Person:Laurens Bax (2)

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Laurens, geb 15-apr-1828 te Leende;
zoon van Joannes Henricus Bax en Dimphna Pompen.

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Laurens Bax, oud 84 jaar, RK priester, geb te Leende;
zoon van Joannes Henricus Bax en Dimphna Pompen.
Overlijden: 26-apr-1912 te Tilburg.

Reverand Father Bax Goes to His Heavenly Reward
"Father Bax is dead!" These four words were heard everywhere throughout Louisville last Saturday with expressions of deepest sorrow and regret. This was the sad news contained in a cablegram recieved and an early hour by Lawrence J. Veeneman from his his sister, Miss Dymphna Veeneman, who left Louisville with Father Bax, who was her uncle, four years ago, and who has been his housekeeper and constant attendant. The Rev. Lawrence Bax was in his eighty-fifth year and was the oldest and perhaps best known priest in the Louisville diocese. For fifty-three years he was the pastor of St. John's church at Clay and Walnut, and there was celebrated his golden jubilee, one of the most memorable religious observances in the history of the city. Father Bax was a zealous priest and tireless worker until his retirement, when he returned to his old home at Tilburg, Holland, accompanied by his niece, Miss Veeneman, and there he since lived with his nephew, Rev. Peter Notten, and Rev. Peter Vroomans, a grand nephew, who came to Louisville to their venerable uncle's celebration and are remembered by many of our citizens. The story of Father Bax's holy life and noble work is too well known to need repetition. Father Schuhmann and nearly all the clergy alluded to his death last Sunday, and at St. John's on Thursday there was a solemn mass of requiem for the repose of his soul. Father Bax is survived by the following relatives residing in this country: Lawrence J. Veeneman, Secretary of the Kentucky Vitrified Brick Company, and Lawrence Bax, nephews; Mrs. Elijah L. Mann, wife of the Secretary of the Dougherty & Lanning Coal Company, and Mrs. Ben H. Hund, nieces: Mrs. Eliza Bax. a sister-in-law and widow of William Bax, and her two children, William and Miss Mary Bax. For this good old priest all will pray: "Eternal rest grant to him, O Lord, and let perpetual light shine upon him."