OBITUARY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 2, 8 January 1903, Page 20

OBITUARY.

MBS M. J. STAUNTON, MANAIA.

The many friends in Otago of Mr M. J. Rtannton, postmaster, Manaia, will regret to hear of the serious affliction that has befallen him in the death of his wife, who parsed away on December 28. Mrs Staunton, who was only 32 years of age, had be^n ill bat a Bbort time, the immediate canee of death being peritonitis. Mr Staunton has been Btationed at Manaia only eighteen months, and was married just before he 1-ft his last charge, Clyde, rtago. During t v eir residence in Mar aia Mr and Mrs Staunton had made themselves v-ry popular in the d. strict, the deoeabetf lady especially, by her kindliness and cheerfulness, endearing hernelf to aIJ, consequently her unexpected death came as a great blow to a large circle of friend*. The funeral took place on Sunday , December 28, and was one of the largest and most representotiye ever Been in the district. The remains were taken to the Sacred Heart Church, where a Requiem Mas 3 was celebrated by the Very Rev. Father Power, who feelingly referred to the many virtues of the deceased. The interment took place in the Manaia cemetery, when the Very Rev. Father Power again officiated. Mr Staunton hoe th- sympathy of a large circle number of friends both in Taranaki and Otago in his bereavement. — R.I. P. MBS. O'HARA, WANGANUI. It is with deep regret (writes our Wangtnui correspondent) that I record the death of Mrs Mary Ellen O'Hara, wife of Mr Daniel O'Hara, the well-known contractor. The late Mrs O'Hara, who was «7 years of age, left some months ago on a visit to her relatives in Sydney, and while there was seized with a paralytics stroke. At the time little hope waa entertained for her recovery, but she ultimately rallied sufficiently to return home, although she has since be?n an invalid. On Tuesday, December 30, she visited her daughter— in religion Sister Mary Ignatius— at the Wanganui Convent promising to return next day, but on New Year's Eve she experienced another paralytic etroke, to which she finally succumbed. Her son. James, came down last week from the King Country to see his mother and left only on Tuesday morniug, there being then no indication of hr app owning death. A husband and a family of eeveu, who have all reachfd maturity, are left to mourn their loss, an i to these in their sad bereavement the sinceredt sympathy is extendel.—R.T.P.