The Waterbury Democrat., 1937-02-08
FUNERALS

tuneral services IOr beIIlHTu Gs
Higgins will be held tomorrow after
noon at 2 o'clock at the Munson
funeral home, Woodbury., Rev.
Floyd Appleton, rector of st. Paul's
Epicopal church debating. Burial
will be in new North cemetery,
Woodbury..
Judge Higgins died Saturday
morning at the National home of
the Elks in Bedford, Va, after a
long illness. He had been a resident
of the home for the past two years.
He was the first judge of the city
court of Torrington, and was re-
tired from that position in 1929. In
addition he had been borough clerk,
prosecuting attorney and represent
tative to General Assembly. He was
a member of the city charter COM
mission which drafted the bill max
ing Torrington a city.
The funeral of Mrs. Margaret r.
Moore was held this morning at
8:45 o'clock from the home 142
Chestnut avenue to st. Margaret's
church where a solemn mass Of re-
QUEEN was celebrated at OILS
o'clock by Rev. Franklin Corrigan
of Thompsonville assisted by Rev.
John T. Moore Of Bridgeport. dea-
con, Rev. Peter DAILY, sub-deacon,
and Rev. j. Oliver Cronan, master
OF ceremonies. Rev. John Conlan
was seated in the sanctuary. Burial
was in Calvary cemetery with COM
initial services by Fathers Corrigan
Moore and DAILY. The pallbearers
were: James Carr, Thomas Corri-
gan, James Corrigan, Joseph Ba-
chand, Joseph Hassett and William
GroWden.
Funeral services for Mrs. Priscilla
(Taylor) Pierson, widow of Charles
F. Pierson. were held this afternoon
at 2:30 o'clock at the Anderson
Funeral Home, 10 Central avenue,
Rev. DR.. John N. Lewis, rector of
st. Johns Episcopal church officiat-
ing. Burial was in Riverside ceme-
terry.
The Rebelsah funeral service was
held last evening at o'clock at
the funeral home.
The funeral of William j. Hayes
was held on Saturday morning at
8:15 o'clock from the Mulville Fun
eral Home, 270 West Main street to
the Immaculate Conception Church,
where solemn mass of requiem was
celebrated at 8 o'clock by Rev. Jer-
ONE Cooke assisted by Rev. George
Kelley and Rev. John Costello. A
musical program was rendered by
Professor Frederick Harmon with
William O'Brien as soloist. Burial was
in new st. Joseph's cemetery.
The honorary pallbearers, all
members of the Tribune A. G. we're:
James Sheehan, Dennis Stack, Pa
trick Shea, Cornelius Shea Maurice
Shea. and John Oswalt.
The pallbearers we're: Robert Par
ker, Dennis Lynch, Garrett Stack,
Timothy Flaherty, James Hayes and
John Kennedy.
The funeral of Mrs. Catherine
(Flaherty) McWeeney was held this
at $3.50 o'clock from the
home of her son, Patrolman John
of 1876 North Main street
to the Sacred Heart church where
a solemn mass of requiem was cele-
brated at 8 o'clock by Rev. John
Dial assisted by Rev. Albert Gala
han and Rev. Frederick Schaeffer.
A special musical program was rem
dered by Miss Georgianna Wolfe
with James German as soloist. He
rendered abide With Me" after the
mass.
The pallbearers were: Joseph Fin
ley, Michael Hanlon and Patrolmen
Raymond Grady, John Breen,
George McElligott and Alfred Over
ton. The police escort included
Captain William Duggan and Pa
trolman John Meaney. The street
detail included. Sgt. John Phelan
and Patrolman John Carmody and
Patrolman Dennis Lynch.
Burial was IN the family plot in