OBIT: John Jay O'BRIEN [Brother Ignatius], 1918, Loretto, Cambria County, PA

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Altoona Times
Altoona, Pa.
Thursday Morning, November 28, 1918

FRANCISCAN BROTHER DIES AT LORETTO

Brother Ignatius, whose name before entering the Franciscan order was 
John Jay O'Brien, died very suddenly at 5.30 o'clock yesterday morning 
at St. Francis college, Loretto, where he had been a teacher for the 
past thirty years.  He was 66 years of age.

He had arisen at his usual hour and was leaving his room to go to the 
chapel for morning devotions when he was fatally stricken, expiring 
immediately.  Heart failure was the cause of his death.

Brother Ignatius was a native of Philadelphia, where his father was 
at one time a distinguished architect.  He entered the Franciscan order 
when a young man, but preferring to devote his life to teaching, he was 
never elevated to the priesthood.  He had a host of friends among the 
alumni of St. Francis college, where he taught in the High school, and 
among whom he was always very popular.

He is survived by a brother and two sisters in Philadelphia, one of 
the latter being Sister Mary Rose of St. Gregory's convent.  The 
funeral will take place on Friday morning at 9 o'clock at the college 
at Loretto, where interment will be made.