The Caledonian-record. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1920-current, 1922-06-24
MESSAGE
| OF COMFORT
TO FRIENDS
Wilfred James Met afrey,
Jr., Buried With Un-
usual HOnOrs

4 uiCIdi SCI WIGS IOi w iilCo
James McCaffrey, Jr., took place
Tuesday at st. Mary's church,
Newport, Rev. Norbert LaChanee
| officiating. The bearers were
Scott Gilchrist, Waldo Macpher-
son, Charles Boright, Victor BereL
| la, Bernard Cate and Alton Por-
ter. Beautiful flowers covered the
casket and helped in a large meas
ure to assuage the grief of the
hour.
Those called to the services from
out of town were Ruby J. o.
Rourke of Alexandria, Virginia;
Mrs. Mabel Clarke and Charles
Dawes of Somerville, Mass; Mrs.
Allena Chambers Of Collinsville,
Conn; Mrs. Susie Dahlberg and
children of St. Jehnsbury; Mrs.
Maurice Johnson of Lyndonville;
Arthur McCaffrey of Lancaster,
N. H.; Norman Mccartney of Lo-
well, Mass; and Archie McCaf-
frey of Concord, N. H. Messages
! and floral tributes We're received
from Norwich, Conn; Vineyard
Haven, Mass; Burlington, VT;
and St. Ferdinand, Canada.
Wilfred's mother feels duty
bound to express, in this public
way, the message he entrusted to
her. He was not afraid to go
and was ready to 80 but prayed
that God might give him chance
to do some worth while service in
this life, something like the SOL
diers did, he was only eighteen
and had been in poor health so
long; then after he had apparently
gone he revived and said he was
forgiven and saved and asked his
mother to promise she would tell
his particular chums, whom he
named, and everybody to live the
Christian life and meet him there
and in particular that God did not
care if you were Catholic or Prot
estant, but to get your name in
the Book of Life while you were
living.
Wilfred told of the beautiful
vision given him in his closing
moments and considering his
weakened condition it was remark
able and of great comfort and sus-
tains his family in their bereave-
ment.
His mother feels that he truly
accomplished in his passing the
worthwhile service he hoped to
perform could he have had length
of years, and feels assured that
those who loved him and to those
who will harken to his message,
Wilfred has left them an inesti-
mable legacy, an illumination on
the Road to Heaven.
Wilfred tried to live Christian
and truly died Christian. -.
"He is not dead-the child of
our affection
But gone unto that school
Where he no longer needs our
poor protection,
And Christ himself doth rule.
In that great cloister's still
ness and seclusion,
By guardian angels led,
Safe from temptation, safe
from sins pollution,
He lives whom we call dead.
The floral offerings We're:
Pillow, "Wilfred.1, pink roses,
white snapdragons, white carna-
tons from parents; spray, pink
and white snapdragons, "brother",
ROndells Mccartney; pansies and
smilaX, Ethel O'Rourke; age in
pink and white carnations, Allena
Chambers; anchor of pansies, r.
J. O'Rourke and Susie Dahlberg;
spray of pink, red and white roses,
Mabel Clarke andCharles Dawes;
eighteen pink carnations, Eleanor
and Arthur Dahlberg; circle on
standard of pink carnations and
white lilies, Knights of Column
bus; wreath Of mallieuX leaves and
red roses, Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen; spray of white carna-
tions, George Kimball and family;
spray Of white carnations, Stanton
Hitchcock and family; spray of
pink and white carnations, class
N. H. S., 1924; spray of pink and
white carnations, Mr.. and Mrs.
Forrest Drew; spray of purple mis-,
Ellsworth Nero; spray of white
hveforever, Mr.. and Mrs. Clay
ton Duckless and Mr.. and Mrs.
W. O. Flanders; spray of white
roses, Norman Mccartney; pink
rosebuds and white carnations,
Hattie Corkins, Nellie Jenkins and
j. J. Corkins; pink roses, W. c.
T. u; pink carnations, Frank
Woodbury. and family; deep pink
carnations, Margaret Jenkins;
spray of red and white snapdrag-
ons, A. B. Garde; spray of pink
carnations, r. E. Martin; spray of
pink and white carnations, J. G.
McEwen family; spray of pink and
white carnations, Charles Doyen
family; spray of pink and white
carnations, with "Wilfred", Hec-
tor LaPlant family; spray of pink
and white carnations, Horace Bo-
wen family; bridal veil, Mrs. AL
bert Austin; bridal veil and Iris,
Mrs. George Gilchrist; pink peon-
les, Alton Huntington; white peo-
MES, Ralph Young; spray of pink
roses, Fred Pickel; pink carna-
tons, Arthur Mccartney; cross of