The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1919-12-02
Obituary Of Rev. George A. Cone

The following article was taken
from recent issue of the Denver
Catholic Register Rev. George A.
Cone, all expert on hospitals was
chaplin OF ST Joseph's hospital in
Denye:
The ey. George Aloysius Cone,
chaplain OF st. Joseph's hospital, Den
yer for the last twelve years, died
there on Monday night at O'Clock,
after long Illness, He came West
for his health being located for a
short time at Las Vegas, n NJ, then
coming to Denver Despite his aifiic-
tion. he kept at work until about five
months ago, since when he has been
compelled to keep to his room He
was unusually patient in his suffer
ings and died as he lived--a saint.
The day he died, he was constantly
praying, and was not only perfectly
resigned, but thanked God His was
the most beautiful death / have ever
seen" said Sister Marcella, superior
of the hospital, who. with other
Sisters of Charity and Father Devlin,
was with him at the last,
Father Cone was an expert on Cath
olic hospitals He was one of the
most intellectual priests of the Den
YER Diocese, n constant student. That
the public did not hear more of him
was due only TO his poor health To
his personal friends, the man WIS al
ways a marvel When borne down
under weight of suffering that
,,o,,id boua CON, apofbor 10 hie e,yn va
long ago, Father Cone refused TO sur
render and kept right on with his
work. His kindliness to patients. the
many converts he won for Holy
Mother Church. the calm dignity with
which he filled his office-all these
things have no doubt won him high
place in the heavenly kingdom.
Long before the Catholic Hospital
association was formed. Father Cone
was working for exactly the same
great reforms that this society urges
and he put them into effect at st.
Joseph's. His influence brought
about the same reform in a number
of other Catholic hospitals, too, and
when Father Charles h. Moulinie,
president of the Catholic Hospital as
sociation, was here about year ago,
he invited Father Cone to address
the national convention. Due to the
local priests i'll health, he could not
accept.
Father Cone was born in Benning
ton, VT, 43 years ago, He was edu-
Gated for the priesthood at ST Bern
ards seminary, Rochester, n. Y. and
was ordained 10 years ago for the
Louisville, Ky. diocese After he had
worked in Louisville a few years, his
health broke down and he came to
the West He was incarlinated into
the Denver diocese on March II, 1913.
He was splendid singer.
Pontifical High Mass was sung for
his soul at ST Josephs hospital by
Bishop ]. Henry Then, preceded by
the chanting of the office for the
dead. The body was shipped to Ben.
nipgton, VT Father Cones father
and married brother are living in
Vermont. Another brother, news
paperman, died at Las Vegas, N. VI.
earlier this year.
1t was in obedience to Father
Cones own wish, expressed on his
deathbed. that the funeral Mass was
held in his own chapel instead of the
The officers of the Mass,
besides the Bishop were Archpriest.
Rt. Rev. Monsignor Richard Brady;
deacons of honor Father Deylin and
Father c. p. Carr; deacon of the
Mass Father T. J. Mannix; subdea-
con, Father Thomas Kelly; master of
ceremonies, Father W. NJ Higgins. A
choir of priests, directed by Father
Joseph Bosetti, sang the Mass
Among the priests in the choir were
Fathers Cornelius O'Farrell Walter
Grace, Mark w. Lappen, William ny.
an and a. j Happe"