Thornton, Lawrence, The Rev.

appeared in Glenview Announcements, 30 Jan 2003, p. 137

Description

Media Type: Genealogical Resource; Newspaper
Item Type: Obituaries
Notes: Age 84; family moved from St. Louis to Chicago, baptized in 1928 at age 10 at St. Elizabeth's church; in 1941 at the age of 23 entered St. Augustine Seminary, Bay St. Louis, Mississippi, founded to train African- American men for priesthood, attended St. Mary's Seminary, Techny and was ordained in 1954; assigned to missions in Ghana, West Africa, Our Lady of the Gardens and St. Elizabeth parishes in Chicago, retired to Techny in 1993
Cemetery: St. Mary's Cemetery, Techny
Date of Publication: 30 Jan 2003
Date Of Event: January 23, 2003
Last Name(s): Thornton
Language of Item: English
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