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Thomas F. Eustace was born in Reno, Sugarcreek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania on May 2, 1886. He attended Reno Public Elementary School, St. Joseph’s Catholic School in Oil City and graduated from St. Bonaventure College in 1914. While in college he worked briefly as a brakeman on the railroad. On one point in his railroad career as he was enroute from Oil City to Oleas in 1911, the entire crew was composed of Eustace brothers; J.A. Eustace, conductor, James Eustace, flagman and Thomas Eustace (later Father Tom), as brakeman. The engine crew as Father Tom recalled later in life included a “couple of other fellows.” Thomas Eustace was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest at St. Bonaventure College on June 2, 1917. His first assignment was as assistant pastor at St. Catherine’s Parish, DuBois from 1917 until August 2, 1918 when he entered the military as a US Army Chaplain. Following his discharge on August 10, 1919, he was appointed assistant pastor at Sacred Heart Church, Sharon where he served until 1924 when he became pastor at St. Hyppolite parish, Frenchtown where he remained until 1929 when he became pastor at St. Eusebius, parish, East Brady on July 5, 1929. He remained at St. Eusebius nearly 36 years until April 10, 1965 when he retired. During his years at East Brady, he opened two mission parishes; St. Mark’s at Sarah Furnace, and St. Richard’s at Rimersburg, Pennsylvania.
Sources: History of St. Eusebius, East Brady or Brady’s Bend, Penna. Oil City-Franklin-Clarion, PA January 13, 1967. |
Father Thomas F. Eustace
Born:2 May 1886, Reno, Sugarcreek Township, Venango County, Pennsylvania. Died: 12 September 1967 in Erie, Pennsylvania. He was ordained a Roman Catholic Priest on June 2, 1917. Father Thomas Eustace was the son of James Joseph Eustace, a native of Kilmihill, County Clare and Johanna Connery.
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