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News » 1,500 expected for Fr. Mike's funeral
Feb. 26, 2010
About 1,500 people are expected to pay their last respects to a popular Appleton priest who died this week, after receiving a serious head injury from a fall.
Ann Higgens of Saint Mary's parish is helping to organize the funeral. She says Father Mike O'Rourke touched a lot of lives, and people want a chance to say their last goodbye. Higgens the area around the church will be busy all morning.
Higgens says once the church fills, they will open other rooms and the Catholic Central auditorium...where people will be able to watch a live feed of the mass.
She says several hundred people attended a visitation for O'Rourke yesterday. |
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