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From the Chatsworth Plaindealer
Chatsworth,Livingston,Illinois
PATRICK DUFFY
APRIL 8, 1882
On the night of Sunday, the 2nd, at his parents' home in Charlotte, Patrick Duffy, son of Thomas and Mary Duffy, aged 18 years, 6 months and 17 days. The funeral took place on Tuesday from the home of the parents of deceased, thence to St. Patrick's church, this city, where the Rev. W. V.D. Hagen preached an eloquent and impressive discourse, when all that remained of an affectionate and very promising son was followed to his last resting place by one of the largest funeral processions ever seen in our streets. The procession was nearly one mile in length and this last ribute of respect so universally paid to his memory can not fail to prove a slight consolation to the grief stricken parents and friends, who have the sympathy of their large circle of friends and the community.
This Memoriam was placed in the paper by his former classmates
With melancholy interest we read a letter announcing the death of Patrick H. Duffy, one of our former classmates and companions. The unexpected news has filled our hearts to overflowing with grief and pain. In the bitterness of our sorrow we may now well look back on the tree years which he spent here amongst us and shared in our innocent amusements. He was the idol of our affections, a kind and gentle friend to all, obedient and submissive to superiors, mild and amiable to those around him; he won the love and good will of everybody who knew him -- in a word, his character was such as merited the highest esteem. Having finished the usual course of commercial studies here, he entered Bryants Business College in Chicago, where he soon gave proof of more than ordinary progress in that department of scholarship. But ill health soon obliged him to give up his studies and return home. Here he gradually became worse, and, though attended by very able physicians, was soon reduced to a very low conditiion. Lingering in this state for about three months and a half, he finally died, on the 2nd, consooed by the sacraments of the church. Though young and promising, the angel of death did not spare him. His family, no doubt, mourn over his loss, but they are not alone in their sorrow. We, too, miss hhim as one of our dearest companions, but resigning ourselves to the will of God, we trust he has gone to a better world. We hope therefore, that the small tribute to his memory , as the outpouring of our grief-stricken hearts. "Requiescat in pace"
A.J. McGavick
R.J. Sadlier
St. Viateur's College
Bourbonnias Grove, Ill.
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