Rev. Armand Yeaglin O.F.M. Cap

Rev. Armand Yeaglin
The Rev. Armand Yeaglin, OFM Cap., 95, died Tuesday.
He was the senior friar of the Province.
Born Sept. 25, 1911, he was the son of George and Mary Wirth Yeaglin.
He was baptized at St. James Church in Wilkinsburg and was named Francis. He attended grade school at Assumption Catholic in Pittsburgh and, in 1925, began his high school education at St. Fidelis Seminary in Herman. At his investiture as a novice in 1932, he was given the name Armand and professed temporary vows in Cumberland, Md., July 14, 1933.
After studying philosophy in Victoria, Kansas, he began theological studies at the Capuchin College in Washington, D.C., in 1935. He was ordained a priest on June 7, 1938.
His first Mass was celebrated at St. Catherine of Sienna Church in Beechview on June 12, 1938. His first priestly assignment was as instructor and prefect of discipline at his alma mater, St. Fidelis Seminary. He taught the sciences and remained interested in all science throughout his life.
In 1947, he continued as a professor at the seminary and became pastor of St. Peter Church in Slippery Rock until 1952, when he was assigned to Victoria, Kansas, as pastor of Sacred Heart Church in Emmeram, Kansas, for one year.
In 1953, he became the pastor of St. Cecelia Church in Rochester, and guardian of the local friary. He was pastor of the parish for nine years. St. Wendelin Church in Carbon Center, was the next pastorate until 1966.
His next assignment took him to Papua, New Guinea, where he and his brother Capuchin friars, the Rev. Angelus Shaughnessy and Christian Fey, were given the charge to begin a seminary in Kap, in the Madang region of Papua New Guinea. At the seminary, he was a professor and a procurator. On the way to Papua New Guinea, he and his companions met Pope Paul VI in Rome.
In 1969, he returned to ministry in the United States. He was the chaplain of St. Francis Hospital in Lawrenceville for 10 years. He was named chaplain of Monongahela Valley Hospital in Monongahela in 1979, where he remained for nearly 20 years.
At the age of 86, he was able to retire from active ministry and took up residence at St. Augustine Friary in Pittsburgh in 1997, where he remained until declining health necessitated more intensive care at Vincentian Home in December 2005.
He is survived by three nephews, James, Robert and David Lucas, and a niece, Joan Hughes.
YEAGLIN- Visitation for the Rev. Armand Yeaglin, OFMCap., who died Tuesday, Dec. 26, 2006, will be from 2 to 4 p.m. and 7 to 9 p.m. today at Our Lady of the Angels Parish, St. Augustine Church, 37th St., Lawrenceville.
A prayer vigil will be at 8 p.m. today.
A Mass of Christian burial will be at 10 a.m. Friday. Burial will be in the friar's plot at St. Augustine Cemetery, Shaler Township. Memorial contributions may be made to the Province of St. Augustine, 220 37th St., Pittsburgh, PA 15201.
Professional services are entrusted to D'ALESSANDRO FUNERAL HOMEand Crematory.
Information at www.dalessandroltd.com.