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Philip Bolger

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Jul 1938 (aged 39–40)
Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts, USA
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PHELPS--The Rev.'Philip Bolger. 40. Passionist father and widely known Catholic missioner, a native of Phelps. died Friday in Boston, of complications following' an operation for appendicitis. Funeral services were to be held in Boston today. He was- well known throughout the Rochester diocese. He had served as rector of St. Gabriel's Monastery, Boston, and as a missioner at St. Ann's Monastery. Scranton, Pa, Survivors are his mother. Mrs. Rose Bolger. and two brothers. Leo and James Bolger, of Los Angeles, and two sisters, Mrs. Earl Hubbell of Hilton, and Mrs. Alan Stambusky, of Niagara Falls.
Published: The Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York
Date: Monday, July 11, 1938 Page 2

DEATH IN BOSTON OF REV. PHILIP BOLGER Prominent Missionary Was Stationed At St. Mary's Until Recently. The Rev, Philip Bolger, C. P., a well known missionary of the Congregation of Passionists, died this morning in a hospital in Boston, Mass. He underwent an appendectomy Monday. Father Phillip was stationed in Dunkirk at St. Mary's monastery until about a year ago. when he went to St. Anne's in Scranton, Pa. Some years ago, he was at Holy Cross seminary here. He was taken sick about a week ago in Boston, where he had Just completed a mission. His home before he entered the priesthood was in Phelps, NY
Published: Dunkirk Evening Observer
Dunkirk, New York
July 8, 1938 Page 8
PHELPS--The Rev.'Philip Bolger. 40. Passionist father and widely known Catholic missioner, a native of Phelps. died Friday in Boston, of complications following' an operation for appendicitis. Funeral services were to be held in Boston today. He was- well known throughout the Rochester diocese. He had served as rector of St. Gabriel's Monastery, Boston, and as a missioner at St. Ann's Monastery. Scranton, Pa, Survivors are his mother. Mrs. Rose Bolger. and two brothers. Leo and James Bolger, of Los Angeles, and two sisters, Mrs. Earl Hubbell of Hilton, and Mrs. Alan Stambusky, of Niagara Falls.
Published: The Daily Messenger
Canandaigua, New York
Date: Monday, July 11, 1938 Page 2

DEATH IN BOSTON OF REV. PHILIP BOLGER Prominent Missionary Was Stationed At St. Mary's Until Recently. The Rev, Philip Bolger, C. P., a well known missionary of the Congregation of Passionists, died this morning in a hospital in Boston, Mass. He underwent an appendectomy Monday. Father Phillip was stationed in Dunkirk at St. Mary's monastery until about a year ago. when he went to St. Anne's in Scranton, Pa. Some years ago, he was at Holy Cross seminary here. He was taken sick about a week ago in Boston, where he had Just completed a mission. His home before he entered the priesthood was in Phelps, NY
Published: Dunkirk Evening Observer
Dunkirk, New York
July 8, 1938 Page 8


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