TITLE:       Rev. Edward Michael LaRose, Obituary,  April 10, 2001

SUBMITTERS:  Journal Inquirer
             Manchester,CT (issue Apr 11, 2001)

FORMATTED:   ABishop, September 2001

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LAROSE

The Rev. Edward Michael LaRose, 61, retired pastor of St. Jerome Church in New Britain, died 
Tuesday, April 10, 2001, after a lengthy illness.

Born in New Britain April 26, 1939, he was the son of Michael E. LaRose of New Britain and the 
late Mary K. (Farrell) LaRose. He attended St. Joseph School and New Britain High School. He 
was a graduate of Saint Thomas Seminary in Bloomfield and Christ the King Seminary in New York. 
Father LaRose was ordained a priest on May 19, 1966, at Cathedral of St. Joseph in Hartford by 
the Most Rev. Archbishop Henry J. O'Brien, D.D. His assignments included serving at Sacred Heart 
Church in Southbury, St. Bartho-lomew Church in Manchester, St. Pius X Church in Wolcott, and 
Holy Spirit Church in Newington. Father LaRose served as pastor of Immaculate Heart of Mary 
Church in Harwinton from 1982 to 1996. He was then appointed pastor of St. Jerome Church in New 
Britain, where he served until his retirement in 1999. He then became a resident of Holy Cross 
Rectory in New Britain.

In addition to his father, he is survived by his sister, Mary Kathryn LaRose of Kensington; his
brother and sister-in-law, Peter and Regina LaRose of Needham, Mass.; and his nephew, Stephen M. 
LaRose of Washington, D.C.

Father LaRose will be formally received at Holy Cross Church, Farmington Avenue, New Britain, 
at 2 p.m. Monday, April 16. Friends may call at the church until 7 p.m. when Mass will be 
celebrated by Msgr. Daniel J. Plocharczyk, Episcopal vicar of the Hartford Vicariate.

The Funeral Liturgy will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 17, at Holy Cross Church, with 
Auxiliary Bishop Peter Rosazza, D.D. as main celebrant. The homily will be delivered by 
Rev. Peter S. Sobiecki, pastor of Holy Cross Church. Burial will follow in the family plot in 
St. Mary Cemetery, New Britain. Following the Funeral Liturgy a reception will be held in Father 
LaRose's honor at St. Jerome Church Hall, Slater Road, New Britain.

Father LaRose's family wishes to extend a special thank-you to staffs at New Britain General 
Hospital, Medi-Plex of Newington, and the Connecticut Hospice of Farmington, for their special 
care of Father LaRose.

In lieu of flowers, donations may be made to Holy Cross Church, 31 Biruta St., New Britain, 
CT 06051; St. Jerome Church, 1010 Slater Road, New Britain, CT 06053; or Low Vision Center, 
c/o New Britain General Hospital, 100 Grand St., New Britain, CT 06052.




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