At noon time, August 2, 1979, Father David Balla died suddenly of a heart attack while driving to visit friends on the south side of Chicago. Emergency pleasures provided by the Chicago Fire Department Paramedics were incapable of reviving him, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at Chicago's Mercy Hospital. Following services at St. Pius V Church in Chicago, he was buried in the Community Plot at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, on August 4.
Adam Edward Balla was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 12, 1907. He attended Cyrus McCormick public school and St. Casimir's parochial school and then began high school studies in the evening program at Harrison High School while working in the Chicago office of the New York Life Insurance Company. After graduating from Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, he continued with college studies at Providence College and entered the Dominican novitiate on August 15, 1931, at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he was assigned David as a religious name and made his first profession on August 16 of the following year. Philosophical studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and theological courses at St. Joseph Priory, Somerset, Ohio, and at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood at St. Dominic's Church in Washington on June 16, 1938.
Father Balla was first assigned as an associate pastor at St. Dominic's Parish in Detroit, Michigan, and after two years, as an associate pastor at St. Dominic's Parish in Denver, Colorado. In 1942, he was assigned to Holy Trinity Parish in Chicago, which served as home base for him for the next six years while he worked as a preacher on the Mission Band and as a chaplain in the United States Army. During his tour of duty with the Army, he also taught at San Juan Letran High School in Manila.
When Father Balla returned to the States in 1948 he was assigned to Holy Rosary Priory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then to St. Dominic's House in Deliver, Colorado, as his residences while serving once again as a Mission Band preacher. In late 1960, he was appointed chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital in Osmond, Nebraska, where he served until 1963 when he was named chaplain at Rosary Hill Convalescent Home in Justice, Illinois.
In the fall of 1977 Father Balla moved from Justice, Illinois, to serve first as an associate pastor at St. Elizabeth Parish in Robinson, Illinois, and then as a substitute chaplain at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Nazareth, Kentucky. In 1978 he joined the community at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he helped with duties in the local parish until a severe cardiac condition forced him to curtail his activities and to return to Chicago, where he resided at St. Pius V Priory until the time of his death.
Adam Edward Balla was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 12, 1907. He attended Cyrus McCormick public school and St. Casimir's parochial school and then began high school studies in the evening program at Harrison High School while working in the Chicago office of the New York Life Insurance Company. After graduating from Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, he continued with college studies at Providence College and entered the Dominican novitiate on August 15, 1931, at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he was assigned David as a religious name and made his first profession on August 16 of the following year. Philosophical studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and theological courses at St. Joseph Priory, Somerset, Ohio, and at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood at St. Dominic's Church in Washington on June 16, 1938.
Father Balla was first assigned as an associate pastor at St. Dominic's Parish in Detroit, Michigan, and after two years, as an associate pastor at St. Dominic's Parish in Denver, Colorado. In 1942, he was assigned to Holy Trinity Parish in Chicago, which served as home base for him for the next six years while he worked as a preacher on the Mission Band and as a chaplain in the United States Army. During his tour of duty with the Army, he also taught at San Juan Letran High School in Manila.
When Father Balla returned to the States in 1948 he was assigned to Holy Rosary Priory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then to St. Dominic's House in Deliver, Colorado, as his residences while serving once again as a Mission Band preacher. In late 1960, he was appointed chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital in Osmond, Nebraska, where he served until 1963 when he was named chaplain at Rosary Hill Convalescent Home in Justice, Illinois.
In the fall of 1977 Father Balla moved from Justice, Illinois, to serve first as an associate pastor at St. Elizabeth Parish in Robinson, Illinois, and then as a substitute chaplain at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Nazareth, Kentucky. In 1978 he joined the community at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he helped with duties in the local parish until a severe cardiac condition forced him to curtail his activities and to return to Chicago, where he resided at St. Pius V Priory until the time of his death.
At noon time, August 2, 1979, Father David Balla died suddenly of a heart attack while driving to visit friends on the south side of Chicago. Emergency pleasures provided by the Chicago Fire Department Paramedics were incapable of reviving him, and he was pronounced dead on arrival at Chicago's Mercy Hospital. Following services at St. Pius V Church in Chicago, he was buried in the Community Plot at All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines, Illinois, on August 4.
Adam Edward Balla was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 12, 1907. He attended Cyrus McCormick public school and St. Casimir's parochial school and then began high school studies in the evening program at Harrison High School while working in the Chicago office of the New York Life Insurance Company. After graduating from Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, he continued with college studies at Providence College and entered the Dominican novitiate on August 15, 1931, at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he was assigned David as a religious name and made his first profession on August 16 of the following year. Philosophical studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and theological courses at St. Joseph Priory, Somerset, Ohio, and at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood at St. Dominic's Church in Washington on June 16, 1938.
Father Balla was first assigned as an associate pastor at St. Dominic's Parish in Detroit, Michigan, and after two years, as an associate pastor at St. Dominic's Parish in Denver, Colorado. In 1942, he was assigned to Holy Trinity Parish in Chicago, which served as home base for him for the next six years while he worked as a preacher on the Mission Band and as a chaplain in the United States Army. During his tour of duty with the Army, he also taught at San Juan Letran High School in Manila.
When Father Balla returned to the States in 1948 he was assigned to Holy Rosary Priory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then to St. Dominic's House in Deliver, Colorado, as his residences while serving once again as a Mission Band preacher. In late 1960, he was appointed chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital in Osmond, Nebraska, where he served until 1963 when he was named chaplain at Rosary Hill Convalescent Home in Justice, Illinois.
In the fall of 1977 Father Balla moved from Justice, Illinois, to serve first as an associate pastor at St. Elizabeth Parish in Robinson, Illinois, and then as a substitute chaplain at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Nazareth, Kentucky. In 1978 he joined the community at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he helped with duties in the local parish until a severe cardiac condition forced him to curtail his activities and to return to Chicago, where he resided at St. Pius V Priory until the time of his death.
Adam Edward Balla was born in Chicago, Illinois, on April 12, 1907. He attended Cyrus McCormick public school and St. Casimir's parochial school and then began high school studies in the evening program at Harrison High School while working in the Chicago office of the New York Life Insurance Company. After graduating from Aquinas High School in Columbus, Ohio, he continued with college studies at Providence College and entered the Dominican novitiate on August 15, 1931, at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he was assigned David as a religious name and made his first profession on August 16 of the following year. Philosophical studies followed at the Dominican House of Studies in River Forest, Illinois, and theological courses at St. Joseph Priory, Somerset, Ohio, and at the Dominican House of Studies, Washington, D.C. He was ordained to the priesthood at St. Dominic's Church in Washington on June 16, 1938.
Father Balla was first assigned as an associate pastor at St. Dominic's Parish in Detroit, Michigan, and after two years, as an associate pastor at St. Dominic's Parish in Denver, Colorado. In 1942, he was assigned to Holy Trinity Parish in Chicago, which served as home base for him for the next six years while he worked as a preacher on the Mission Band and as a chaplain in the United States Army. During his tour of duty with the Army, he also taught at San Juan Letran High School in Manila.
When Father Balla returned to the States in 1948 he was assigned to Holy Rosary Priory in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and then to St. Dominic's House in Deliver, Colorado, as his residences while serving once again as a Mission Band preacher. In late 1960, he was appointed chaplain at St. Joseph Hospital in Osmond, Nebraska, where he served until 1963 when he was named chaplain at Rosary Hill Convalescent Home in Justice, Illinois.
In the fall of 1977 Father Balla moved from Justice, Illinois, to serve first as an associate pastor at St. Elizabeth Parish in Robinson, Illinois, and then as a substitute chaplain at the Sisters of Charity Motherhouse in Nazareth, Kentucky. In 1978 he joined the community at St. Rose Priory, Springfield, Kentucky, where he helped with duties in the local parish until a severe cardiac condition forced him to curtail his activities and to return to Chicago, where he resided at St. Pius V Priory until the time of his death.
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