Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Casey, Martin Sylvester May 12, 1941
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Norfolk Virginian Pilot May 13, 1941

Martin Sylvester Casey, aged 49, husband of Mrs. Katharine Thayer Casey and son 
of the late Patrick Francis and Mrs. Irene Mears Casey, died yesterday morning 
at 11 o'clock at a local hospital.
Mr. Casey, a native of Portsmouth and a resident of Norfolk for the past 10 
years, resided at 352 W. Olney Road. He was an accountant for the D. Pender 
Grocery Company and a member of the Veterans of Foreign Wars. Besides his wife, 
Mrs. Katharine Thayer Casey, he is survived by a son, Martin Sylvester Casey, 
Jr., of Norfolk; three brothers, Stephen F. and James J. Casey, of Portsmouth 
and Maurice O. Casey, of Norfolk; a sister, Mrs. William W. Warren, of 
Portsmouth and a number of nieces and nephews.
The body will be taken from the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments, 1501 Colonial 
Avenue, to Sacred Heart Catholic Church, for services Wednesday morning at 9:30 
o'clock. Rosary services will be held at the H.D. Oliver Funeral Apartments 
Tuesday night at 8 o'clock.
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Martin Sylvester Casey — Funeral services for Mr. Casey, who died Monday morning 
at a local hospital, were held yesterday morning at 9:30 o’clock at Sacred Heart 
Catholic Church, with the Rev. Paul V. Heller officiating. The Rev. E. P. 
Kilgalen was celebrant of the mass. The Rev. T. P. Scannell was present in the 
sanctuary. The text of Father Heller’s address at the conclusion of the mass was 
"The Sacrament of Extreme Unction.” Several selections were played on the organ 
during the service by J. Harvey Stevens. There was a large attendance and many 
floral offerings. The casket was covered with a pall of pink roses, candy-tuft 
and fern. 
Interment was in St. Mary’s Cemetery. Services at the grave were conducted by 
the Rev. E. P. Kilgalen. The pallbearers were Paul Smith, Joseph Higgins, C. J. 
Colonna, John F. Seelinger, Russell Marshall, Ernest Hartman, J. H. Banks and E. 
L. Fiers.

Norfolk Virginian-Pilot  May 15, 1941


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