The Waterbury Democrat., 1935-10-30
JOHN HEALEY Father of Prominent At- torneys Regarded As Big
 in Stature, Thoughts
 Believed In Thor Ough Education
(By THE OUT EAsTER)

The recent death of John Healey, father of the well- known Patrick Healey, lawyer, and his brother Frank, also an attorney, recalled to us out here his early days as a young married man, living on Silver street. The old families will re- member that MT. Healey mar ried 8 Slavin, and lived for 8 time just around the corner from old Dublin street.
 Silver street then had the Slavins, the Kanes, the O'Con- n0rs, the Bloomfields, the Oviatts, the C0sses and the Farrels. There were few, If any other families on the street. MT. Healey's early days in Water bury were spent on the Hill, the old Abrigador, at . time when 50 many fine old time Irish families comprised the population of this part of the city. Like so many other young Irishmen, he went to work in the local factories, spending a great deal of his time at first in the Waterbury Clock Com pany during the period when the late Henry L. Wade was a prominent figure with this con- cern. He always worked on machines, and being of a stud i0us kird d, learned much con- corning the intricate parts of the mechanism. Eventually, he bl0ssomed out as a full fiedged mechanic, and thereby com manded more than the ordinary pay of the average workman. A saving sort of 8 man, 1t wasn't long before John Healey had &C., quired a home of his own on River street, and some addition al property. His work as 8 me- chanic took him to various fac- tories, and he finally associated himself with the Waterbury Farrel Foundry, or the Water bury Machine Company, as we remember. We think he was there at the time of the Ma chinists strike over 30 years ago. And we think further that was his last place of employment.
 John Healey was an unusual type of man, big in stature and big In thought. In his young days. around 1891, we think, he was appointed to the police de- partment as a supernumerary. His fine figure and exceptional mentality assured him of . permanent place, but he didn't like the life. and so retired from all participation in police duty.
 Since his retirement from the factory, he had spent consider able time about town, and was a familiar figure in and about the city. Immaculate in dress and appearance. he could be observed almost daily walking Prospect street from his apart ment in "The Trinity" even though his pace had slackened greatly from what 1t was in the old days.
 My life has been spent In Waterbury" he used to say to some of his friends, land I have seen the old town grow from Civil War days. Seventy. five years is long time to be in one place. but that has been my life here. Waterbury has been good to me, and to many others, don't forget that. therefore all of us should be most apprecia- tive of what she has done."
 John Healey was 8 we'll vers- cd man in all matters, and could discuss topics of the day with any person. He had his views, and was never afraid to express them. Strong on educational questions, he saw to 1t that every member of his family was properly trained by . college education.
 Waterbury has lost . good citizen in John Healey, and Old Out East, like other sections. will miss him.