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Show I CITY OF DENVER. Tribute to M. J. McNamara, Who Died Last Week. : . In the death of Michael .1. McXan-j : j ru n. which occurred on Satu.day ia!-L I jt.nvcr lost --me or her most enter-1 l.risiiia liu-iinsK men and the -hurch . oik- of its faithl'al menilie. Fortiii'-j ; bv the riles of th church, administered . by Kev. I A. Phillips. Mr. McVt-i.iara ' breathed his last surr.mnded by a de- olel family whose welf.ire had 1 0.11 his constant thought. The deceased man had bocn io.cn ti-tied ti-tied with the growth of the tty Trr-m its earliest Mag and was r. V onecr m -reliant. He had leeu ill at i.'s home. 13X5 Gaylord ritr-., for soul: i months, but a complication of f ise;.r:-s , .a used his death. At hi bedside wtr-n the end came were Mrs. McXamara. - a son. Joseph McNamara: Miss una . McNamara and Mrs. Harry Hrooks, 1 daughters.- The biography of Mr. Mc- Xamara -would make most Interesting reading. He -was a self-made man ::nd , into his life wre crowded many ora-, ora-, matic incidents. He was bom in Warrick-Shannon, Ireland. May 2.5. !M.,, nd when 6 years of age v,a? brou-rh.. , to America by his parents. They settled set-tled in Philadelphia and there the l.oy Mas educated in the public schools. In 1S'.7 he entered the employ of :i !wn importing house and remained there Ifor four years. He then went to .-l. 3,ouis and" worked for various firms for Mx years. In 1K67 he went into business busi-ness for himself in St. Louis, going from there to Liberty, Mo., where le Hayed for a time. Later he r?moved to Denver and organized the dry goods . company which for years bore nis Iname. He was president of the concern con-cern for many years, but failed during j the panic of 1893. when many of Den- I ver's wealthiest citizens felt the blow. I Mr. McNamara was one of the organizers or-ganizers of -the Chamber of Commerce and had been -identified with almost every public enterprise which had for its ultimate object the advancement of the Queen City of the Plain?. He was I interested in mining In various parts I of th state, and was a director of 1 the Colorado Mining exchange. Atone f time Mr. McNamara was a prominent I member of the cathedral choir. His funeral was held on Monday afternoon, j at the family residence, the service be- f 1ng conducted by Rev. William O'Ryan, I pastor of St. Leo's church. Father I "'Ryan spok feelingly of the life of i Mr. McNamara and expressed his hap- i piness at having known the man. The i floral tributes were many, and beau- liful. I The pallbearers were Messrs. C. S. j Morev. Joseph Thatcher. M'. O. Ev- Ians, Hugh Butler and "VT. G. Bates. Services at Sit- Olivet Cemetery. Never before in the history of Mount Olivet cemetery has so large a eon- g relation been drawn by the memorial I services of November. Perhaps it was !t he superior train service that drew the' throng, but it is certain that the 3 services were never before so well at- f tended. From . a platform erected in I Hie center of the grounds the priests i of the city spoke briefly and consoling ly of the teachings of the church In regard to Purgatory. ' The orator of the day was Rev. J. J. Donnelly of the Church of St. Francis de Sales in I South Denver. Father Donnelly's ser- I men sas most Impressive and was de- t li vexed in the manner characteristic !of the pas-tor who had done so much for the advancement of the church left "iesolate by the death of Father William Wil-liam Monin. Throughout the afternoon after-noon at intervals of one-half hour the ears brought hundreds of people, and Hie procession around among the graves was the longest Mount Olivet has ever known. |