The Spring Mass at St. Malachy’s Catholic Church, rural Melrose, will
be on Sunday, May 24, at 1:30 p.m. Father Arivu Mariappan, of Guardian
Angels Parish, will officiate. The Mass is open to the general public.
Prior to the Mass, a Memorial Service will be conducted at 1:15 p.m. in
the cemetery. Veterans buried at the cemetery are: Civil War-James
Bulger, Michael Bulger, Michael Crawley, James Dunnigan, and Frank
Melvin; WWII-Claire “Junior” McCormick, Eugene McCormick, Gordon
McCormick, James Savage, Robert Waller, Wayne G. Hansen, and Jack
Gilbert; Korean War-Harold Krosinski, Vietnam-David W. Hansen and
Chris Emerson and U.S. Army Veteran, Donald Mc Cormick.
St. Malachy’s Church was built in the early 1870’s. It was closed in
July 1980. Since a successful restoration project in 1990, a Spring Mass
and a Fall Mass of Thanksgiving are held annually. For more information
on the Spring Mass or St. Malachy’s Cemetery, contact Mary I. Murray
Woods at (608) 488-5981 or Guardian Angels’ Parish Office at 715-284-
5613.
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