December 23, 2005

Readers share favorite Christmas memories

Mother’s funeral was blessed event for family

By Catherine Cooper
Special to The Criterion

It was Christmas Eve in 1977. Our mother, Mary E. Dever, had died peacefully in her sleep on Dec. 22. Her son, Holy Cross Brother Keric Dever, was visiting for the first time at Christmas in more than 30 years.

Her son, Bernard Dever, was the principal of Roncalli High School in Indianapolis. He brought the choir along with beautiful music.

St. Christopher Church in Indianapolis was filled with bright poinsettias and greenery. Many family members and friends were there for my mother’s Mass of Christian Burial. Msgr. Francis Reine offered a eulogy of happiness and cheer. It was a very blessed day.

(Catherine Cooper is a member of St. Jude Parish in Indianapolis.) †

 

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