THE LATE MISIGNOREFYNES.
The late ■'.Sfgjjnore Fynes was no sympathiser lugubrious ostentation of woe which £ to convert the funeral obsequies intofafeant. Simple in his own habits of|lx| ne desired that the same simplicity;.- wld mar k the interment of ms| ma i nS) and that as much as §m\e of the property he left b|| him P i )oll ici be set free for helping cfo cause of Catholic education. His Contained tho following directions, whi are well WO rthy of quotation for 0 f humility and sound good sense ■% they inculcate in matters lasfc Ba( j r ites :- "I direct my funei% boas inexpensive as may be becomifl^ ar aa concer ns the funds of the estate. there be no nee dless pageant or disfy Lefc it be plain and unostentatiouß,3e Cometl _ the corpse of one, a discmle rf|| who was pool . and humble in this H(J was Lorc i of all. A cross of sto lain and Catholic in_ design, shall ra< c t he epitaph: 'Of your * ay -f Ol . the soul of ——7, who, $_ l eM , s o{ con . tinuouß spiritual bom , in the diocese ot Au ? ldapd Kw Zea i and; de . parted tins life * % c of _ years> on 1 T l B e 'fottll tb #sed gentleman has been stated | unjf[ 0 00 £ bnt it ig said that some tetML,^ y ' hag since r fc |psetlie amount to tiOjOOu. I • 1 *
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Auckland Star, Issue 153, 1 July 1887, Page 3
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