Norfolk City Virginia USGenWeb Archives Obituaries.....Trehy, James Vincent January 12, 1925
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Virginian-Pilot  January 16, 1925
THOUSANDS ATTEND FUNERAL SERVICES OF JAMES V. TREHY

Rich and Poor Alike Pay Final
 Homage To Political Leader

Requiem high mass was solemnized at St. Mary's Catholic Church yesterday for James 
Vincent Trehy, political leader, who died at Roanoke Monday. The last rites of the 
Catholic Church for the veteran clerk of the Corporation Court were administered 
later at St. Mary’s Cemetery where hundreds of his friends had gathered to pay a 
last token of respect.

Two squads of policemen, under command of Sergeant O’Brien, acted as a special 
guard of honor and led the long procession from an undertaking establishment to 
the ancient church, where other hundreds had assembled to pay homage to Jimmie 
Trehy. The old bell in the steeple of the shrine began tolling at 9:30 o’clock and 
continued its toll until the funeral services began.

Persons in all walks of life gathered at the church to attend the mass. The pews 
were filled to overflowing and hundreds were unable to enter.

When the Rev. Father Edward A. Brosnan ascended the altar to become celebrant of 
the last rites for Mr. Trehy, many in the church auditorium began to weep. Some 
verged on hysteria and friends escorted them quietly from the structure.

Gave Freely to Charity

The Rev. Father Leo J. Ryan, pastor of the Church of the Blessed Sacrament, in 
eulogizing the dead court clerk, said Jimmie Trehy had his faults like each of us, 
but that his charities formed a mantle on which to rest them. He characterized Mr. 
Trehy as an individual small of stature, but with a big heart and a brilliant 
intellect.

A quartet composed of Mrs. James Hughes, Miss Mary M. Smith, E. V. Smith and E. J. 
Doran sang, "Veni Jesu," by Cherubini. Mrs. Hughes also sang, "Abide With Me."

Clergymen of several faiths attended the services. Among them were the Rt. Rev. B. 
D. Tucker, Bishop of the Episcopal Diocese of Southern Virginia; the Rev. Joseph 
Magri, of St. Paul’s, Portsmouth; the Rev. John Killiher, of St. Andrews, Roanoke; 
the Rev. Julian Bullock, of Danville; the Rev. E. C Keifer, the Rev. Vincent 
Warren, the Rev. P. P. Brennan, the Rev. M. Hartigan, the Rev. A. J. Taylor, and 
the Rev. Francis C. Steinmetz, S. T. D.

Delegations Attend.

The Norfolk bar, headed by State judges, attended the services in a body. Members 
of the clerk's office personnel went into the church together, and large 
delegations from fraternal and civic organizations also were in attendance.

Sisters of Charity, who had been befriended often by Mr. Trehy, solemnly walked 
into the shrine to join the mourners.

Immediately after the services, the body was brought out of the shrine by 
pallbearers who are prominent in the life of the community. Hundreds jammed about 
the hearse, heads bared, to get a final glimpse of the flower covered casket. Then 
slowly the funeral cortege wended its way down Chapel street and into St. Mary's 
Cemetery, where the body was laid to rest.

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