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Show j"oBITUARY' John Malia, a well known miner of Park City, died in Butte last week. His remains were brought to this city for interment, his wife, who died last May, being buried here. He leaves a family of five sons, one of whom is in the Philippines. He was a member of the A. O. IT. W., and a committee from the lodge had charge of tlie funeral, which took place from St. Mary's cathedral last Sunday afternoon, Rev. Father Kiely officiating. The children from St. Ann's rendered the music. Many old time friends and all of Park City's prominent mining men attended the funeral. Rev. Father Kiely delivered the beautiful funeral sermon s.nd paid a high tribute to the sterling qualities of the deceased miner in the following words : "A good name is better than precious ointment." Ecclesiastes, vii, 1. Nine months have not passed since the deceased came into this church as a mourner for the wife he loved. Surrounded Sur-rounded by his family all shed bitter teai-s for the faithful wife and loving mother. The home, where all was peace and happiness, was then broken. For that family in the old home there could be no more sunshine. Bowed down with grief the father left his old home and went to Montana. Yester-I Yester-I day he came back to us in his coffin. and today his grateful children witness the sad rites which, with him, they witnessed wit-nessed here last May, when the partner of his life and their mother was laid to rest in Calvary cemetery. Those who saw him last May did not think he would survive his wife very long. His heart went into the grave with hen Nothing but his strong faith could enable en-able him to endure, with such patience and resignation as he did, that great ordeal. The day before her burial I was with him at the cemetery, where he selected a lot. After spending an hour with the old cemetery looking for the graves of two of his children who were buried there many years before he succeeded in locating them Then he gave orders that their remains be placed side by side with their mother He, said to me: "I will soon be with them." Yes. he is with them, not in the grave, but in heaven, where there is no mourning, no sorrow, and where there will be no parting. That was his great hope, and it was that hope, the offspring off-spring of faith, that enabled him to bear Irs heavy burden. John Malla wa a good man. I have known him since he came to Utah and became a resi- dfilt, ofarl; City' He was one of the old landmarks of that mining camp. I iVSr1 n-erVs even one. person !i Park City, where he lived so: many years,:; who had not the most exalted opinion of his ho-nesty and integrity i He was old fashioned in his way, guile ; less as a child, and as simple as th day he left his native country. He va: 1 scrupulously honest, and would nevei be satisfied till he had paid the las j farthing of an honest debt. He lovec ; God and the work of his life was th salvation of his soul. He never losi sight of that great and very important j truth. His family came next in his af-j af-j fection?. For them he labored ami toiled. His hard earnings were freely generously, but not foolishly, spent foi their benefit, and to fit them for the battle of life. He often told me that he would spend all he possessed on the education of his boys, and in return all he asked was that they be good men He -id spend it, and I hope his wishes will be realized. He loved the country i of his adoption, and never, as far as 1 know, did he by any act of his disgrace j the honored name of American citizen. ; You, his children, have the sincere j sympathy of many friends in the loss ! of your good father. You have mine j also. Your father has not left you riches, but he has left you something ; richer than all riches, and that is a ' good name, a name that was never tar-j tar-j nished by any unlawful or disgraceful act, and one of which you should ever feel proud. If he could speak to you in his coffin his legacy would be: "My name and .memory, I leave it to men's charitable speeches, and to the next j ages." What more valuable could he I leave, since "a good name is better j than precious ointment"? |