Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Cahill, Martin Owen November 30, 1938
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Virginian-Pilot  December 1, 2 & 3, 1938
Virginian-Pilot  December 1 & 2, 1938
CAPTAIN CAHILL, FORMERLY OF NORFOLK, DIES
Army Officer Succumbs in Maine; Funeral Not Yet Arranged

Capt. Martin Owen Cahill, U. S. A., member of a prominent Norfolk family and a 
resident of this city for a number of years, died yesterday morning at 10:15 
o'clock in Portland, Me., after a week's illness from pneumonia.

Captain Cahill was reared in Norfolk and attended Maury High School, where he was 
active in athletics, playing on the school baseball team.  He entered the Army at 
the entry of the United States in the World War in 1917, and remained in the 
service after the war ended.  He saw service in Alaska and Hawaii, and at a number 
of posts in the United States, being on duty at Fort Williams, in Maine, when he 
was taken ill.

A son of John Cahill and the late Mrs. Mary Mitchell Cahill, Captain Cahill is 
survived by his wife, Mrs. Loretta Burke Cahill; his father; one son, Martin Owen 
Cahill, Jr.; two brothers, Edward H. Cahill, of Los Angeles, and John C. Cahill, 
Jr., of Norfolk; four sisters, Mrs. Hugh C. Preston, of Washington, Mrs. Harold 
Wright, of Norfolk, and Misses Katherine and Mary Cahill of Norfolk; a nephew, 
Hugh Caperton Preston, 3d, and two nieces, Barbara and Joan Wright, all of 
Norfolk.

Funeral arrangements for Captain Cahill had not been completed at a late hour last 
night.

DEATHS
CAHILL, CAPT. MARTIN OWEN, U. S. A. - At Portland, Me., Wednesday, Nov. 30th, 
1938, at 10:15 o'clock a.m., Capt. Martin Owen Cahill, U. S. A., husband of Mrs. 
Loretta Burke Cahill, and son of John and the late Mrs. Mary Mitchell Cahill.  
Remains will be taken from the residence, No. 418 Pembroke Avenue, Norfolk, Va., 
to Sacred Heart Catholic Church for funeral services Saturday morning at 10 
o'clock.  Friends of the family are invited to attend.  Interment, St. Mary's 
Cemetery.

CAPT.MARTIN OWEN CAHILL, U. S. A. - The body of Captain Cahill, whose death 
occurred Wednesday in Portland, Me., was taken from the residence, 418 Pembroke 
Avenue, Norfolk, to Sacred Heart Catholic Church for funeral services this morning 
at 10 o'clock.

The Rev. Paul V. Heller officiated.  The Rev. E. P. Kilgalen and the Rev. T. P. 
Scannell were present in the sanctuary.

At the conclusion of the mass, Father Kilgalen spoke of Capt. Cahill's duty to his 
God and country, the text of his address being, "I Have Fought a Good Fight, I 
Have Kept the Faith and Now a Crown Awaits Me In Heaven."  During the service, 
several selections were played on the organ by Prof. J. Harvey Stevens.  The 
casket was covered with an American flag.  Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery, 
with military honors.

A volley was fired by a firing squad and a bugler sounded taps at the grave.  
Services at the grave were conducted by the Rev. E. P. Kilgalen.  The pallbearers 
were Comdr. Harold J. Wright, Otto Wells, Samuel M. Subers, Phillip Dale Dean, 
Harvey D. Patterson, Sidney L. R. Wigg, Hugh C. Preston, Jr., W. Ballard Preston 
and M. Winston, Jr.

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