Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
Peake - Stiles - Person Sheet
NameFr. Joseph Ignatius DAWSON 
Birth1932, New Haven, Nelson Co., KY
DeathSep 29, 2004, Dunedin, Pinellas Co., FL
Burial2004, St. Catherine’s Cemetery, New Haven, Nelson Co., KY
OccupationPriest
ReligionCatholic
FatherLouis Pascal (Abe) DAWSON (1901-1960)
MotherMary Edna FLAHERTY (1902-1972)
Misc. Notes
NEW HAVEN - DAWSON, REV. JOSEPH IGNATIUS, "J.I.," 71, died Wednesday, September 29, 2004, at Mease Hospital in Dunedin, FL. Rev. Dawson was ordained a Catholic priest in the Archdiocese of Louisville on May 26, 1962. His many assignments included St. Paul Catholic Church, St. Denis Catholic Church and Our Lady Help of Christians Catholic Church and as a teacher at the former Bishop David High School, all in Louisville, St. Francis of Assisi Catholic Church in St. Francis, KY, Emmanuel Catholic Church in Albany, KY, Cumberland Catholic Church, now known as Holy Cross Catholic Church, in Burkesville, KY, St. Bernard Catholic Church in Clementsvile, KY, Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Liberty, KY, Holy Name of Mary Catholic Church in Calvary, KY, and Our Lady of Fatima Catholic Church in Phillipsburg, KY. He retired to Dunedin in 2002. He was preceded in death by his parents, Louis P. and Mary Edna Flaherty Dawson, and a brother, Robert Francis "Bobby" Dawson. He is survived by four sisters, Miriam Hagan of New Haven, Catherine Aline Pytlesky of Lawrenceburg, IN, Mary Camilla Dawson of Louisville and Mary Ann Bowling of Kennesaw, GA; three brothers, Louis William Dawson of Louisville, Francis Xavier Dawson of Fairfield, CA, and George Thomas Dawson of Baltimore, MD; and many nieces and nephews. Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 a.m. Monday, October 4, 2004, at St. Catherine Catholic Church in New Haven, with the Most Rev. Thomas C. Kelly, Archbishop of Louisville, as the celebrant. Burial will be in St. Catherine Church Cemetery. Friends may call from 3-9 p.m. Saturday at Joseph L. Greenwell Funeral Home in New Haven and 2-8 p.m. Sunday and after 8 a.m. Monday at St. Catherine Catholic Church. A prayer service will be held at 6 p.m. Sunday evening at the church.
Published in The Courier-Journal on Oct. 1, 2004
Published in The Courier-Journal on Oct. 1, 2004