Deceased: 2006-08-16
Diocese: LINCOLN
CSM Graduation Year: 1956
Father Paul Eugene Sheehy, 78, Hastings, a retired priest of the Diocese of Lincoln, died Wednesday (8/16/06) at MadonnaRehabilitationHospital, Lincoln. Father Sheehy was born July 8, 1928, to Thomas and Ella (Gallagher) Sheehy at Hastings. He graduated from St. Cecilia High School in Hastings in 1946. After seminary studies in St. Louis and St. Paul, Minn., Father Sheehy was ordained a Catholic priest on May 27, 1954, in St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church in Hastings. He served parishes in Brainard, Lincoln, Greenwood, Bellwood, Plattsmouth, Fairbury, Ulysses and Hebron. In addition, Father Sheehy served as principal of Pius X High School in Lincoln and chair of the religion department of Aquinas Catholic High School in David City. He also served as dean of the Plattsmouth, Fairbury and Hebron deaneries in the Dioceses of Lincoln. He was a fourth-degree member of the Knights of Columbus.
Survivors: sisters, Dorothy Sheehy, St. Louis, Sister Thomasella Sheehy O.P., St. Catherine, Ky., Sister Marie Sheehy S.S.P.S., Antigua, West Indies; sisters-in-law, Betty Sheehy, Mary Helen Sheehy, both Hastings, Methvyn Sheehy, Garden City, Kan.; 27 nieces and nephews. Preceded in death by: parents; brothers, Monsignor Robert Sheehy, William Sheehy, Phillip Sheehy.
Mass of Christian Burial: 11 a.m. Saturday, St. Cecilia’s Catholic Church, Hastings. Bishop Fabian W. Bruskewitz and priests of the Diocese of Lincoln. Highland St. Patrick’s Cemetery, rural Hastings. Visitation: 5-9 p.m. today, 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. Friday, Butler Volland Funeral Home, Hastings; one hour prior to services Saturday, church. Vigil service, 7:30 p.m. Friday, church, with Father Larry Gyhra officiating. Memorials, in lieu of flowers: Hastings Catholic Schools. Condolences may be left at www.lbvfh.com.
