Salt Lake Telegram | 1932-12-26 | Page 12 | Catholic Bishop of Seattle Dies

CATHOLIC BISHOP BISHOP OF SEATTLE DIES SEATTLE Dec Dee 26 JP priestly benediction on his lips lipos death on Christmas night ended the hc long career of the Most Rev Edward John ODea bishop of oC the Catholic diocese of or Seattle a career which had spanned half haIr a century o of the work of or hi his church in the Pacific northwest The honored church leader passed away n a few minutes before 9 o'clock last night at the age of oC 76 The end came with a little grou group of or priests at his bedside after an illness ill ill- ness which had lasted for a year God bless you all all he murmured to them shortly before he died Earlier in the da day his only near relatives a brother and sister of or Portland Port Port- land Ore Joseph ODea and M Mrs Chris Jones were present in the hom home They had started to return t to Portland Port Port- land before the thc end came As recently as Thanksgiving day despite his Illness Bishop ODea ap appeared ap- ap pea red brie briefly ly at a golden solden jubilee of his ordination here which was attended at at- tended by Catholics from all parts of oC the northwest The observance was held however a few weeks week previous pre previous to the actual date of the anniversary an which was three days ago capping 50 years of or work in th the the church