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Show ; Obituary. Michael Keleher. well known to all pld timers of Colorado, passed away last week at his home, 1440 Court place. Mr. Keleher was a native of County ' Cork, Ireland, and was 75 years or age i'l ' Hfr. in i jiii ll i n " ' 1 f at the time of his death. He came to this country with his parents at the early age of 12. After the civil war, through which he served with great bravery and distinctntion, he came to Colorado and engaged in freighting, a business which was verw remunerative in those days before the advent of a railroad. Mr. Keleher is survived by a widow and also by two sisters, whose homes are in Cincinnati. The funeral took place Thursday morning, Nov. 12, from Logan Aevenue chapel, where requiem re-quiem mass was read by Rev. F. X. Henagan. Burial was in Mount Calvary Cal-vary cemetery, services at the grave being under the auspices of the G. A. R. Patrick McCarthy, prominent in the business life of Denver since 1878, died Friday evenng, Nov. 13, at the family home. 57 South Elati street, after an illness of but a few days. The funeral occurred Sunday afternoon from St Joseph's church, on South Water street and Sixth avenue. Interment us in juuuiu v-iiivary cemeiery. vir. McCarthy leaves one daughter. Miss Mary McCarthy, and a son, William McCarthy, who is in business in El Paso, Tex. The news of the death of Mrs. Delehanty, Dele-hanty, wife of Dr. Edward Delehanty, cast a gloom over Catholic society last week. Mrs. Delehanty, in the fullness of health and happiness, was stricken with heart trouble and death must have been instantaneous. Her body was found stretched in the upstairs hall of her home. ir65 Clarkson rtreet, where she had evidently fallen while going about her household duties. Mrs. Delehanty Dele-hanty was, until her marriage two years ago, Miss Winifred Bucher, and was a great favorite in society, where her beauty, winsome manner and musical mu-sical talent made her a desired acquisition acqui-sition to any circle. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John J. Bucher of 4S55 Newton street. The funeral fu-neral occurred Thursday morning, Nov. 12, from St. Leo's church, which proved too small to hold the many sorrowing friends. The Queen's Daughters, of which the young woman had been a member, attended in a body, as did also the Knights of Columbus, of which Dr. Delehanty is grand knight. Rev. Father O'Ryan was celebrant of the requiem high mass, and there were present in the sanctuary priests from all the parishes of the city and Sacred Heart college. Burial was in Mount Olivet cemetery- Besides the stricken husband and parents. Mrs. Delehanty leaves a 7-months-old son, a sister, Miss Anna Bucher, and three brothers, John, George and William Bucher. James E. Gavley, son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew J. Gawley, died on Thursday, Thurs-day, Nov. 12. at the family home, 4521 Tennyson street, after an illness of but two weeks. Dropsy was the direct cause of death, but the boy had been a sufferer suf-ferer -frtnn heart disease for several years, though never sufficiently ill to be absent from his duties. James Gawley Gaw-ley was 19 years of age and a student at one of the local business colleges. At night he distributed programs at the Broadway theatre, and thus became known to a large proportion of Denver's Den-ver's people, .with whom he was very popular, as attested by the wealth of floral offerings around the bier. The funeral took place Sunday afternoon from Holy Trinity church, in Berkeley. Berke-ley. Buprial was in Mount Calvanry cemetery. The funeral of Ogden Anderson Hoffman, Hoff-man, who "died on Wednesday, Nov. 11, was held Saturday from the family home, 3640 West Twenty-ninth avenue, to. St. Dominic's church, where the pastor, Rev. Francis O'Neil. O. P., read requiem mass. Interment was in Mount Olivet cemetery. Mr. Hoffman was 56 years old and had long been a resident of Denver. |