The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1941-12-11
FATHER STANTON PASSES
AFTER MONTHS ILLNESS
Former Garrett COuntian Dies In
Baltimore Last Friday; Had
Been In The Priesthood For
More Than Fifty Years


ton, aged more than 70 years, native
of Garrett county, who in September,
1910. celebrated his fftieth anniver-
sary of his ordination to the Catholic
priesthood, died Friday morning, De-
cember 5, in Bon Secours Hospital
Baltimore, following an illness of a
month.
Father Stanton was horn at Hutton.
Garrett county, April q, 1862, son
of the late Lawrence and Mary Keran
Stanton, the fifth child of family of
ten children. His father, railroad
builder, spent most of his life in as
sisting in extending and maintaining
later in life the Baltimore and Ohio
Railroad.
Father Stanton was educated in the
elementary schools of Oakland and
later studied at St. Charles College,
Ellicott City, 1879 to 1885, also enter
ing St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore, in
1885. He was ordained to the priest
hood by Cardinal Gibbons in the Bal
timore Cathedral on September s,
1890.
He did post graduate work in Sacred
Theology at the Catholic University
for one year and in 1891 Cardinal Glib
bons appointed him assistant pastor at
st. Patrick's church, Cumberland. In
1892 he was promoted to the pastor
ate Of St. Mary's church at Lonacon-
ing where he remained until in Sep
TENDER, 1905, when he was appointed
pastor of St. Joseph's church in Bal
timore which he served until 1907,
when he was forced to give Up parish
work because of illness, and in 1909
took up his residence at Mt. DeSales
Academy in Baltimore where he was
chaplain for thirty-two years or until
the time of his illness a month ago.
Father Stanton was noted orator
and was in demand for Lenten courses
and for other special occasions in the
Catholic churches of the State. He wa ;
the author of several books, one of
which is "a Century of Growth Of the
Church in Western Maryland"
Father Stanton returned to Oakland
early last September and on the 7th
of that month celebrated his fiftieth
anniversary cf ordination in St. Peters
church where he conducted the Mass
Following the service at the church
a reception was held at the home of
his sister, Miss Ellen Stanton, on
Fourth street, at which large num-
Der of his friends Of this community
paid their respects. ,a.
Surviving are his one sister, seven
nephews and six nieces, nine grand
nephews and four grand-nieces. An
other sister, Sister Paula, of the Sis
tiers of Charity, Louisiana, who was
still living at the time of his ami
versary in 1910, has since died His
youngest brother Jerry M. Stanton,
died several years ago in Oakland.
Father Stanton's body was brought
to Oakland Sunday morning, following
a Requiem Mass at Mount DeSales
chapel on Saturday, with Bishop Nc
Namara in charge. Services were also
conducted in ST. Peter S church, Oak
land, on Tuesday morning at ten
o'clock in charge of Rev. FIR John c..
Braderick, pastor. Interment was i'll
the Catholic cemetery.
Participating Priests At Service
Rev. John c. Broderick, astor of s..
Peters church, was celebrant of the
Solemn Requiem Mass. Other partic-
ipants in the sci ice were Rev. James
Murphy, ST. Mary's church, Lonacon-
ing, as deacon; Rev Francis Mont.
gomery, St. Miclael's church, Frost
bdrg, suo-deacon; Rev. Charles Bogar,,
st. Patrick's church, Cum 4rland,
master of ceremonies. At the altar
were Rev. Michael Ryan, Ellicott City.
and Rev. Ignatius Fealy, Baltimore
Other priests attending were Rev.
II Boniface Wechmann and Rev
Peter Holman, of IS Peter and Paul
MONASTERY, Cunberland Rev. Dominic
Bonomo, Frostburg; r2v. Francis Nc
Keen, Cumberland and Rev. John
Kelly, Rowlesburg, West Va.
AS young man tr Stanton set out
t. be printer, beng in the employ
of the late Hiram P Tasler, editor Of
the Garrett County He: aid, at which
trade he became proficient, but after a
few years he felt thai ne should fol-
low the desire Of his parents to become
priest and prepared himself for that
work.
And it was in that little Office not
more than 12x12 feet in size, with it's
old Washington hand press against
the wall and other fixtures that went
into the makeup of g printing office
of that early Gay, seeing how pleasant
it was tc work with men like Father
Stanton and IDS brother, John Stan
ton, who Followed the printing trade
all during his lifetime, that the writer
of these lines became inbued with the
thought OF becoming a printer, fC7
K was my initial lay in a printing
office, which has been followed by
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