OBITUARY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVI, Issue 9, 1 July 1898, Page 19

OBITUARY.

From recent London files we learn of the death of Miss Maria Roche of 20 George street Hanover Square. The Weekly St/n says of the deceased lady : — She was indeed a remarkable woman. Arriving in London an unknown Irish girl, in a few years she became one of the leading dressmakers of the greatest city in the world. She made all the mourning of the ill-fated Empress Eugenic. She made for princesses, duchesses and countesses, and all sorts of grand dames. And with her success she never lost either her good sense, or her good heart or her independence. She was a devoted child to the old Irish mother in Kerry waiting for news from her daughter. A Requiem Mass was celebrated for the repose of her soul and the funeral took place at the Abbeydorney cemetery, Ireland, the family burial ground. The deceased lady, it may be mentioned was a sister of Mr. James Roche of Mandeville, and Mr. David Roche of Invercargill. — R.I. P.