A large number of friends relatives united in paying a final tribute to the memory of Gordon Joseph Brennan. a member of a well known and highly respected Manotick family whose death on Wednesday last following a lengthy illness occasioned the deepest regret among his many friends in the district as week as in the Capital where he was born From the family residence nearly 100 automobiles followed in the lengthy cortege to St. Brigid’s Roman Catholic Church, Osgoode, where Rev. Father F. Tierney chanted a requiem high mass. Interment was in St. Brigid’s cemetery.
The chief mourners were the surviving relatives, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Brennan of Manotick, two sisters, Miss Mary Brennan of the Civil Service at Ottawa, and Miss Ethel Brennan, at home, and four brothers, William, of Ottawa, and Bernard, David and Edward, all at home, A brother Leo, of London was prevented by military duties from being present.
The high esteem in which Mr. Brennan was held by his many friends in Manotick and Ottawa and the sincere regret occasioned by his passing was exemplified by the large number of beautiful spiritual and floral offerings received by the bereaved family. Included in these were pieces from the Royal Bank, Bank and Somerset street branch the Public and High Schools of Manotick and the Mines Department Victoria Museum Ottawa.
