MRS. H. ROSSITER, CHRISTCHURCH.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXVIII, Issue 41, 11 October 1900, Page 20

MRS. H. ROSSITER, CHRISTCHURCH.

Very eeneral sorrow was felt by a wide circle of friendH (writes onr Christchurch correspondent) when it became known that Mrs. Rossiter, wife of Mr. 11. Rossiter, an old and hL-hly-respectid resident of Canterbury, had pa^ed away on .Sunday, September :«>. Mr. and Mr«. RossiLer, after l<a\u>g their nati\e town of Truro, Cornwall, England, came out to Sydney. In I NiO they arrived in Lyttelton, troving shortly a ft-erward* to Chn -lchurch, wli. re they have resided ever wince. The debased lady was of a \ery tiuiet and unassuming disposition, and whs greatly U loved I y all who know her. Mrs. Rossiter was attended iv her la-t illness by the Rev. F-ith^r Mnrna"c, ••.-! " u ~ -' ; 1 ♦ :t c .-i '; «U ].i rites of the Church. A 11/ quit m Mass was o<l< tinted m St. Mary's Church, on ' r ues'ay last fur thy rc;n v of Lcr k v!. f t ]l^.\ c 1 by the funeral ceremony, which was . onduc ed by the X v. Father Marnane, who also officiated at the gra\e. Approjiriate tnu'-ic was rendered at the Vass by the choir, of which one >>f the deceased lady's sons, Mr. Harry Rossiter, is conductor. There are two other sons (one of whom. Mr. Walter Rossiter, is in hntim s* in I)i:nedin). and five daughters (four of whom are raurried) tc mourn thtir loss. — RJ.P.