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Memory Of Rev. Father MertianReverenced At Last Sad RitesFitting to the life of the worthy ■ *nlt;l respected man, loved by llio many with whom ho had come in contact, iu his years of ministry aud . guidance, wan the rererent ceremony conducted Friday morning in Sl Clary's church over the body of tlie Haw Father Joseph Mcrtiau, lately pnRtor at McCullough, Scioto county.' People of every age, . from very • youDg children to those bent withGet enough Yucatan Saturday noon to last you over the week end.ilfi IIycara, ir.ado up the congregation which filled the church, to bid farewell to the earthly semblance of ono who had \kj«u the friend of all he mol, who had guided the youth and counseled their elders.Two huiidenl peopla from the Catholic congregations nt Ponr! Creek, Otway and McCullough, and others not members, making a total of nearly throw hundred friends from llio West Side, attended the last rites.Beginning at 0:30, Fonlifici;.! high mess was celebrated by cloven priests, Llio celebrant being the Right Reverend Monsignnr John Murrey, V. G., of Cincinnati. Tlio assistant priest was ilov. J. E. McGuirk, paster of the Holy Redeemer church; iho deacon, ltev. Joseph Scherer, South Rend, Ind.; aub-deacon, Rev. John Mn.vcshofor, Hnmilton, Ohio; master of connnuip';, Rev. Frnncift W. iiloecklier, Irnnton; preacher, Iter. .1 nines H. Colter, of St. Lawrence church, Irnnton. Other priests wero Rev. IfeiiTy .T. Richter, Otway; Rev. T. Cusack, of Ashland; J\er. Thomas Oiiroy, Wheeleveburg; Rev. F. X. Clarke, Pino Drove, and Rev. T. A-Goebel, pastor of St. Mary's.In his tribute to the deceased priest, Rr.v. Father Coltor spoke of his exceptional record, hliving been (V! years a priest. and 45 years pastor in one iln.cp. Falhcr Mcrtian was 57 years old. I1r spoko of his lifi» as holy, his leaving, devoted; his ■ looill, saintly. Calling Father Mor-lian n Hue saint, lie said that thuTherought, trill be iconception of n enint as one distant, as the nearest lixed star, was wrong; that every congregation has ils saints.Father Mertian was ono of hid people, loving to meet them, as they loved to greet him. He was hiimble, violating no mnn’a rights, having learned that the only vrny to got uuus rights is to respect tiic rights ofr olhnrs. That he wua patient, learned,' J. deroted to his priestly duties, giving Portsm Impc where there wns wrinkled ami Gclirc:! shivering despair, and knowledge gT0Y«fll whern ignorance nlidcth, grace where -iho soul was filled with indy self, wasattested by Rev. Father Cotter. lie •'■sked the prayer* of the people for ijdlj the one who hod prayed so often for j Lhem.Tho funeral cortege left for the McCullough cemetery at 1:30 p. in. IThe poll-bearer a from the West | Mrs. Stdu congrogoUnjiK wore: JmncK R- leave CO. Wnlsh, Andrew Haggerty. Joseph!t%rortI I [aggertv, Thomas McMnnmvny,Thames Crowe and Fdw.ird O'Rriea.Epidemic In Welbtonbe her fath seriously Ten tl with ■ bnhe baaScarlet fevor is still rnging in I '•Vi'llslou, all the schools, churchesjI and theatres having hern closed jl for a week, and manv cases ha\c;» ■■■■ecu'rcporlcd in that town.Alton Tliursdn
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Portsmouth Daily Times
Portsmouth, Ohio, US
Fri, Apr 13, 1917
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