Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Gillam, Sister Matilda August 7, 1911 ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/va/vafiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: Donna Bluemink http://www.genrecords.net/emailregistry/vols/00034.html#0008395 April 9, 2015, 9:19 pm Norfolk Ledger-Dispatch, 8-9-1911 The funeral of Sister Matilda Gillam, one of the sisters of charity at St. Vincent's Hospital, occurred at 9 am today in the hospital chapel, and was largely attended. There was requiem mass, with the following priests officiating: Celebrant, Rev. R A Drake, Deacon, Rev J A Kelliher. Sub-deacon, Rev F J Lucke, Master of Ceremonies, Rev Wm D Delaney. The following clergy were also present: Rev J J Doherty, Rev Father Connelly and Rev M J Ahern. During the service Vincent Smith sang "Nearer My God to Thee." The interment was in St. Mary's Cemetery. Pallbearers - M J Murphy, E C Cheshire, David Donovan, A J Smith, M J Madden, J Aubrey Butt, John F Lawler, Jr., and John A Baecher. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/va/norfolkcity/obits/g/gillam7848gob.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.genrecords.org/vafiles/ File size: 1.3 Kb