JUDGE O'BRIEN DIES IN ST. PAUL Succumbs After Emergency Operation to Save His Life Judge Thomas Dillon O'Brien, 76, former associate justice of the state supreme court and for years an outstanding figure in St. Paul civic affairs, died late Tuesday at the Miller hospital. Ill for seven months, Judge O'Brien's death followed an emer. gency operation performed earlier in the day in an effort to save his life. He served on the supreme court bench from 1901 to 1910, receiving his appointment from Gov. John A. Johnson, filling out the term of Justice C. B. Elliott, who resigned. At the time of his death he was senior partner of the legal firm of O'Brien, Horn and Stringer, which grew out of the firm of O'Brien and Stone, formed by Judge O'Brien following his retirement from the supreme court bench. Born at La Pointe, Wis., Feb. 14, 1859, he was admitted to the bar in 1880, and three years later embarked upon a political career that led him to the office of Ramsey county attorney from 1891. to 1892. He then served as a trustee for the State Hospital for Insane for a year. In 1905 he was appointed state insurance commissioner, and from 1896 to 1904 he was a Democratic national committeeman from Minnesota. Judge O'Brien was the first president of the St. Paul Association and was a member of the State Bar association, the Minnesota club, the Knights of Columbus and numerous other organizations. Surviving are the widow, Mrs. Mary C. O'Brien; two daughters, Mrs. Vincent L. O'Connor of St. Paul, and Mrs. W. P. Robertson of Litchfield; a son, Dillon J. O'Brien of St. Paul; two sisters, Mrs. Jennie M. Donnelly and Miss Mary O'Brien, both of St. Paul, and two nephews, Judge R. D. O' Brien of the Ramsey county district court, and C. D. O'Brien, Jr., former county attorney. Funeral services will be held Friday at 10 a.m. at St. Luk'e Catholic church, Summit and Lexington avenues, St. Paul, followed by interment in Calvary cemetery. St. Paul Civic Leader Is Dead JUDGE T. D. O'BRIEN will be at 2. p.m. Thursday at Bethel Lutheran church, Thirty-second street and Seventeenth avenue S. Burial will be at 2 p.m. in the Crow River church cemetery at Belgrade, near Mr. Mork's former home. He lived for 50 years in Kandiyohi county and was a Minneapolis resident for the last 18 years. Born in Nordland, Norway, he came to Minnesota in 1867. Surviving are seven chilwhen, 19 grandchildren and nine great grandchildren. JOHN JONES Funeral services for John Jones, 84, who died Monday at the home of his son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. C. O. Newcomb, 4933 Colfax avenue S., will be at 3:15 p.m. Thursday at Lakewood chapel, with burial at Lakewood cemetery. Born in Wales, Mr. Jones came to the United States when he was three. He was a grad. uate of the University of Iowa. Sur. viving are his widow, Mrs. Elizabeth Jones; daughter, Mrs. C. O. New. comb; daughter-in-law, Mrs. Tracy a Jones of Aberdeen, S. D.; six grandchildren and several nephews and nieces.
