and everything that savored of affectatlon. The fu- neral will be held to the Immacuiate Conception church at S:30 o'clock Sat urday morning. The burial will be in St Joseph's cemetery.
 The funeral of Mrs John D. Stadler will be held from the family resi- dence on Denny street to St Cecelia's church at $50 o'clock tomorrow. The interment will be In new St Jo- seph's cemetery.