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Monsignor Kevin James Heyburn SAN ANGELO Rev. Monsignor Kevin James Heyburn, former pastor of St. Joseph Church in Rowena and St. Boniface Church in Olfen, passed from this life after a heart attack while reciting the rosary Monday, May 7, 2001, in San Antonio. Monsignor Heyburn was born Aug. 10, 1922, in Burrow-in-Furness, Lancashire, England. He was the older of two sons born to Mary Margaret OSullivan Heyburn and James Heyburn. He attended Catholic grade schools in New York, Missouri and Texas and graduated from St. Peter and St. Joseph School in San Antonio. He attended St. Anthonys Seminary High School in San Antonio and graduated from Price High School Seminary in Amarillo in 1940. Monsignor Heyburns college and theological education was completed at St. Louis Preparatory Seminary in St. Louis and St. Johns Seminary in San Antonio. He was ordained to the Catholic priesthood in San Antonio on May 27, 1948. His assignments included Sacred Heart Church in Amarillo, Holy Name Church in Happy, Our Lady of Lourdes in Andrews, Sacred Heart in Abilene, St. Joseph in Rowena, St. Ambrose in Wall, St. Marys in Odessa, St. Thomas in Miles and a second assignment as pastor of St. Josephs in Rowena. On Oct. 1, 1992, he retired as pastor but continued to serving the Rowena and Olfen communities until 1998 as the pastor emeritus, when failing health required him to move to Padua Place, a retirement home for Catholic priests in San Antonio. Monsignor Heyburn also served five years on active duty as a chaplain in the U.S. Air Force. Monsignor Heyburn served as vicar general of the Diocese of San Angelo from 1970 to 1979. He was in charge of the construction of Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Andrews in 1959 and Central Catholic High School in Abilene in 1963. He served as the director of Pro-Life Activities for the Diocese of San Angelo from 1976 until he moved to Padua Place. Monsignor Heyburn is survived by John and Anne Heyburn, his younger brother and sister-in-law, and their four children, Kevin Heyburn of Austin, Maureen and David Myers of Richmond, Paul and Kristin Heyburn of Houston and Bridget and Brooke Williams of Dallas. A vigil service with rosary will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, May 10, 2001, at the Cathedral Church of the Sacred Heart with Monsignor Fred Nawarskas presiding. Bishop Michael Pfeifer, OMI, will be the celebrant and priests of the Diocese of San Angelo will concelebrate the mass of Christian burial at 10:30 a.m. Friday, May 11, 2001, at the Cathedral Church. Monsignor Timothy J. Murphy, vicar general of the Diocese, will be the homilist. Interment will follow at the priest section of Calvary Cemetery. Members of the Knights of Columbus Fourth Degree will serve as an honor guard from the vigil, throughout the evening and the funeral mass. Arrangements by Johnsons Funeral Home, 435 W. Beauregard, (915) 655-3113. _________________________________________________________________ Alberta Josephine Jo Palmer ODESSA Alberta Josephine "Jo" Palmer, 89 years of age, went to be with her Lord on Monday, May 7, 2001. She was born Alberta Josephine Fettes on April 15, 1912, to William and Janet "Jenny" Fettes in Carter, Okla. She married Earl Y. Palmer on Jan. 26, 1936, and he preceded her in death March 8, 1993. She is survived by two children, Margaret Joanne Palmer of Boise, Idaho, and Charles R. "Chuck" Palmer and wife Theresa of Odessa. She is also survived by three grandchildren, Brenda Rene Cox of Lebanon, Tenn., and Chelsea and Robert Palmer, both of Odessa. Mrs. Palmer also had two great-grandchildren, Matthew Cox of Lebanon, Tenn., and Mackenzie Lanett Boring of Odessa. Jo was an avid bridge player, belonging to both the "Oldtimers" and "Newtimers" clubs in Midland. She was a member of St. Lukes Methodist Church in Midland. She was also an active member of the Order of the Eastern Star and Beauceant chapters in Midland. In her youth, she was a teacher in a one-room schoolhouse in eastern Colorado, riding her horse to school each morning and warming the building with the pot-bellied wood-burning stove. Jo was adept at most any of her pursuits, including that of loving mother and grandmother, artist, real estate agent, accomplished cook and homemaker. Services will be held at 2 p.m. Friday, May 11, 2001, at St. Lukes Methodist Church in Midland with the Rev. Dennis Bade officiating. Interment will follow at the Fairview Cemetery. The family will meet with friends from 7 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Thursday at Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. Services entrusted to Hubbard-Kelly Funeral Home. _________________________________________________________________ Copyright © 2000, 2001 Odessa American. All rights reserved.