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»r.v'.\v-* y. ■ 'vXv;JOHN C. DOLANWest Concord — Col. John C. Dolan, U. S. Army XRet), a former superintendent of Massachusetts Reformatory, died Saturday night at his home, Dee road, following a long illness. He was born in Concord and was a life-lone resident and had a long rnil-Si held 41, 4 Satu Blt; fron Fite was wasitary career.He was superintendent of thereformatory from 1947 to 1953 ^and before that was deputy sup- ^ ^ erintendent for 14 years and alsodirected athletics. theIHe started his military careen web in 191*2 with Company I, M. V. ranj M. and served in World War I.He attended officers training and school in Plattsburg, N. Y. and tba]after attending the French Mili-tary School in LaBalbonne,France, served with Company D, 102nd Machine Gun Battalionand the military police.During World War I, 1 I as an escort for Edithan English nurse, who was shot to death as a spy by the Germans in Brussells.larlt;14son 6, £ berter!WaFnal :IAnPo;At one time he was a Concord police officer and had been long active in local affairs. He belonged to Knights of Columbus, American Legion and Holy Name.When Massachusetts National Guard was re-organized he was I Jaappointed a first lieutenant andin 1924 was commissioned a cap- Mc tain and held that rank until Ho 1934. Honorably discharged as a j major, then, he joined Massachu- ter setts State Guard at the outbreak du, of World War II and served as | -n a major, 1st Battalion, 23rd Infantry. In 1946 he was made a I he colonel of the 23rd Infantry, be-1 edfore retiring.Surviving are his wife, the for- ba mer Frances C. Powers; two sons, | Be Maj. John, Jr., MassachusettsNational Guard, a former Con-I cord patrolman; William, and I three grand-children all oi J ja | this town. He also leaves one bro- ^ ther, Joseph, Woburn; one sister, B. Mrs. Catherine Logan, Somer- 25ville. thFuneral srvices were held gjfrom the funeral home of Joseph 0jDee Son, yesterday morning gjand were largely attended. Full | ^I militarv rites were accorded. ThegifcGViHaJHtown flag and the reformatory d] flag were flown at half staff. tilt;Rev. Lewis F. Kearn, pastor, | g^ wasvthe celebraant of the solemnhigh mass sung at Our Lady of Christians, and he was assisted by Rev. Thomas F. Brosnan, Catholic chaplain at the reformatory, who was deacon and Rev. John E. 'Bowen, curate, who was sub-deacon. Burial was in . ' . , * lt;• AtSt. Bernard’s cemetery.Bearers were: Deputy Supt. Ralph Sheridan, James W. Powers, Maj. Gen. Otis M. Whitney,Alexander F. MacEachern,Michael J Dee, Jr., Willia A. fHagerty, while honorary Ibear-ers were: John O’Grady, retired deputy; Francis Corcoran, James Ring.Delegations were present from Knights of Columbus, Holy Name, Legion, the reformatory and several Army detachments. Company D, Massachusetts National Guard, furnished the firing squad and taps were sounded by Henry O. M. Hel-sher, bugler.isCBtlt;G£aeva
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Concord Enterprise
Concord, Massachusetts, US
Thu, Jul 28, 1960
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