Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1915-09-02
IMPRESSIVE SERVICES
Funeral of Rev. H. J. Cutler Brings
Large Congregation to St.
.Mary's Church

the life Of the dead
priest but with a solemnity and I'M
nressiveness that sank deep into the
soul: of those present, the funeral 81
The Rev. Henry J. Cutler, Beloved ,
mast. r of St. Mary's Catholic Church'
and one ,f the most prominent dlvlnes
Of the Roman Catholic faith IN W.
cinia, was held this morning Mt ~
o'clock. !
An hour before the time arranged
for the funeral people commenced to
gather around the church edltllce and
when the services were commenced
the building was crowded to its full
est capacity. In the large .congrega-
ton that had assembled to pay tn:
final honors to one whose life had been
devoted to the upbuilding of the peo-
ple of his adopted home and who had
exemplifed the principles he taught,
were all classes and conditions OF hlen.
/ Clergymen of almost every denomina-
ton, city officials, lawyers, doctors,
ARTISANS and laborers, laid aside their
! tasks to testify by their presence their
regard for his memory Men and wo-
men, with snowy heads, whom he had
united in marriage a decade ago.
!. wept side by side with lirtlc children
!, whom had recently received the sac
rament of baptism his hands both
veil knowing that thcv had lost
, friend. All, so it was tn 'oughoGt the
entire congregation, for in his life
Father Cutler was not = only spiri
I tual pastor but a good Samaritan:
ministering to the poor ard needy,
listening to the widows plight and
giving heed to the cry of :he orphan
The sanctuary was filed with pas
tors of Catholic churches in Virginia
and the District of Columbia, more
than 80 taking part in the services.
A priests choir under the direction
CT the Rev. Felix Rauf. chancellor Of
; Richmond, sang the masses.
The followin e priests took part in
the .cGuiem ncass: the Rev. James
I T. G'Farrell, enlargement Of the do
cess of Richmond, celebrant: the Rev.
Michael J. Ahern, of Oll Point Con-
fort, deacon; the Rev. Thomas J.
! Wilson, of Old Point Comfort, sub
deacon; the Rev. Edward Walsh Of
Norfolk, master of ceremonies; the
Rev. John J. Massey, Of Newport
News, thurifer; the Rev. T. Coleman,
Of Newport News and the Rev. Tim
othy Grove of Charlottesville, acoly-
ties. The Rev. John Dohcrty, of Nor
folk and the Rev. John McVerry Of
Winchester. were deacons Of honnr ~
Bishop D. j. O'Connell, of Richmond.
who delivered the funeral Grafton and
pronounced the dissolution.
The following were honorary pail.
bearers: NJ. B. Harlow, Thomas Scott,
NJ. A. Ahern. P. +. German, Thorn
as Burroughy Martin Lawler, Thorn
as J. Fannon, T. McGown, John Nc
Kenna, NJ. R. O'Sullivan, Sebastian
Mayer and James Roche.
The active pall-bearers selected
from the various church societies were
as follows: John Ewald and Thomas
E. Dyson, Holy Name Society; Thorn
as C. Hoy and Claude NJ. Lennon.
Knights of Columbus: Captain Will
lam H. Sweeney and James Callan, ST
Vincent de Paul Society: +. T. Quinn .
and M. J. Mcfarland, Catholic Bene-
VIOLENT Legion; w. H. P. Kelly and
William Desmond. Ancient Order of
Hibernians. and John D. Normoyle,
and Thomas J. Mcfarland, Young
Mems Sodality Lyceum. |
At the conclusion of the services
at the church the funeral procession
from the church to the St. Mary's
Cemetery was formed. In line were
the male parishioners Of the church
headed by several hundred children.
The floral tributes were numerous and
beautiful.