Newark evening star and Newark advertiser. [volume] (Newark, N.J.) 1909-1916, 1910-12-14
FOY IS
LAID TO REST AS
PARISH MOURNS
Nutley Church ThrOnged During
Obsequies of Beloved
Clergyman.

Thirty clergymen, of different de-
nominations and 500 members of st.
Mary's parish, Nutley. filled that
church to its capacity at the impress
sive services held today for the late
pastor, the Rev. Francis A. Foy. The
solemn high mass of requiem was cele-
brated after prayers for the dead by
the Rev. w. J.. Fitzgerald, of Millville,
long a personal friend of the late rec
tor. The Rev. F. ]. McDermott. of
Kingsland. oficiated as deacon, the
Rev. T. J. O'Shea, of Jersey City, as
sub-deacon and the Rev. e. A. Smith,
as master of ceremonies. A sermon
was delivered by the Rev. S. B. Hedges,
of Arlington, and the Ri. Rev. Bishop
John J. O'Connor, of Newark. gave the
inal absolution.
During the mass for the dead the
church was packed with the Nutley
congregation and residents of neigh
boring towns. The grief of the parish
toner's was strikingly shown when the
Rev. S. b. Hedges gave a brief but
touching sketch of the beloved pastors
life. Father Hedgrs told of the Rev.
Francis "a. Foy's birth and childhood
at Mt. Holly, and related hat in the
late priests family there had been three
generations of priests. Continuing,
Father Hedges touched upon the life
of Father Foy when he studied law
and WIS admitted to the bar. Four
teen years he practised at Philadel-
phia, and was the private secretary for
a United States or at Washing
ton, related the speaker, but the young
mans ambition was not to gain fame
and money for himself, for his heart
went out to the suffering poor, and he
decided to answer to the call of his
vocation.
His Clerical Career.
After his ordination Father Foy was
assigned to st. Joseph's Church, at
Jersey City, where he remained but a
short time, until he was appointed to
take charge of ST. Mary's, at Nutley.
The late r~ector's greed for knowledge
that would help to alleviate the suffer
ings of his poor was well known. At
the rectory numberless books treating
upon the church and almost every
phase of life can be seen in the library,
where the late priest was often to be
found.
So touched were he hearers that
many had to bury their faces in their
arms to hide their grief.
The tlergymen who were present at
the funeral were: the Right Rev.
Bishop John j. O'Connor. Father T.
J.. McDermott, of Kingsland; Father
w. j. Fitzgerald. of Melville; Father
P. J.. O'Shea, Jersey City; Father S. b.
Hedges, of Arlington; Father c. A.
Smith, chancellor of the diocese;
Father Raymond Walsh, of Paterson;
Father Stanislaus Woywood, Paterson;
Father William Cunningham. of Bay
onne; Father George F. Bennett, of
Jersey City; Father ]. P. Smith, Belle
vile; Father T. ]. Herman, Passaic;
Father NJ. J.. White, of Newark; Father
C. P. Gillen, of Paterson; Father F. j.
O'Neill, of Newark; Father F. j. Elan
nigan. of Ridgef1eld Park; Father M
J.. Connolly, of Hackensack; Father M.
j. Mclaughlin, of Belleville; Rev. DR..
J.. J.. Fox, of the Catholic University
of Washington, D. c.
Father T. J. Moran, of the Catholic
Protectory at Arlington; Father NJ. j..
Farrelly, Orange; Father j. Nardiello,
of Bloomfield; Father M. J.. Mcdonald,
of South Orange; Father H. j. Beale,
of Bayonne; Father j. R. Ferguson, of
Mount Hope;. Father Andrew Kenney,
of West Hoboken; Father Henry
Shuttle, of Passaic: Father ]. H. O'Mal-
ley, of Ridgewood; Father ]. j. Keyes.