James W. Gillespie, Monsignor, (1937)

BOUDEWYNS, GILLESPIE, WHITE, WRIGHT

Posted By: Mary Welty Hart
Date: 10/28/2006 at 21:05:31

The Winterset Madisonian
Winterset, Iowa
Friday, November 17, 1937

MONSIGNOR GILLESPIE Dies At Iowa City

Prominent Catholic Prelate Was Madison County Native

Monsignor James W. Gillespie of Davenport, one of the ranking Catholic prelates of Iowa, died at the state hospital in Iowa City Tuesday night. He was 69 years of age.

Monsignor Gillespie was stricken with a combination of abdominal ailments and taken to Iowa City about two weeks ago. Several days ago he underwent a major operation from which he never rallied.

Monsignor Gillespie had served more than 25 years as pastor of St. Peter's parish at Keokuk. Last spring he was retired from active work, and a silver jubilee celebration held in his honor, after which he moved to Davenport to reside.

The monsignor was a native of the Mt. Pleasant neighborhood in Crawford township of this county. He was the son of James Gillespie, one of the early settlers in the Irish community there. He was educated for the priesthood at Dubuque, and his early service to the church was at St. Ambrose cathedral in Des Moines and as pastor at Mechanicsville.

Neaest surviving relatives are: his brothers, T. L. Gillespie of Crawford township and Frank Gillespie of St. Paul, Minn; and his sisters, Mrs. Gertrude Boudewyns of Davenport. He also leaves a number of nieces and nephews in Madison county. They are: T. T. Boudewyns of Patterson, Frank and John Gillespie of Crawford township, and Leo Gillespie and Mrs. Hugh Wright and Mrs. Paul White of Winterset.

The body was to lie in state at the Catholic cathedral in Davenport prior to the funeral which was to be held today.

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