MRS. CARR, SENR., OF V ESTPORT,

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

MRS. CARR, SENR., OF V ESTPORT.

(From our own correspondent.)

It is with very deep regret that I have to record the death of a very widely-respected Catholic lady. Mrs. Carr (senr.), who passed away early on the afternoon of Friday, the 1 7th ult. She had been ailing for some time, and her son, Mr. R. Carr, who presided at the public meeting on Thursday evening, was hastily called the same night, when it was found that the condition of the deceased was most critical. The late Mrs. Carr was a native of County Cavan. Her maiden name was O'Reilly. She was the eldest daughter of Philip O'Reilly, and cousin of that distinguished Irishman, John Boyle O'Reilly. Her eldest son, Mr. Robert Carr, contributed to the Tablet under the noin-(l( -plume— 'Old Identity.' He is a printer at the Times and Star office and a borough councillor. Mrs. Carr was a good, practical Catholic mother, and attended Mass on the Sunday previous to her death. Father Cohtello, whose health I am grieved to say is not all we could desire, administered the last sacraments, and offered up the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass for the repose of her soul on Sunday morning. The good Sisters of Mercy attended on her during her last illness and invested her with the habit and shroud. From then up to the time for closing the coffin there was a continual stream of mourners wishing to look for the last time on the face of one who was so much respected by all. Very Rev. Father Walshe arrived from Karamea late the previous night in time to conduct the funeral services for one of his oldest and most respected parishioners, first at the church — Miss Pain playing the ' Dead March ' on the organ while the procession moved round the church — and afterwards at the grave. The mourners followed the corpse a distance of three miles to the grave, although the afternoon was wet and disagreeable, anxious to show all the respect possible to the deceased and her family. — III. P.