The Waterbury Democrat., 1938-12-20
FUNERALS

The funeral of Mrs. Fannie A. Higginson, widow of Henry R. Hig- ginson, will be held tomorrow after noon at o'clock from the home, 694 Baldwin street to Trinity Epis- copal church where services will be conducted at 2 o'clock by Rev. Roger B. T. Anderson, rector of the cl. urch. Burial will be in Ever green cemetery, Watertown. Friends may call at the home this afternoon and evening.
 The funeral of John T. Woods, a World War veteran, was held Mon- day in Hartford with 8 solemn re- quiem mass at St. Augustine's church. Rev. James F. Woods of Waterbury, a brother was celebrant, assisted by Rev. Thomas P. Mul- cahy and Rev. Michael Heating of Waterbury. Rev. Bartholomew J. Skelly was master of ceremonies and Rev. Myron V. Miller thurifer, Rev. John F. Hannon and Rev. Francis Murphy of Waterbury were acolytes Present in the sanctuary were: Rev. Albert E. Taylor, Rev. William J.. Baldwin and Rev. John E. Dooley, of Hartford; Rev. John T. Connor, Rev. George F. Reilly and Rev. John w. Dial of Waterbury; Rev. Austin Degnan of Pennington; Rev John B. German, M. S., of Bloom field; Rev. James F. Danaher of Cheshire; Rev. John J. Dillon of Washington; Rev. John Phalen, Rev Walter Casey, Rev. Augustine Hen- nesSey, Rev. John Kelly, Rev. Harry Struck, Rev. John Weldon, Rev. Thomas McMahon, Rev. John O'Neil, Rev. Joseph McCuen, Rev. Thomas Dennehy, Rev. Thomas Lawlor and Rev. Francis Bratton, all of Hartford. The bearers were: John Connolly, Charles Carney, James Beach, John Coughlin, John Hickey and Robert Jeffers. Burial was in Mt. St. Benedict cemetery. Father Mulcahy, assisted by the at tending priests, conducted the bur- ial service. A firing squad from the navy discharged volley over the grave and taps were sounded.
 Funeral services for Mrs. Kath- crime Margaret (Steele) Coe, 79, wife of Benjamin L. Coe, will be held tomorrow afternoon at 2 o'clock at the Anderson funeral home, 70 Central avenue, Rev. The odore c. Bobilin, pastor of the First Methodist Episcopal church will off1ciate, assisted by Rev. John R. Coombs, associate pastor of the Second Congregational church. Burial will be in Riverside cemetery at the convenience of the family.
 The funeral of Mrs. William Hal loran will be held tomorrow morn ing at 8:15 o'clock from the Mul- vile funeral home, 270 West Main street, to the Church of the Immac- ulate Conception, where a solemn high mass will be celebrated at g o'clock. Burial will be in old St. Joseph's cemetery. Members of the Ladies auxiliary, Div. Ancient Or der of Hibernians, will meet this evening at 8:30 o'clock in the funeral home to take action on her death.
 The funeral of Mrs. Mary Phelan McKenna was held this morning at g o'clock from the home, 20 Wal nut street to the Immaculate Con- ception church where a solemn mass of requiem was celebrated by Rev! Francis O'Shea assisted by Rev. Donald OLeary and Rev. Phillip HusSey. Seated in the sanc- turary was Rev. Paul Spodnik. A musical program was rendered by Professor Frederick Harmon. Ed ward Guilbert sang Bailey's Ave Maria" and Abide With Me" and Mrs. Mildred Roche Lezotte rendered "The Sleep of Peace" at the close of mass. Burial was in the family plot in new St. Joseph's cemetery with committal services by Father Reilly.
 The pallbearers were: Patrick McKenna, Timothy 'McKenna, Dan- iel Roberts, Timothy Guile, Edward Loughran and Maurice Carey.
 The funeral of Mrs. Eva Bitnas, wife of Stanley BitnaS was held