Rev. Edward J. Beary, FEBRUARY 1939 Thibodaux, Lafourche Parish, La.

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Thibodaux Comet, Feb. 2, 1939
Submitted by Cynthia F. Daigle

(From the Herald Statesman, Yonkers, New York, January 21 (1939) )

Father Beary Mourned by Hundreds

The Rev. Edward J. Beary, pastor of the Church of the Immaculate Conception, 
Tuckahoe, died of Pneumonia in his rectory in that village yesterday. A native 
of Rye, he was beloved by hundreds of lifelong friends in that community and 
frequently returned to officiate the funeral services for old neighbors at the 
Church of the Resurrection. Father Beary was 67 years old and had been in ill 
health for about a year.
The son of the late Michael and Bridget Hayden Beary, was esteemed by Rye 
residents. He received his early education in the Rye public schools and began 
his studies for the priesthood in St. Bonaventure College, Allegany, N.Y., and 
at St. Joseph's Seminary, Troy. Later he studied at St. Joseph's Dunwoodie and 
he was ordained a priest in St. Patrick?s Cathedral, New York, June 24, 1898.
The venerable clergyman is survived by three sisters, the Misses Mary E. and 
Alice C. Beary of Tuckahoe, and Mrs. Katherine B. Graham, of Rye. He was a 
brother of the late Thomas, Martin, James and Daniel H. Beary of Rye, Mrs. 
Rose McNamara, Mrs. Jane Pierini and Mrs. Ellen Tracy, all of Rye. Numerous 
nieces and nephews in Rye, Port Chester and in Louisiana, also survive. 
Monsignor Richard B. Cushion, a lifelong friend and now pastor of the Church 
of the Sacred Heart, Mount Vernon, and the Rev. Father Beary were the first 
two Rye boys to enter the priesthood of the Roman Catholic Church. Monsignor 
Cushion was the first to be ordained from the parish of the Church of the 
Ressurection and Father Beary was the second.

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