The Intermountain Catholic. (Salt Lake City [Utah] ;) 1899-1920, 1907-09-21
Obituary..

The funeral Of Miss Ella Veronica
CurTan occurred Thursday morning,
Sept. II, from Sacred Heart church.
which was crowded to the doors with
sorrowing friends and acquaintance,
for the sweet young woman was wide
ly known and deeply loved in this city
where she was born and raised and
grew to so promising a womanhood
Two years ago she was attacked with
an incurable malady, and for the last
six months her life was but a patient
waiting for the end to come. Rev
Father Barry, s. J.. pastor of Sacred
Heart church, celebrated high requiem
mass. Rev. Father Guido, s. J., who
oficiated at the young woman's bap-
tism twenty-siX years ago. acted as
deacon, while the sub-deacon was Rev
II. l.. McMenamin of the Cathedral
one of the early schoolmates of Miss
Curran. A touching funeral sermon
was delivered by Rev Father Barry
and was an eloquent tribute to the
high character Of the dead girl. The
body was laid to rest in Mount Call
vary cemetery. Miss Curran was the
second daughter of Mr.. and Mrs
Thomas c. Curran of 1135 Pearl street.
and for several years held an import
ant clerkship in the county court
house. She was a devout member of
the Young Ladies' Sodality of Sacred
Heart parish and a charter member of
the Queens Daughters. Besides her
stricken parents she is survived by
four sisters, the Misses Anna, Alicia,
Stella and Irene Curran.
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Many friends gathered at Meow
ern's funeral parlors Friday afternoon.
Sept. 13, to assist at the last sad rites
over the bodies of John II. Brazil and
his son, Thomas F. Brazil. The elder
Mr.. Brazil was one of Colorado's pio-
neers and made his home in Denver un-
til the thirst for gold lured so many to
Alaska, when he was one of the first
TO enter the Yukon country. He died at
Dawson City. Alaska, on March l, 1907.
at the advanced age of S4 years. His
son Thomas, who accompanied him to
that far-off place, was an engineer and
met his death in an accident on the
hlondike railroad May Is, 1907. Both
bodies arrived in Denver on Thursday
of last week and were laid side by side
in the family lot in Mount Calvary
cemetery Friday afternoon. That the
men became as popular in their new
home in Alaska as they were in Colo
RADIO is attested by the beautiful floral
tributes that were placed on their
graves by the order of friends in that
far-OH territory.
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The body of Thomas NJ O'Reilly.
who was run over by a train at Ben
nett, Colo, Monday night, Sept. 9, was
brought to Denver for interment. Re-
QUEEN mass was sung Saturday morn
ing, Sept. IA, at st. Elizabeth's church
in West Denver, after which interment
was made in Mount Calvary cemetery
Mr.. O'Reilly was the son of Mr.. and
Mrs Thomas O'Reilly, and was en-
gagged in farming at Watkins, Colo.
He had gone to Bennett to attend the
dry farming convention, and while at
tempting to board the train for home
that evening slipped and fell beneath
the moving wheels and was crushed to
death. The young man was q years
Of age and was one of the most sue
cessful farmers in the state.
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Frank T. La Croix, son of Mr.. p.
o. La Croix, was buried Monday
Sept. 16, with requiem mass
at St Joseph's church. Burial was In |
Mount Calvary cemetery.
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Thomas II. Linaweaver of Abs Lee !