Obituary
Mrs. Eva Walsh, rural Brookfield, died Wednesday night at her home. Mrs. Walsh, daughter of Newton and Ida Butler Sheen, was born March 6, 1886 in El Paso, Ill. On Jan 17, 1907, she was married to Luke Walsh. He died Aug. 4, 1941.
Mrs. Walsh is survived by two sons, Bernard Walsh, Springfield, Mo., and George Walsh, Brookfield; two daughters, Mrs. James (Mildred) Libby, Laclede, and Miss Dorothy Walsh, Brookfield; nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, three half-brothers, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Dr. Thomas Sheen both of New York and Al Sheen of Chicago, Ill.
She was preceded in death by three daughters and one brother.
From "Immaculate Conception Sesqicentennial History":
Rev. Francis O'Duignan, who assisted Fr. Cummins during his illness, was the active pastor until November 1935. Fr. O'Duignan shared a story about one of his parishioners, Eva Walsh.
"She was a woman of extraordinary faith and of deep devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. When I was a young priest, assisting the aging and ailing Rev. Frank Cummings, I was praying my breviary about 1:30 one afternoon in the church before going out on a parish visitation. A lady came in and asked me if she could receive Holy Communion. I remarked that it was a rather unusual time to receive the Blessed Sacrament, but she replied that Fr. Cummings never refused her no matter what time she came, so I felt this was sufficient guide for me.
Checking with the pastor that evening he remarked, 'That good woman got her children out to school this morning, fixed an early lunch for her working men; and, then, still fasting, harnessed her team of horses and drove in almost ten miles to church for Communion. How could you refuse such faith?' Looking back on it, we could say that it was another case of the laity leading in the liturgical movement.
Some would say that she had the great honor of having Archbishop Sheen for a brother. Knowing both, I would say that the bishop is fortunate to have such a sister."
Mrs. Eva Walsh, rural Brookfield, died Wednesday night at her home. Mrs. Walsh, daughter of Newton and Ida Butler Sheen, was born March 6, 1886 in El Paso, Ill. On Jan 17, 1907, she was married to Luke Walsh. He died Aug. 4, 1941.
Mrs. Walsh is survived by two sons, Bernard Walsh, Springfield, Mo., and George Walsh, Brookfield; two daughters, Mrs. James (Mildred) Libby, Laclede, and Miss Dorothy Walsh, Brookfield; nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, three half-brothers, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Dr. Thomas Sheen both of New York and Al Sheen of Chicago, Ill.
She was preceded in death by three daughters and one brother.
From "Immaculate Conception Sesqicentennial History":
Rev. Francis O'Duignan, who assisted Fr. Cummins during his illness, was the active pastor until November 1935. Fr. O'Duignan shared a story about one of his parishioners, Eva Walsh.
"She was a woman of extraordinary faith and of deep devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. When I was a young priest, assisting the aging and ailing Rev. Frank Cummings, I was praying my breviary about 1:30 one afternoon in the church before going out on a parish visitation. A lady came in and asked me if she could receive Holy Communion. I remarked that it was a rather unusual time to receive the Blessed Sacrament, but she replied that Fr. Cummings never refused her no matter what time she came, so I felt this was sufficient guide for me.
Checking with the pastor that evening he remarked, 'That good woman got her children out to school this morning, fixed an early lunch for her working men; and, then, still fasting, harnessed her team of horses and drove in almost ten miles to church for Communion. How could you refuse such faith?' Looking back on it, we could say that it was another case of the laity leading in the liturgical movement.
Some would say that she had the great honor of having Archbishop Sheen for a brother. Knowing both, I would say that the bishop is fortunate to have such a sister."
Obituary
Mrs. Eva Walsh, rural Brookfield, died Wednesday night at her home. Mrs. Walsh, daughter of Newton and Ida Butler Sheen, was born March 6, 1886 in El Paso, Ill. On Jan 17, 1907, she was married to Luke Walsh. He died Aug. 4, 1941.
Mrs. Walsh is survived by two sons, Bernard Walsh, Springfield, Mo., and George Walsh, Brookfield; two daughters, Mrs. James (Mildred) Libby, Laclede, and Miss Dorothy Walsh, Brookfield; nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, three half-brothers, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Dr. Thomas Sheen both of New York and Al Sheen of Chicago, Ill.
She was preceded in death by three daughters and one brother.
From "Immaculate Conception Sesqicentennial History":
Rev. Francis O'Duignan, who assisted Fr. Cummins during his illness, was the active pastor until November 1935. Fr. O'Duignan shared a story about one of his parishioners, Eva Walsh.
"She was a woman of extraordinary faith and of deep devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. When I was a young priest, assisting the aging and ailing Rev. Frank Cummings, I was praying my breviary about 1:30 one afternoon in the church before going out on a parish visitation. A lady came in and asked me if she could receive Holy Communion. I remarked that it was a rather unusual time to receive the Blessed Sacrament, but she replied that Fr. Cummings never refused her no matter what time she came, so I felt this was sufficient guide for me.
Checking with the pastor that evening he remarked, 'That good woman got her children out to school this morning, fixed an early lunch for her working men; and, then, still fasting, harnessed her team of horses and drove in almost ten miles to church for Communion. How could you refuse such faith?' Looking back on it, we could say that it was another case of the laity leading in the liturgical movement.
Some would say that she had the great honor of having Archbishop Sheen for a brother. Knowing both, I would say that the bishop is fortunate to have such a sister."
Mrs. Eva Walsh, rural Brookfield, died Wednesday night at her home. Mrs. Walsh, daughter of Newton and Ida Butler Sheen, was born March 6, 1886 in El Paso, Ill. On Jan 17, 1907, she was married to Luke Walsh. He died Aug. 4, 1941.
Mrs. Walsh is survived by two sons, Bernard Walsh, Springfield, Mo., and George Walsh, Brookfield; two daughters, Mrs. James (Mildred) Libby, Laclede, and Miss Dorothy Walsh, Brookfield; nine grandchildren, 17 great-grandchildren, three half-brothers, Bishop Fulton J. Sheen and Dr. Thomas Sheen both of New York and Al Sheen of Chicago, Ill.
She was preceded in death by three daughters and one brother.
From "Immaculate Conception Sesqicentennial History":
Rev. Francis O'Duignan, who assisted Fr. Cummins during his illness, was the active pastor until November 1935. Fr. O'Duignan shared a story about one of his parishioners, Eva Walsh.
"She was a woman of extraordinary faith and of deep devotion to the Blessed Sacrament. When I was a young priest, assisting the aging and ailing Rev. Frank Cummings, I was praying my breviary about 1:30 one afternoon in the church before going out on a parish visitation. A lady came in and asked me if she could receive Holy Communion. I remarked that it was a rather unusual time to receive the Blessed Sacrament, but she replied that Fr. Cummings never refused her no matter what time she came, so I felt this was sufficient guide for me.
Checking with the pastor that evening he remarked, 'That good woman got her children out to school this morning, fixed an early lunch for her working men; and, then, still fasting, harnessed her team of horses and drove in almost ten miles to church for Communion. How could you refuse such faith?' Looking back on it, we could say that it was another case of the laity leading in the liturgical movement.
Some would say that she had the great honor of having Archbishop Sheen for a brother. Knowing both, I would say that the bishop is fortunate to have such a sister."
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