Obituary.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXX, Issue 6, 6 February 1902, Page 15

Obituary.

ME. JOSEPH E. CANTWELt, The many friends o f Mr. Joseph Edward Oantwell, of Dunedin, will hear with regret of his death, which took place on Friday last at the early age of 28 years. The deceased had been a great sufferer for a considerable time, and consequently his demise was not wholly unexpected. For many years the late Mr. Cantwell took a very aotive part in the Dunedin Catholic Literary Society, of which he had been a prominent member. The funeral took place on Saturday at the Southern Cemetery, Dunedin, where the Rev. Father CMalley officiated. The deceased was brother of Mother M. Rose. of St. Dominic's Convent, Oamaru. — E.I.P. MR JAMES J. M'CLUSKKY, WETHERSTONES. Very sincere regret was felt for Mr and Mrs Daniel M'Cluskey, of Wetherstones, when it became known that their eldest son, Mr James Joseph M'Cluskey, had met his death by drowning at Waipori on Thursday morning. The deceased (says the Tnapelta Times) was in the prime of manhood, being in his thirty-ninth year, and was a native of the district and a man of most exemplary character who was esteemed and respected by all who knew him for his kindly disposition and sterling qualities. Mr M'Cluskey had lived all his life in the home of his aged and respected parents, and it is not too much to say that no parents could be blessed with a son more devoted to their interests or more solicitous of their comfort and welfare than he was. It may be truly faid of him in the most literal sense that he was a man, suoh was his kindly nature and unobtrusive disposition, who had not made a single enemy and has left friends on every side to regret his death and sympathise with his family in their affliction. With Mr and Mrs M'Cluskey, old and esteemed residents of the district for over a period of 40 years, there is the deepest sympathy in their heavy trial, which is intensified by the fact that Mrs M'Cluskey has only recently recovered from a prolonged and severe illness. — R.I. P.