-36- and was buried from the 2aat-oentioned chnroa of whioh he twjs pastor alnoat thirty years, 2nterment ma la 3q» Cathedral Cemetery. Baltimore.?2' SIS ?* "ilLZJAM McKSHHA (deceased) Bam in Newtown on September 2?, 1373. eon of Jeter ifcKonna and Catherine Snllivan , father £&Kenm attended L 3t. 3un3ten»o from 1389 to 1893« Ijs then entered St. 2ary»3 SJaminary, Daltimoro,. .Ifcoyland, fttp his theological training, Ba wee ordained On Ibna for the Diocese of Idneo2n, Nebraska on August 26, 2396, by -Bishop James Cbarles T&oSorald* After completing his theology. Father ibKenna bad to wait several months to attain (with dispensation) canonical agd for ordination, i 'rom 1996 to 2943 he carved as administrator or pastor in a number of parishes in the iaooese of Lincoln, '.is last appointment as pastor ©as in St, Vincent's Church,. SeWard, where J » remained from 1931 to 1943. Srom 1943 to 1949 fca served in a semi- . retired position as chaplain of a email hospital in , Nebraska . Iran January, 1949. to Barea, 2950. he 2ived in a home for retired priests in Lincoln. Ba died on Mason 23, 1950, and was buried in Cemetery, Lincoln, on Lferch 2?. She funeral Ifeea v/as offered by Bishop Kucera in St, Ifcry's Cathedral, A first cousin of Father ^cKonna, -.bnoignor X 'atrick W&&&mi Rector of fc&j Ca^edral of at, Ester the Apostle in Kansas Ci^y, Kansas , -.-as 32 . Personal letter, Gbaueery' Office, Baltinbrs* Sferoh, 2962, •■