Obituary: Ozaukee County, Wisconsin: Rev. P.H. BOWE ************************************************************************ Submitted by Mary Saggio, September 2007 © All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm ************************************************************************ The Cedarburg Weekly News February 4, 1885 Cedarburg, Ozaukee, Wisconsin DEATH OF FATHER BOWE Another beautiful character has passed away from earth. Rev. Father BOWE, well and favorably known here, died at Montgomery, Ala. on Wednesday morning the 28 ult. Father BOWE had been ailing for about ten months when death came to his relief and brought him the reward which he so richly merited. The good young priest was beloved by all. As a youth in our midst, he is well known to all; as a seminarian, his professors cannot speak too highly of him, and as a priest, though his career was of short duration his exemplary life will never be forgotten. During his sufferings he was never heard to murmur or complain. Such a noble character was he that his sorrowing relatives and friends are consoled only by the thought that his soul has winged its flight to regions where pain and sorrow are unknown. Father BOWE's funeral was to have taken place on Saturday last, but owing to some delay on the road, his remains did not reach here in time. The following clergymen were here on Saturday to attend his funeral. Father BOWE (cousin of the deceased) of Edgerton; Father McFARLAND of Elba; Father FAGAN of Bay View; Father McGILL of St. John's Cathedral, Milwaukee, Fathers RYAN and BECKER, of St. Francis Seminary; Father FRIEDL of Saukville; Father LOCHEMES, of Random Lake and Father DURNIN the pastor of the congregation. The funeral, however, took place on Monday morning and was largely attended. A solemn requiem was sung by the pastor Father DURNIN, assisted by Father RYAN as deacon and Father FRIEDL as sub-deacon. The funeral sermon was preached by Father FAGAN of Bay View, Father BOWE's former professor. He spoke in glowing terms of the deceased as a seminarian and a priest. So truly did the Rev. speaker depict the character of the good young priest, that he caused many a tear to be shed. After the funeral services in the church, the remains were viewed by all present. The absolution at the grave was performed by Father FRIEDL one of his old professors. R.I.P. To show how Father BOWE was esteemed wherever he went, we clip the following from the Montgomery Daily Advertiser. Death of a Talented Young Priest. Died at the residence of Rev. D. SAVAGE, Wednesday morning at 1 o'clock. Rev. P.H. BOWE, a priest of the diocese of Milwaukee, Wis. Father BOWE was ordained in Milwaukee by the Most Rev. Archbishop HEISS on the 24th of last June. During his studies he contracted a severe cold which developed pulmonary trouble. After a few months of active labor in the sacred ministry he was obliged to give up his duties and seek a more genial clime to escape the harsh winter of Wisconsin. He spent some time in Colorado where he found that he improved very little and hoping against hope he sought the sunny south, but alas! too late - his health broken and shattered he yielded to the first severe attack and the last cold spell played sad havoc on his already tried system. As a man his characteristic was amiability. Gentle and mild he must have always been, for the priest was only developed from the man. Father Savage, with his usual goodness of heart, received the young priest here and gave him a home with all of its needed comforts, but all that he or other friends could do would not stay the cold hand of death, which had already settled on the good young priest. His remains were sent on last night's train in charge of the Southern Express Company to his parents and friends, clerical and lay, in Wisconsin.