Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Chambers, Martina, Sister April 6, 1935
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Virginian-Pilot  April 9, 1935
Sister Martina Chambers — Solemn requiem mass for Sister Martina Chambers, who 
died Saturday morning, was celebrated at St. Vincent’s Hospital Chapel yesterday 
morning at 9:30 o’clock. The Rev. James A. Brennan, was celebrant; the Rev. F. 
Joseph Magri, deacon; the Rev. A. Canas, C.M., sub-deacon, and the Rev. Paul V. 
Heller, master of ceremonies.

Present in the sanctuary were: The Most Rev. Andrew J. Brennan, Bishop of 
Richmond; the Rt. Rev. Msgr. T. E. Waters, the Rev. J. A. Tracy, C.M., the Rev. 
Leo J. Ryan, the Rev. E. A. Brosnan, the Rev. R. B. Kealey, the Rev. George 
Richardson, C.M., Father Sylvester, O.S.B., Father Adelbert, O.S.B., Father 
Timothy, O.S.B., the Rev. M. J. Harrison, the Rev. John Kociela, the Rev. A. 
Preston Campbell and the Rev. R. D. Beattie.

After the mass, the Rev. James A. Brennan paid a high tribute to the long and 
useful life of Sister Martina Chambers in the Order of the Sisters of Charity. He 
referred to the high esteem in which she was held, particularly in Richmond, where 
she taught for more than 40 years.

There were many flowers. The casket was covered with a double cluster of Easter 
lilies and fern, and the attendance at the mass was large. A delegation of Sister 
Chambers’ pupils from Richmond was present at the ceremony. Pallbearers were D. F. 
Donovan, Frank A. Evans, F. B. Parrott, Capt. John I. Clark, A. Bilisoly Hill and
Charles B. Carroll.

Burial was in St. Mary’s Cemetery.

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