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Show j OBITUARY. j Lavin. Stephen Lavin, known to ail as th "General." died at the Holy Cross hospital hos-pital Thursday morning at 2:30, after a long and 'painful illness. There was real sorrow in the hearts of all who knew the simple, kind old man, whose heart was as simple, whose soul a clean as that of a child. His funeral will take place from St. Mary's Cathedral Ca-thedral this (Saturday) morning. Right Rev. Bishop Scanlan will celebrate the rjnntifieal high msss, assisted by the clergy of the cathedral. The music will be sung by the Cathedral and Junior choirs combined. All his friends are invited to attend, and he surely had many. M. J. O'Meara said, on hearing of his death: "Why, the good old General. Gen-eral. His death is to us like one of our own family." and such was the thought in many other hearts. Riley. The fenural of the- late. Mrs. Mary Riley, beloved wife of J. J. Riley, took place from St. Mary's Cathedral on Tuesday morning. Rev. Timothy Brennan Bren-nan celebrated the requiem high mass and preached the funeral sermon, which was an eloquent and beautiful tribute to the life and character of the deceased. The floral tributes were exquisite, ex-quisite, and hundreds of friends attended at-tended the services. The deceased was a woman of fine character, quiet, retiring retir-ing in manner she won friends and kept them. Her life in later years was greatly saddened over the death of her only daughter, Margaret, a beautiful, winsome girl, who died quite suddenly a few years ago. Bravely and well did - 1 u0-r srief for the sax. i 1 she try to f mllSd d son, but , f of her devoted husoan lrefl nean f 1 without avail. That wUh s at rest an(hahPePryilden-haireo: "Mag- 1 We-r5St W- in the heart. |