The following is added by Mark S 46813597 on March 23 2024: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado), September 6, 1920 ----SERVICES PLANNED FOR PRIEST TODAY
Ceremonies for The Rev. Father Conrath to Be Held at Rawlins, Wyo.; Interment in Ohio.
Funeral services will be held today in Rawlins, Wyo., for the Rev. Father Joseph Conrath, who died at St. Joseph's hospital here Friday of tuberculosis, said to have resulted from overwork in his parish. Following the ceremonies today the body will be shipped to Cincinnati, Ohio, the late priest's former home, for interment. Father Conrath had been pastor of the Rawlins Catholic church for fifteen years. He was 45 years old. The body was sent to Rawlins Saturday afternoon. In the absence of Bishop P. A. McGovern, who is in Rome, the Rev. Father Hugh Cummiskey, pastor of the Catholic church at Laramie, and administrator of the diocese of Cheyenne, will fill the vacancy created in the Rawlins church with visiting priests of the diocese until the return of Bishop McGovern. And added the full death location. **** ==========================
The following is added by Mark S 46813597 on March 23 2024: Rocky Mountain News (Denver, Colorado), September 6, 1920 ----SERVICES PLANNED FOR PRIEST TODAY
Ceremonies for The Rev. Father Conrath to Be Held at Rawlins, Wyo.; Interment in Ohio.
Funeral services will be held today in Rawlins, Wyo., for the Rev. Father Joseph Conrath, who died at St. Joseph's hospital here Friday of tuberculosis, said to have resulted from overwork in his parish. Following the ceremonies today the body will be shipped to Cincinnati, Ohio, the late priest's former home, for interment. Father Conrath had been pastor of the Rawlins Catholic church for fifteen years. He was 45 years old. The body was sent to Rawlins Saturday afternoon. In the absence of Bishop P. A. McGovern, who is in Rome, the Rev. Father Hugh Cummiskey, pastor of the Catholic church at Laramie, and administrator of the diocese of Cheyenne, will fill the vacancy created in the Rawlins church with visiting priests of the diocese until the return of Bishop McGovern. And added the full death location. **** ==========================
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