OBIT:  CALLAN, Thomas F.; 1909; Summit, Cambria Cnty., PA

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Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 19 Mar 1909
Volume 43, Number 12


Thomas F. Callan Called by Death [left side of article cut 
off]

Thomas F. Callan, for a number of years one of the leading 
citizens of [cut off], a man who made friends wherever he 
was known and whose life was of [cut off] as a public 
spirited citizen, died at the Memorial Hospital in 
Johnstown Tuesday morning of typhoid fever and uremic 
poisoning. Death came [cut off] as he was unconscious for 
[cut off] before the end.

[Second paragraph is cut in the middle and unintelligible] 

[Third paragraph cut in middle but some facts are clear: 
Was age 37 at the time of his death; born in Loretto in 
1872; was a son of Regina McGuire Callan and the late 
Thomas Callan; was a direct descendent of the late Michael 
McGuire.

[Remainder of obituary unintelligible]



Cambria Freeman
Ebensburg, Pa.
Friday, 26 Mar 1909
Volume 43, Number 13


Funeral of T. F. Callan 

The funeral of Thomas F. Callan was held last Friday 
morning in St. Aloysius Catholic Church at the Summit. It 
was the largest ever held in that vicinity, the church 
being crowded.

A solemn high mass of requiem was said with the Rev. Father 
Francis Hertzog of Pittsburg, a school friend of the 
deceased at St. Francis College at Loretto, as the 
celebrant.  The Rev. Father James Gaven (sic), pastor of 
St. Aloysius parish, was deacon; the Rev. Father Thomas 
Ryan of Lilly, sub-deacon, and the Rev. Father Joseph 
Farren of the local orphanage was master of ceremonies. The 
Rev. Father Graven preached the sermon.