Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....O'Farrell, James T., Msgr. January 18, 1926
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Ledger-Star  January 19, 1926
 
Before the altar from which for many years he ministered to the spiritual needs 
of St. Mary’s parish, the body of Monsignor James Thomas O’Farrell, who died 
yesterday afternoon in St. Vincent’s hospital, will lie in state from tomorrow 
afternoon until, with solemn high mass of requiem, it is borne to its last 
resting place Thursday morning.
Monsignor O’Farrell, who was 76 years old, died at 6:30 yesterday afternoon in 
the hospital, to which he had been confined since September, 1923. He had been 
critically ill, however, only since last Friday. Heart disease was given as the 
principal cause of death.
While complete details of the funeral arrangements for the aged clergyman had 
not been completed today, Rev. Edward A. Brosnan, who succeeded him as pastor of 
St. Mary’s when he went to the hospital, announced that the parishioners whom he 
loved and served in life will have an opportunity to view his body in death.
Take Body to Church
The body will be taken from the hospital shortly after noon tomorrow and will be 
carried to the church, two funerals to be held in the church tomorrow morning 
making it impossible to place the body there earlier. From the time of the 
arrival of the body at the church, a continuous guard of honor, composed of 
Knights of Columbus, will stand over it and the public will be permitted to walk 
past.
Father Brosnan said this morning that those in charge of the funeral are working 
on a list of pallbearers and that it may be completed this afternoon. He said 
that, because of the statewide character of the work of Monsignor O’Farrell, as 
vicar-general of the diocese and second ranking clergyman of the state, it was 
necessary to await upon advice from priests in different sections who likely 
would participate.
Two classmates of Monsignor O’Farrell will, at his request, take leading parts 
in the funeral services. Father Edward Tearney, of Holy Cross church, Lynchburg, 
will officiate at the requiem mass, while Father Joseph Cunnane, of St. Andrew’s 
church, will preach the funeral sermon.
Fifty Clergymen to Attend
In addition to the priests who will actively participate in the impressive 
ceremonies with which the church will inter one of its serving sons, more than 
fifty clergymen from different parts of the state and nation, who at one time or 
another during the long career of Monsignor O’Farrell were associated with him, 
will occupy seats near the altar. Because of illness, Bishop D. J. O’Connell, 
Monsignor O’Farrell’s only superior in the state, will not be able to attend. He 
will be represented, however, by the Very Rev. Felix Kaup, chancellor.
The ceremonies will be conducted with the impressive ritual which the tradition 
of the Holy Catholic church decrees shall obtain in the funeral of her sons. 
Immediately following the services at the church, the body will be interred in 
St. Mary’s cemetery.



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