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Show OBITUARY. JOHN .1. IIAGUS PASSES AWAY. John J. Hagus laid down the burdens, bur-dens, of his seventy-two busy years last week and entered into the long rest. After an illness of but three days he succumbed to ptomaine poisoning, poi-soning, leaving a void in the hearts of those his life had touched, which are aching bitterly. As a public-spirited citizen, as a man of supreme integrity in business dealings, the world knew John Hagus; as a Christian father and a model of splendid Catholic manhood, the church knew him. He gave, two sons to the priesthood, and Colorado is today to-day the field of their labors. He lived to see three other children in Christian Chris-tian homes of their own. For fifty-two years John Hagus made his home in Colorado. As a builder of the commonwealth in the days when it took a stout heart to beat courageous in the face of pioneer struggle, he was entitled to a position of rinhlif trust lint ho onea t. u-ioirl a rpiiet influence, and his deeply religious re-ligious spirit was carried into his every-day work. Mr. Hagus was born in Cologne, I Prussia, seventy-two years ago this month. He was a little child when his parents brought h?m to America, and a young man when the gold excitement ex-citement beckoned him to Colorado. He came here in 1S5S, and after twelve years returned to his home in Galena. HI., for a visit. It was there that he met and married Miss Helena ! f v1. r - JOHN J. HAGUS. Pioneer Colorado Catholic, Who Died Last Week. (Courtesy The Denver Post.) Fluecken. They returned to Denver, and after a time went to Leadville. Mr. Hagus was a partner in the Ha-gus-Pryor furniture stores at Leadville Lead-ville and Pueblo. His last business was in Denver with the Cooper-Hagus company. Twelve years ago he re tired. Mr. Hagus was one of the first parishioners par-ishioners of the old St. Mary's cathedral cathe-dral on Stout street. He was interested inter-ested in the pioneer Catholic cemetery. ceme-tery. Mount Calvary, managing its affairs af-fairs and fighting its battles for years. At his own expense he won a legal fight for the cemetery thirteen years ago. The illness of Mr. Hagus dated from Tuesday of last week, and he breathed his last on Friday morning. His wife, his married son, Joseph C. Hagus. his daughters, Mrs. George Brandenburg and Mrs. C. A. Dandrow were Avith him. Father Louis F. Hagus. a son who is stationed at Silverton, did not arrive until Sunday, and Father Charles H. Hagus of Colorr.do Springs came on Saturday. Other relatives came from various parts of the state. Pontifical high mass of requiem was .-ung .uuiiiiav iiio.iiing uy nisnop N. C. Matz, whose friend Mr. Hagus had been for a score of years. The bishop gave one of the few funeral sermons hs has preached since his consecration. It was not only a eulogy of the dead man, but a lesson in Christian Chris-tian manhood drawn from the life so recently closed. He went into his long acquaintance with Mr. Hagus and spoke feelingly. All of the priests in the vicinity of Denver who could be spared from their churches were present in the sanctuary. Father G. Raber. pastor of St. Mary's church in Colorado Springs, was deacon, and Father J. Brinker of the Colorado City pastorate pas-torate was sub-deacon. Father P. A. Phillips, chancellor of the diocese, was assistant priest, and Father John Bel-z?r Bel-z?r of the cathedral was master of ceremonies. Other priests in the sanctuary sanc-tuary were Rev. H. L. McMenamin of the cathedral; Father Richard Brady. ebanlain nf T.oi-ctt.- Hoicrhtc- To.. T J. Brown. S. J., president of the College Col-lege of the Sacred Heart; Rev. Father Ferle, C. SS. R.r of St. Joseph's church; Rev. Charles Carr of St. John the Evangelist (Harman); Rev. Bernard Ber-nard Froegel of Brighton. Rev. J. F. McDonough of St. Patrick's, Rev. C. Martiniac. Rev. A. B. Casey of Greeley, and Rev. William Howlett of Loveland. The choir of girls was augmented by a quartette of priests, who chanted the responses. It was composed of Father B. Naughton of Chicago. Father Fa-ther Edward Clarke of Colorado Springs. Father Thomas Neenan and Father F. Abel of Colorado Springs. The service at the grave was conducted con-ducted by Father H. L. ' McMenamiji. pastor of the cathedral, assisted by Fathers Brinker, Froegel. Abel and .... T'l.rt 1H. , v.nn. oic I'ciii .ichi n were -Micnaei Finnerty. Joseph Walsh. A. H. Mantey, J. K, Mullen, J. C. Egan and P. j. Sullivan. Mr. and Mrs. Schleuning of North Dakota came to Denver for the funeral. funer-al. Mrs. Schleuning is a sister of Mrs. Hagus. Another sister, Mrs. John Soens, came up from Durango, and Mr. and Mrs. Peter Fluecken came from Colorado Springs. ft The funeral of Leo Bernard Sehmitt. infant son of Mr. and Mrs. C. B. Sehmitt. was held on Wednesday from the family home. 4437 West Thirty-sixth Thirty-sixth avenue. Interment was in Mount Olivet eemrp' |