more from the brunassos

a story on the funeral ceremony in yesterday's claremont-courier.

at:

http://www.claremont-courier.com/pages/Topstory032807.1.html

(clickable link at bottom of page)

from the story:

'After celebrating the Eucharist and singing songs of praise, several of Msgr. Barry’s closest friends and relatives offered words of remembrance.

“Father Bill seemed to be there for each of us, friends and family, all at once,” said Nancy Barry, Msgr. Barry’s niece. “This was a man who tested the limits of how many homes you could hit in Claremont, Pasadena and Newport, and sometimes even Boston and Akron in a single Thanksgiving or Christmas weekend.”

They also brought the nearly one thousand visitors to laughter while reminiscing about Msgr. Barry’s seeming ability to be in several places at once, his political views and the excessive number of speeding tickets he accrued over the years.

“He might be the priest in the archdiocese to get a PhD at traffic school,” said Msgr. Gregory Cox. “But he did this because he wanted to be with his people and be at every event as the presence of the church.”'