OBITUARY.

Auckland Star, Volume LXXI, Issue 200, 23 August 1940, Page 3

OBITUARY.

MR. D. P. O'LEARY. RESIDENT OF NOKTHCOTE. A well-known resident of Xortbcote for many years, Mr. Daniel Parsons O'Lcary, has died, aged 76. Born in Victoria, Australia, in 1863, Mr. O'Leary came to Xew Zealand with hi* parents at the age of six. Hie commenced hi* business career as an employee of Hurst and Sons, grain and produce merchants. In 1894 he set up a business in Queen Street in partnership with bis brother, Mr. S. O'Leary, and was joined six months later by Mr. James Downs, thus establishing the present firm of O'Leary Brothers and Downs.

Mr. O'Lcary, who retired from active participation in the business six months ago, was an enthusiastic member of the Remuera and Waitemata Bowling Clubs, being a past president of the latter club. He served for some rears on the committee of the Northcote* School, and at the time of his death was patron of the Waitemata Horticultural Society. He is survived by his wife, one daughter, Mrs. L. S. Righton, of Remuera, and one son, Mr. G. D. O*Leary, of Matamata. An elder son, Corporal Leslie CLeary, was killed in the Battle of the Somme in 1916.