Chicago Sun-Times February 22, 1988:
Rev. Joseph M. Geary, 75, a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago for 50 years, died Saturday at St. Francis Extended Care Center in Evanston after a long illness.
Father Geary was an associate pastor at St. Athanasius Church in Evanston. He had also been assigned to St. Giles Church in Oak Park, St. Ailbe Church in Chicago and Immaculate Conception Church in Highland Park.
Father Geary had been a chaplain in the U.S Navy from 1942 until 1969, when he retired with the rank of captain. He was chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston from 1969 to 1979.
Survivors include five sisters and two brothers.
Mass will be offered tomorrow at 10:30 a.m at St. Athanasius Church in Evanston.
Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines.
Rev. Joseph M. Geary, 75, a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago for 50 years, died Saturday at St. Francis Extended Care Center in Evanston after a long illness.
Father Geary was an associate pastor at St. Athanasius Church in Evanston. He had also been assigned to St. Giles Church in Oak Park, St. Ailbe Church in Chicago and Immaculate Conception Church in Highland Park.
Father Geary had been a chaplain in the U.S Navy from 1942 until 1969, when he retired with the rank of captain. He was chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston from 1969 to 1979.
Survivors include five sisters and two brothers.
Mass will be offered tomorrow at 10:30 a.m at St. Athanasius Church in Evanston.
Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines.
Chicago Sun-Times February 22, 1988:
Rev. Joseph M. Geary, 75, a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago for 50 years, died Saturday at St. Francis Extended Care Center in Evanston after a long illness.
Father Geary was an associate pastor at St. Athanasius Church in Evanston. He had also been assigned to St. Giles Church in Oak Park, St. Ailbe Church in Chicago and Immaculate Conception Church in Highland Park.
Father Geary had been a chaplain in the U.S Navy from 1942 until 1969, when he retired with the rank of captain. He was chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston from 1969 to 1979.
Survivors include five sisters and two brothers.
Mass will be offered tomorrow at 10:30 a.m at St. Athanasius Church in Evanston.
Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines.
Rev. Joseph M. Geary, 75, a priest in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Chicago for 50 years, died Saturday at St. Francis Extended Care Center in Evanston after a long illness.
Father Geary was an associate pastor at St. Athanasius Church in Evanston. He had also been assigned to St. Giles Church in Oak Park, St. Ailbe Church in Chicago and Immaculate Conception Church in Highland Park.
Father Geary had been a chaplain in the U.S Navy from 1942 until 1969, when he retired with the rank of captain. He was chaplain at St. Francis Hospital in Evanston from 1969 to 1979.
Survivors include five sisters and two brothers.
Mass will be offered tomorrow at 10:30 a.m at St. Athanasius Church in Evanston.
Burial will be in All Saints Cemetery, Des Plaines.
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