Rev. Thomas Michael Feeley

FEELEY, C.S.C., REV. THOMAS MICHAEL, age 74, celebrated his first day in heaven on April 21, 2004. Our beloved "Uncle Tom" had become the patriarch of our family in recent months. After graduating from the University of Notre Dame and being ordained in Rome in 1955, Uncle Tom served as a professor of philosophy for 37 years at Stonehill College in North Easton, MA. Fr. Feeley spent almost 40 Christmases here in Miami with his sister Mary Pat Feeley Thornton's family. While vacationing here, he often said Mass at St. Hugh Catholic Church, Epiphany, and Carrollton School of the Sacred Heart. During the past several years, at Vice Postulator of the Father Peyton Center at Stonehill, he led the cause to canonize Fr. Patrick Peyton, C.S.C., the "Rosary Priest" who preached to millions in his worldwide Rosary Rallies, and coined the phrase "The family that prays together, stays together." He was here in Miami at Epiphany leading a retreat in March when stricken with advanced pulmonary fibrosis. He will be missed terribly and deeply. Father Feeley is survived by his sister Mary Pat Feeley Thornton; his nephew John W. Thornton, Jr., his wife Melinda Sterman Thornton, and grandnephews David and Ryan; his niece Jane Thornton Mastrucci, her husband Joseph Mastrucci, grandnephew Michael, grandnieces Katie, Christie, and Gracie, who is already in heaven; niece Deborah Thornton Hasty, R.N., his angel and nurse over the last month, her husband Rick Hasty and grandnephews Rick IV and Thomas, grandniece Mary Beth; nephew Michael Feeley Carey Thornton, his wife Cathy Gibbs Thornton, and grandniece Natasha and grandnephew Jason, all of Miami, Florida. He is also survived by nephew Michael Colgan, grandnieces Mackenzie and Michela of Fullerton, California; nephew Dan Colgan of Eugene, Oregon and niece Peggy Colgan of Portland, Oregon. Fr. Feeley was predeceased by his parents Norah and Michael Feeley and sister Jane Feeley Colgan, as well as brothers-in-law Dr. Jerry Colgan and John W. Thornton, Sr. Rev. Robert Wiseman, C.S.C., will celebrate a Mass of the Resurrection Saturday at 9 a.m. at Epiphany Catholic Church. A full obituary will follow. VAN ORSDEL - KENDALL DRIVE 11220 N Kendall Dr (305)279-6644 Family Owned Since 1924 To visit this Guest Book Online, go to www.herald.com/obituaries.