OBITUARY.

Colonist, Volume LVII, Issue 13873, 15 September 1915, Page 1 (Supplement)

OBITUARY.

Much sympathy will be. extended ■ to> Mr E. B. Fleming, of the firm of Fleming and Sons, in the death of his wife, which occurred on Saturday night. She leaves her husband and 'two youiif children to..mourn their loss.

A highly esteemed resident, Mr.-; Peter. Levy, wife of tho lato ConstalJo Levy, passed away ,at her residence in Halifax street early on Sunday ■n?i?"W Tll° ri Pe'a£[e of 85 years. Jne late Mrs Levy arrived in Nelson by the John Masterman in 1857. During her long residence in Nelson she wasi ki-owr. as the possessor of a very lar.dly nature. Many persons have had cause to bo thankful to Mrs Levy and her late husband for acts of kindness They were always to the fore in charitable causes, and their names in the early days were household words. Mrs Levy leaves two sons and four dau-"h-teis tc mourn their loss. The funeral takes place to-morrow morning.

The funeral of the late Rev. George Jones took place yesterday. The Rev W. E. Lcmbert, of the Baptist Church, was the officiating minister. Mr. Joneis who died suddenly on Saturday at his residence on the Wakapuaka road, was m his sixty-fourth year. He was born at Chiswick, England, and had been a resident of this district for over eight years. He leaves a widow and two sons. He was. a minister of the Baptist denomination, and his active work was done in England.

Ihe death took place at Ashburton Jast week of M.a\ Thomas Renwick Mowat, fourth sou of the late Mr Alexarder Mowat, of Altmarloch at the age of 48 years. The deceased who was born in Marlborough and educated at Nelson College, entered commercial life in the Bank of New Zealand j at. Picton.. He was subsequently stai v?u U t P ieilheim- Nelson, ard several Worth Island centres, opening up a number of branches of the Bank in the King Country ard being manager for some years at Hnterville prior to his transfer to Ashburton. The late Mr Mowat was twice married, his second wile being a daughter of a former wellknown Picton settler, the late Mr. Welford. He leaves a widow, three sons and one daughter. His eldest son, Colin, left Now Zealard as a quar-termaster-sergeant-in the Sixth Reinforcements, In his younger days the deceased was a prominent footballer Bay represented Nelson and Poverty The GfoMen Bay "Times" records the death at Pakawau of Mr James Luiui] thr fiv P\ c? asecl c.a» le to Nelson with the hi st ships arriving here, as he has said, when the Fifeshiro was on the rock at the entrance to Nelson Harbour. ' This was in 1842, and as deceaseci was then a well-grown youth his ago must have approximated 90 yeary He was married twice, and leaves a largo grown-up family 'of sons and daiighters, most of whom reside in the Golden Bay district. .

i -uh? Mr Chafes Cate,xvho was tilled while bushfelling at Matawai, in tho Poverty Bay district, recently, was a native of the Golden Bay distii'et.. He was 30 years of age, and had been a successful athkte and a boxer, havinc i)2d the distinction of being tv/ice tho runner up in the New Zealant! boxing championships at Wellington and Tjma" ni respectively. Deceased had also been successful as a runner, his performances including: the winning, from .scratch, of the Marathon race between Waorengii-a-hika and Makaraka and hack, about 2* Tear,? ago. ] Jrevions to this he had earned a reputation in cycling contests. Deceased leaves a widow and three young children.

The death has occurred of Mr Joshua Rutland, of To Patoa, i,vho arrived in Nelson from Ireland in 185-4,- and wa; for mam- years Crown lands rangej for Marlborough.