Lumberton, MS
Funeral Home
Riemann Family Funeral Homes
Visitation
9:30-11 am, Friday, September 26, 2025, St. Joseph Catholic Church, Poplarville.
Service
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am, Friday, September 26, 2025 , St. Joseph Catholic Church, Poplarville.
Obituary
Military Service Tribute, Honors, and Obituary:
Recognizing and Honoring a Fallen Hero, Who Served Within the Mississippi National Guard. “Fallen, Yet Not Forgotten”.
In recognition of our proud American tradition of honorable service which our military men and women have given to their country and our State, we honor a Fallen Hero. Our nation, our state, and the National Guard Association of MS (NGAMS) regard the memorializing of its retired military deceased as an honorable and sacred obligation.
Another great Soldier and Fallen Hero has been released from duty, passed from our ranks on September 19, 2025, and has moved on to his heavenly home. Retired Chaplain (LTC) Finton JohnKilmurray, age 72, who had served in the 1st Battalion, 155th Infantry Regiment; 184th Theater Support Command; and Shelby Joint Forces Training Center has departed and gone to a better place with our good Lord. Kilmurray deployed with the 1/155 Infantry; 184th TSC in 2010; and served with the Shelby JFTC during its mobilization.
It takes a special person to serve within the military for their country, giving up their family time, comfort, and safety for their country, ultimately for all Americans to enjoy their freedoms, safety, and way of life. We now applaud you for your service to our country. A special message from General Douglas McArthur remains applicable today for our servicemen that have passed: “Old Soldiers never die; they just fade away”.
Rest in Peace Soldier. We applaud your patriotism, sacrifices, and brave efforts in serving our country and your family for their support of your service. We thank you for your service. Without your efforts and your families’ support, our country would not stand so boldly, shine so bright, and live so free.
You now have earned a rest, so go fly with the Angels, go rest high on that mountain; your work on earth is done. Go to heaven a-shoutin’ Love for the Father and the Son.
Another great Soldier has gone home, “Fallen, Yet Not Forgotten, Soldier for Life”.
Obituary, Visitation, and Service Details:
Rev. Fr. LTC Fintan John Kilmurray, U.S. Army, Retired, age 72 of Lumberton, passed away on September 19, 2025, in Lumberton.
He was preceded in death by his father, Frank Kilmurray; his mother, Josephine Kennedy Kilmurray; and a brother, Philip Kilmurray.
Fr. Fintan is survived by his brothers, Fineen Kilmurray of Dublin, Ireland, Owen Kilmurray of Dublin, Ireland, and Liam Kilmurray of Ottawa, Canada; his sisters, Janet McConnell of Dublin, Ireland, and Anna Rooney of County Kildare, Ireland; and numerous nieces, nephews, and other relatives and friends.
He was educated at St. Patrick’s College in Thurles, County Tipperary, Ireland and was later ordained a priest for the Diocese of Biloxi, MS. He retired from the U.S. Army as a Lieutenant Colonel serving in the Chaplain Corps. Fr. Fintan was currently serving as pastor of St. Joseph Catholic Church in Poplarville, MS and Our Lady of Perpetual Help Catholic Church in Lumberton, MS.
He enjoyed taking his dogs to the lake, watching movies, gadgets and anything tech related.
A Mass of Christian Burial will be celebrated at 11 am on Friday, September 26, 2025 at St. Joseph Catholic Church in Poplarville. Visitation will be from 9:30 am – 11 am in the church. Arrangements are being made for the service to be livestreamed at www.riemannfamily.com and the link will be provided. He will be interred in the Our Lady of Perpetual Help Cemetery in Lumberton, MS.
A full tribute with additional information related to his work in the diocese and the Army will be posted soon.
The Riemann Family Funeral Home, Gulfport, is serving the family.