The Bridgeport evening farmer., 1913-06-19
THE LATE REV. WILLIAM HENRX LYNCH
 PASTOR OF ST. CHARLEg. Rs C. CHURCH

Funeral services for the Reverend Father William Henry Lynch, pastor of St. Charles R. c. church will be held at the church Saturday morning, The office of the DEAD will be chanted by the clergy at 10 a. m. fol quiem at 1O:30. A host of visiting priests will take part in the cere- monies.
 The body will lie in state in St. Charles church tomorrow afternoon and evening where the paTishioners and friends of the deceased will be af- forded an opportunity of taking a final view ~of the remains. .e
 It is understood that Bishop Hickey of Rochester, a close friend of the dead priest will be unable to attend the oT1sequies owing to his having slls- tained fracture of limb recently.
 Bishop Milan and practically all oE the foremost dignitaries of the diocese will attend.
 man was literally beaeiged today with callers and messages of condoIence from men and women in all walks of life not alone in this city but from points throughout the east where Father Lynch was known. The par fsh which he founded and for which he virtually sacrificed his life is pIung.
 
 his own flock is shared by the Cath. olics throughout the city in general.
 Father Lynch died at the rectory of St. Charles parish about 11:3O Ia st night, the immediate cause of dea tn being uraenaic corv vu1sions. Those in the priest1y household had known for some time that the complication of ailments which had, long afflicted him had marked him for an early grave and while the final attack came with cruel suddenness it was seen at once that the end was at hand. Seized with the attack shortly after 10 o'clock he sank rapidly and when the family physician reached the bedside the spark of life was almost gone.
 With him at the time of his pass ing were his only sister, Mrs. Sarah J. Smith, his housekeeper and his two faithful assistants, Rev John F. Cal lahan and James V. Illusion. Besides city and pr. George F. Lynch, a den- tfst of Providence, survive.
 Waterbury, Conn, was the birth place of Rev. William Henry Lynch where he came into this world in 1862. He was still in his boyhood when the family removed to Pawtucket, R. T., where Father Lynch received his early education in the public schools there. Graduating from the high school of Providence he was an honor Of ms class ana entered HOY Cross college at Worcester where he began his studies for the priesthood Completing his classics in that famous Catholic institution of learning he made his theology at St. Benavsn- ture's college at A1leghany. N. Y, and in 1888 was ordained a priest by Bishop Thomas D. Beaven, head of the diocese of Springfield.
 Adopted by the late Bishop Law renee McMahon for the diocese of Hartford his first charge asa curate was at Manchester then at Windsor Locks and six years after his ordin- ation he was made an assistant to the late Monsignor SIocum at the import ant parish of the Immaculate Concep- tion in Waterbury.
 In his native city he plunged with his whole heart and soul into his priestly labors and he was soon ac- lively interested under the direction of his pastor in the affairs of many of the lay societies connected with the parish.
 He became the spiritual head of the Catholic Women's Association, an in huential church organization which hel had revivifled and under his active dir