FUNERALS

Press, Volume LXX, Issue 21123, 26 March 1934, Page 9

FUNERALS

Mi; W . I'. 1\ i:A.N 1 •: ~ ■ :.a,<■.-.!. e! tiv i I'e Mr W.lham i Batr.ck Kcane. a v 011-knovm readout , f Not iu:-.lie!d. and brother of tile late ! 1 ■ ; ... }'■■:■:■ - took place at Sprni.;!ield i ~;■,.„ ..;,,■'. and wos very largely at- I : Undid b\ residents of Sprmgliold and I ~,.',,--ne'"." d:-:inct,. and of Christ- ! "rimicn. 'L-l-r- tuuera! was preceded by I,: MTviee held af St. Catherine s Ifbuicli Sprm:".ield. the Rev. Father ! .l McMi ua-.de. parish priest of the : Darlield-Soi nr'iield disti iff. ofliciatins ;i ;" ii).. church, and aiso at the .service ,-.' th.e grave m the family plot id j : the Sprimdi'-ld Cemetery. | The'chief mourners were the Misses : Keane and Mrs Johnston 'sisters', Mr i Andrew Keane ithe only surviving j brother', ami the "Muse-- Johnston |"The"'nall -be.e -.. v. civ Me. sis IV 'o'Sbaushne. v. I-:. IV Ku.ht->n. .1. Sla'iiry. M. Vaushau. !\ Korteca. t. and \Vie.''ihV'v'ere' -en! bv H. Mat.-on ; ■...,! (.-, : .nan'--, Canterbury Fror.en ; -1, ,i c, 1 '.{ Mr ami Mrs Saunder- ' !e,. r k Mr and Mrs 1?. liims. Sprumliekl ; : vhh'tio Club. Malvern Collie Club I Mr and Mr.- S. Toictlon, and h.- ■ MK I . K. ISKI NTON i M,,n> Ii lend-, of the late Mr 1.. R. Brunlon attended the funeral, which U-\[ bis residence, Ula Canon street, S' Albans, on Saturday afternoon for the Bromley Cemetery. Mr Brunton was a prominent sportsman, and was- | widely known amour; returned soldiers, j \ special returned soldiers - service |v.:w conducted by the pre-adcnl oL Ithe le•turned Soldier.-.- Association, tne j Kev K T Kiad. iin<l members el the j association likd past the crave dropIpinc poppies. The mual Masonic ser-U-ice was conducted at the graveside' ! bv Mr' K. C. Wri.L-.lil, Worshipful MasMi'>■ of the Southern Star Bodge, "f which Mr Brunton was a member, and the Uev .T. K. I'erou. of SI. Matthew's Chinch. SI. Aibans. ah-o oliiciated. Th.e chief mi urners were Mrs B R. I taut ton Mi-- C Brunton. Mrs Amy Isimker 'a dau-iitcr, and Mr C. A. ' Rnmtnn. a brother. The p.dl- bearei s. wia. were drawn from Ihe sl;i(T of the i'ara Rubber Company, where Mr ■ Brunton worked for so many years, : were ?,U:-is S. her. C. Mcl.cary. '.k Miles. I). McCrath. A, Calder, arm W. Bailantyno. I'liiyers in senior , cricket malehes on Saturdiiy wore black arm bauds as a mark of respect to Mr Brunton. who was a Canterbury .representative for a number of years.