WAIRILO.

Otago Witness, Issue 2309, 2 June 1898, Page 25

WAIRILO.

! .May 30. — Death 'has been very busy amongst us j during the last *f ew weeks. Within a fortnight / lie has claimed four out of our email community. \ In my lar.b note3 l referred to ttbe -death of Alick Back, and four days after his death his father, Mr Joseph Beck, paesed a^ay, the shook of his son's death proving too much for c. diseased heart. i Deep sympathy is f«lt for the bereaved ones in their double loss. The late Mr Beck, who was 6i years of sge, was an old_ and highly-respected 1 resident. He leaves a "widow and grown-up family, all well provided for. The next death i was that of Stephen, second son of Mr P. O'Brieu, who died on the IS^lx from the after effects of diphthejia, contracted over seven years ago. . Jjeceased was only 27 years of age. The other was that of the wife of Mr Joseph Keen, sen., who , died on the 26ch from senile decay. I offer my tl j de*:p sympathy to the aged one who mourns for . ( his loving partner of many years. j