The Waterbury Democrat., 1942-01-26

nor of 975 South Main street died
yesterday at st. Mary's hospital, fol-
lowing an illness of three weeks. A
native OF Waterbury, he was the son
of Mrs. Catherine Rafferty, O'Connor
and the late jeremiah O'Connor.
Mr.. O'Connor was a communicate
of the Church of st. Francis Xavier
Until the time of his illness he had
been employed for many years in
the Tool Department of the Scovil
Manufacturing Company.
He leaves, besides his mother, fou,
sisters, Mrs. Thomas Owen, Mrs
Francis Dow, Miss Catherine O'Con.
nor, all of this city, and .Irs. Jane.
Quinlan of Bristol, three nephew.
and one niece.
The funeral will be held from
the Bergin Funeral Home, 200 Eas
Main street, at $3.50 o'clock Wed.
nesday morning to st. Francis Xa.
vier church where q solemn higt
requiem Mass will be celebrated
at 8 o'clock. Interment will be il
the family plot in new st. Joseph's
cemetery. Friends may call at the
funeral home after 7 o'clock this
evening.
MALLETTE-Mrs. Alice (Smith)
Mallette, wife of Fred Mallette, dice
Friday at her home in New Ycrl
city. Besides her husband, she il
survived by two brothers, Joseph E
Smith and Thomas G.. Smith, botf
of Waterbury. Mrs. Mallette is ;
former Waterbury resident.
The funeral was held this morning
in Westerly, r. I.
MORRISSEY-M Mary Morris.
sey, widow of John Morrissey of SIS:
North Main street, died this morn.
ing at the Waterbury Hospital fol
lowing an illness of one week.
A native of Goshen, she was borI
on Nov. 10, 1860, the daughter of thu
late Martin and Mary Iynch) Hav.
lean. Mrs. Morrissey lived in thi
city for many years, spending sew
eral as resident of the south sec.
ton. Fifteen years ago, she movee
to the North End.
Mrs. Morrissey leaves two sons
Harold and George; and seVera
grandchildren.
The funeral will take place or
Wednesday morning at $3.50 O'Clock
from the Bergin Funeral Home, 29(
East Main street, to ST. Thoma!
Church for solemn high Mass O.
requiem at 9 o'clock. Burial will bt
in new st. Joseph's cemetery.
| Friends may call at the Funera
Home this evening and tomorrow
afternoon and evening.
BOWEN-Mrs. Cornelia (Berger
Bowen, widow of Frederick Bowen
died yesterday morning at the hom'
of her niece, Miss Harriet Berger
of Summit road, Prospect.
A native of West Haven, are wa
born on october 8, 1860. the daugh
ter of Fred and Emma Rosemuel
Ter Berger. Until two years agt
when she came to Prospect, Mrs
Bowen had spent almost her entir'
life in Syracuse, N. Y.
She was member of the Epis
copal church in that city.
Besides her niece, she leaves twt
nephews, Fred and Harold Berge
of Prospect.
The funeral will take place from
the Berger home tomorrow after
funeral home, Woodbury.. Rev. Johr
T. d. Franzen, pastor of the Yves
Side Methodist Church, offlciated
Burial was in the North cemetery
Woodbury.. The bearers were Georg
Platt, Stephen Brown, Deland New
ell, Albert France and Gordon Co
roles, all members of King Solomon
lodge, A. F. e. A. M, Woodbury.
and Harold Ford, Continental lodge
Waterbury.
The funeral of Mrs. Anna Long
was held Saturday morning at Ole
o'clock from the home So Gaffney
place, to the Immaculate Concep-
ton church where solemn high
Mass was celebrated at 10 o'clock by
Revs. Philip Hussey, George Kelley
and Donald OLeary. Committa
services at the grave were by Father
Kelley. Burial was In st. James
cemetery, Naugatuck. The pallbear-
| ers were: jeremiah Mccarthy, Mau.
rice OKeefe, John O'Keefe, Frank
Long, Raymond Walsh and join
| Sheridan.