Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Dempsey, Michael Angelo July 8, 1939
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Virginian-Pilot  July 10 & 12, 1939
MICHAEL ANGELO DEMPSEY, aged 58 years, husband of Mrs. Margaret Burton Dempsey and 
son of the late Michael A. and Mrs. Isabelle Lovitt Dempsey, a native of 
Philadelphia, Pa., and a well-known resident of Norfolk for the past 23 years, 
died  yesterday morning at 10:55 o'clock at a local hospital.  Mr. Dempsey was for 
a number of years engaged in the towing business.  He resided at 1720 Princeton 
Avenue.  He was a member of St. Matthew's Catholic Church and the Holy Name 
Society.  Besides his wife, Mrs. Margaret Burton Dempsey, he is survived by two 
daughters, Mrs. Richard Vellines and Miss Marion Dempsey, one son, M. A. Dempsey, 
Jr., a grandson, Richard Vellines, Jr., one brother, Lewis Dempsey of San Diego, 
Cal., three sisters, Miss Katherine I. Dempsey, Mrs. H. M. Stubbins and Mrs. R. J. 
Lindsay of Philadelphia, Pa.  Remains will be taken from the H. D. Oliver Funeral 
Apartments, No. 1501 Colonial Avenue, to St. Matthew's Catholic Church for 
services Tuesday morning at 10 o'clock.  Interment will be in St. Mary's Cemetery.

MICHAEL ANGELO DEMPSEY - Funeral services for Mr. Dempsey, whose death occurred 
Saturday morning at a local hospital, were held at 10 o'clock yesterday morning at 
St. Matthew's Catholic Church, Berkley, with the Rev. P. P. Brennan, officiating.  
The Rev. A. J. Taylor, the Rev. F. V. Bambrick and the Rev. M. J. Hartigan were 
present in the sanctuary.  At the conclusion of the mass, the Rev. A. J. Taylor 
paid tribute to the Christian life and character of Mr. Dempsey.  During the 
service, the church choir sang, "Mary, Dearest Mother," "Lead Kindly Light," and 
"Nearer My God to Thee," with Mrs. H. W. Fulford as organist.  There was a large 
attendance and many floral offerings.  The casket was covered with a pall of pink 
gladioli and ferns.  Interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery.  Services at the grave 
were conducted by the Rev. M. J. Hartigan.  The pallbearers were George Freeman, 
Frank T. Bray, Henry A. McDonough, R. H. Prause, Robert Unser, J. F. Pearson and 
J. P. Piedmont.

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