MANY ATTEND FUNERAL OF LATE THOS. KEALEY

The Butte Miner, Butte, 1916-03-25, p.6

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name as printed"state president of the A. O. H.: James J / Murphy, county president of the order"
James Joseph "James J." Murphy

Summary

Sub-head: "Prominent Member of A. O. H. Is Laid at Rest With Impressive Ceremonies." Funeral the previous morning (Friday Mar 24 1916) at St. Patrick's church Butte. Requiem high mass by Rev. Father Collopy; graveside by Rev. Father George Lambertus. **Pallbearers — all AOH leadership:** - James Cummins (state president of the A. O. H.) - **James J. Murphy (county president of the order)** - John J. Crowley (president of Division No. 1, A. O. H., of Butte) - James Connolly - Martin Joyce - Patrick Goggins ARCHIVE SIGNIFICANCE. Direct confirmation that JJM is county president of the AOH in March 1916 — three and a half years after the October 1912 election. The 1910 chief-sentinel → 1912 county president → 1916 still county president sequence consolidates the decade of his AOH leadership. The pallbearer hierarchy (state → county → division No. 1 president) is itself informative for AOH governance. Thomas Kealey is presumably the "Thomas Keeley" who gave an address at the 1910 Centerville degrees meeting (107 candidates initiated) — same person, surname spelled both ways across the archive. Note also the 1912-08-29 clipping has "Tom Kiely" elected from Division No. 3, again likely the same man (Kealey / Keeley / Kiely all common spellings of the Cork Gaelic surname Ó Caollaidhe).

In its time

Narrative

The funeral of Thomas Kealey, long a prominent member of the A. O. H. in Butte, was held at St. Patrick's church, with requiem high mass celebrated by Rev. Father Collopy and graveside services by Rev. Father George Lambertus. Pallbearers included James Cummins, state president of the A. O. H., James J. Murphy, county president, John J. Crowley, president of Division No. 1 of Butte, and James Connolly, Martin Joyce and Patrick Goggins.

“attended yesterday morning at St. Patrick's church by many sorrowing friends”
“a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Butte”

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People

James Joseph "James J." Murphy (b. 1883 Ardgroom; d. 1938 LA)(as printed: James J. Murphy)
role: pallbearer county president · family confidence: 95 certain
James Cummins
role: pallbearer state president · family confidence: 0 not family
Not family: recurring Butte AOH figure. Printed-name match to his person record; moved from mentioned in the 2026-10-03 rescan. Earlier note: State president of the AOH in March 1916. Same as the James Cummins / Cummings recurring through 1912-onward Butte AOH coverage.
James Connolly (Butte AOH Division 1 officer; county treasurer 1912)(as printed: James Connolly)
role: pallbearer · family confidence: 0 not family
John J. Crowley (Butte AOH; president of Division No. 1, 1916)(as printed: John J. Crowley)
role: pallbearer division 1 president · family confidence: 0 not family
Martin Joyce (vice president, AOH Division 3, Butte, 1913)(as printed: Martin Joyce)
role: pallbearer · family confidence: 0 not family
Thomas Kealey (Butte AOH; died March 1916)(as printed: Thomas Kealey)
role: deceased · family confidence: 0 not family

Also mentioned

Rev. Father Collopy · officiant_requiem_high_mass
Rev. Father George Lambertus · officiant_graveside
Patrick Goggins · pallbearer
Goggins recurs — Maurice Goggins is an AOH county-board delegate per 1912-08-29. Likely kin.

Places

Butte, Montana (primary)

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Story threads

Source type

obituary, news_item

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Transcription

transcription: complete · confidence high

# MANY ATTEND FUNERAL OF LATE THOS. KEALEY ## Prominent Member of A. O. H.Irish societiesAncient Order of Hiberniansin America from 1836The largest Irish Catholic fraternal order in America: sick and death benefits for members, St. Patrick’s Day parades, and steady support for Irish nationalism.More in Key terms → Is Laid at Rest With Impressive Ceremonies. *The Butte Miner, Saturday, March 25, 1916, p. 6.* The funeral of Thomas Kealey, for years a prominent member of the A. O. H., and a well-known and highly esteemed citizen of Butte, was attended yesterday morning at St. Patrick's church by many sorrowing friends, of whom many were members of the organization in which Mr. Kealey always had taken such an interest. Requiem high mass was celebrated by Rev. Father Collopy, while appropriate music was rendered by the choir. At the grave services were conducted by Rev. Father George Lambertus. The pallbearers were: James Cummins, state president of the A. O. H.; James J. Murphy, county president of the order; John J. Crowley, president of Division No. 1, A. O. H., of Butte, and James Connolly, Martin Joyce and Patrick Goggins.

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Open questions

Thomas Kealey / Keeley / Kiely — confirm via cemetery / civil death records that these are one person. If yes, this is a well-documented Butte AOH figure 1910–1916 worth a person record.