Date de Décès: 1999-06-05
Date de Parution: 1999-06-07
Source: Ottawa Citizen, ON
HERLIHY Cornelius, O.M.I., Father (Con) Died peacefully at Deschatelets Residence, Main Street, Ottawa, on Saturday, June 5, 1999, after a long illness. He was 87 at the time of his death. He is survived by, one brother Thomas in Dublin, Ireland, Margaret Dunne (first cousin) in California and a number of nieces and nephews. Father Herlihy came to Ottawa from Ireland in 1936, and taught at Holy Rosary Scholasticate. He was a much loved pastor at Canadian Martyrs Church (1945) and St. Joseph's Church (1959), in Ottawa; Mary Immaculate Church (1965) in London, Ont.; St. Pius X Church (1974) in Halifax, N.S.; St. Jude's Church (1976) in Hawkesbury, Ont. and Good Shepherd Church (1979) in Blackburn Hamlet. Father Herlihy retired to the Oblate Springhurst Residence in Ottawa in 1989, after he left active Parish work. He assisted at Saint Patrick's Basilica in Ottawa for several years after he retired. He will be greatly missed and lovingly remembered by thousands of former parishioners and by his Oblate Community. The wake will be at McEvoy-Shields Funeral Home, 235 Kent Street, on Monday from 7 to 9 p.m. and Tuesday from 2 to 4 p.m. The body will be transferred to Canadian Martyrs Church, 100 Main Street, Ottawa for a Vigil Service at 7 p.m. Tuesday. Funeral Mass will take place at Canadian Martyrs Church on Wednesday, June 9th, at 11:30 a.m. Interment will take place at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday at the Oblate Cemetery, in Arnprior. Donations in his memory to MAMI or to the Alzheimer's Society of Canada or your favourite Charity would be most appreciated.