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AUGUST 30, 1952
THE BULLETIN OF THE CATHOLIC LAYMENS ASSOCIATION OF GEORGIA
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Funeral Services in Brooklyn
For Father Henry J. Honeck of
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta
BROOKLYN, N. Y.—A solemn
Requiem Mass for Father Henry
J. Honeck . of the Diocese of
Savannah-Atlanta, was offered at
Queen of All Saints Church,
Brooklyn, with Auxiliary Bishop
Raymond A. Kearney of Brooklyn,
residing. Father Honeck died at on
July 25 at St. Mary’s Hosital here,
following an extended illness.
Father Edward M. Farrell, C.
M., of St. John’s University, a re
lative of the Honeck family, offer
ed the Mass, with Father Elmer J.
Henderson, S. J., of Fordham Uni
versity, as deacon, and Father
James A. poherty, of the Diocese
of Paterson, subdeacon. Father
Francis B. O’Donnell and Father
David G. Farley, of Queen of All
Saints Church, were masters of
ceremony. „
The sermon was delivered by
Monsignor John J. Carberry, Of-
ficialis of the Diocese of Brook
lyn. Bishop Kearney pronounced
the absolution. Among the priests
in the sanctuary were Monsignor
James P. Kelly, J. C. D., pastor of
Sacred Heart Church, Suffern, N.
Y.
Archbishop Gexald P. O’Hara,
Bishop of Savannah-Atlanta, who
is now Papal Nuncio to Ireland,
sent the following cablegram to
Monsignor James T. Rogers, pastor
of Queen of All Saints Church:
‘ Please give rny heartfelt sym
pathy to mother and family of
Father Honeck. My Mass tomor
row will be for him.”
Father Honeck was horn in
Brooklyn, February 15, 1897, the
son of Mrs. Katherine A. Stone
Honeck and the late Harry C.
Honeck. He attended St. Stephen’s
School, Cathedral College and St.
Francis College in Brooklyn, be
fore beginning his study for the
priesthood at St. John’s Seminary,
Brooklyn. He completed his philo
sophical and theological courses
at St. Bonaventure Seminary, Al
legany, N. Y,, and was ordained
for the Diocese of Savannah on
June 11, 1927, by the late Bishop
William Turner of Buffalo.
Coming to Georgia in August,
1927, Father Honeck was first as
signed to St. Anthony’s Church,
Atlanta, as assistant pastor, then
served as assistant pastor at Holy
Family Church, Columbus, and at
the Church of the Most Blessed
Sacrament, Savannah. In 1932, he
went to the Apostolic Mission
House, Washington, D. C., where
he remanied for two years. Return
ing to Georgia, he was appointed
assistant pastor of St. Theresa’s
Church, Albany, serving there in
1937, when he was named ad
ministrator of the Church of the
Purification, in Sheron.
In October, 1943, Father Honeck
was appointed assistant pastor of
St. Patrick’s Church, Augusta,
where he was stationed for four
years until it was necessary for
him to be granted a leave of ab
sence on account of his health.
Father Honeck is survived by
his mother: three sisters, Mrs.
Marion Marvin, Mrs. Robert Stew
art and Mrs. Edward Murray, all
of Brooklyn. Buripl was in Calvary
Cemetery.
In the course of his sermon at
the Mass, Monsignor Carberry said
of Father Honeck:
“Early in his life he felt the call
to the altar of God and to the
sacrifice of the Priesthood. He
pursued it with diligence and pray
er, met the requirement of study
and discipline. Anxiously he look
ed forward to the day when the
Priesthood would no longer be a
boyhood dream, but a reality in his
soul . . .
“Joy, hope and happiness filled
his heart as he set out for his new
field of priestly labors in the
Diocese of Savannah-Atlanta in
the State of Georgia. There he
labored with energy and interest
for many years. He had a special
interest and concern for the poor
and forgotten, and those who had
suffered misfortune and heart
aches in the battle of life . . .
“The recording angel of Father
Honeck long ago entered into the
book of life the merits which
were his for his labors for eigh
teen years among the souls com
mitted to his care during his ac
tive ministry ....
“Priests of God serve God in
different ways: some are given as
signments of great responsibility,
such as teaching, preaching, di
recting parishes and accomplish
ing many things for the honor and
glory of God. There is still an
other class who bring forth much
fruit for the salvation of souls,
FATHER HONECK
but who do it in an unusual man
ner—by the road of suffering and
sickness, through forced inactiv
ity, which indeed is a cross to
carry.
“It was in this field that our
Father Honeck was destined by
God to offer his sacrifice, and he
accepted the cross of sickness
courageously, with a strong and
noble heart, with docility and
meekness . . .
“Since almost 1945, Father
Honeck was permitted by God to
suffer one physical ailment after
another, differeing in degrees and
ever growing more serious. From
partial disability he progresses to
total disability until be was forc
ed to spend most of his time in
a hospital.
“May his priestly soul rest in
the peace and joy of Christ and
may our loving Mother Mary, the
Mother of Priests, bring him into
the happiness of his eternal re
ward.”
LESLIE A. BLYTH
DIES IN CHARLESTON
CHARLESTON, S. C. — Fu
neral services for Leslie Arm
strong Blyth, who died here, were
held at St. John's Church, Naval
Base, Father Leon J. Hubacz of
ficiating.
Mr. BlytK was born on No
vember 1, 1893, in Montgomery,
Ala., the son of James Blyth, a
native of Scotland, and Mrs. Bes
sie Moor Blyth, of Maine. He was
a pattern maker at the Naval
Shipyard.
Surviving are his wife, the for
mer Miss Catherine Roddy, of
Savannah, Ga.; three sons, Thom
as J. Blyth and E. Kenneth
Blyth, Charleston, and Lieuten
ant Robert Leslie Blyth, U, S.
Navy; a daughter, Miss Ann
Blyth, Charleston; a sister. Mrs.
L D. Spencer, Brooklyn, N. Y.,
and eight grandchildren.
DONALD JOSEPH HILTZ
FUNERAL IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Donald Joseph Hiltz, avia
tion cadet, who was killed in an
automobile accident near the
Greenville, Miss., Air Force Base,
were held at the Cathedral of St.
John the Baptist here, with Father
Andrew’ McDonald, J. C. D., Cham-
cellor of the Diocese of Savannah-
Atlanta, offering the Requiem
Mass.
Cadet Hiltz was born in Savan
nah, October 4, 1929. He was a
graduate of Benedictine Military
School and had attended Arm
strong Junior College and the Uni
versity of Georgia.
He is survived, by his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. K. W. Hiltz; a sister,
Miss Celine Hiltz; his paternal
grandmother, Mrs. Charles Hiltzt
of Nova Scotia, and several aunts
and uncles.
JOSEPH A. McGRATH
DIES IN SAVANNAH
SAVANNAH, Ga.—Funeral ser
vices for Joseph A. McGrath, w'ho
died August 15 at his home on
Wilmington Island, were held at
the Cathedral of St. John the Bap
tist.
Mr. McGrath, a retired city fire
man, was born in Savannah, Octo
ber 31, 1876.
He is survived by his wife, Mrs.
Sara Glover McGrath; a daughter,
Mrs. Melvin Stegins, of Eden; a
son J. Russell McGrath, of Savan
nah; four grandchildren, and a
number of nieces and nephews.