Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Connelly, Father William P. January 1, 2005
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Virginia-Pilot  January 4, 2005
Virginia Beach - Father William P. Connelly, 87, a resident of Marian Manor and
priest of the Roman 
Catholic Diocese of Richmond, died New Year's Day, Jan. 1, 2005.  He was a native of
Boston, Mass., and 
graduated from the University of Notre Dame and from St. Mary's Seminary, Baltimore,
Md.  He was a 
reserve chaplain of the U.S. Air Force for 28 years, serving on active duty during
the Korean and Vietnam 
Wars.  When he retired from the Air Force in 1978, he served as auxiliary chaplain
at Langley Air Force 
Base until 1988.

Locally he served in several parishes:  St. Mary's Sacred Heart and Little Creek
Chapel in Norfolk, St. 
Therese in Chesapeake, St. Nicholas in Virginia Beach, the VA Hospital in Hampton,
chaplain at Norfolk 
Sentara and chaplain-pilot of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Civil Air Patrol.

Elsewhere, he served in nine other churches of the diocese. He was a 50-year member
of the Knights of 
Columbus and chaplain of Council 367, Norfolk.  He was also a member of the Reserve
Officers' 
Association.

The Mass of the Resurrection will be celebrated Wednesday at 11 a.m. in St. Gregory
the Great Catholic 
Church, Virginia Beach, by Bishop Francis X DiLorenzo.  Burial will follow at
St.Mary's Cemetery, Norfolk.  
H.D. Oliver Funeral Apts., Norfolk Chapel, is handling arrangements.

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