OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 35, 27 August 1903, Page 15

OBITUARY

MR. J. R, MURPHY, WINTON. Mr. J. R. Murphy, traveller for Messrs. J. G. Ward and Co., Invercargill, who met his death by falling off a train near Lumsden, on the 18th inst;, was buried at Winton on Sunday last (writes our travelling correspondent). The funeral was the largest ever seen in the district, the mourners occupying over 120 carriages and other vehicles, whilst those on horseback numbered fully 150, the cortege being over a mile in length. The service at the cemetery was conducted by the Rev. Father P. O'Neill, Winton. The deceased, who was well known and highly respected throughout Southland, was a director of the Irish Athletic Society and always took an active interest in Irish affairs. A widow and two children are left to mourn their loss.— R.l.P. MRS. DANIEL O'CONNOR, AUCKLAND. (From our Auckland correspondent.) I regret to have to record the death of Mrs. Daniel O'Connor, a lady well known and highly respected for her good Christian qualities for over a quarter of a century in Auckland. She died on her way to Mass in one of the electric cars one week morning a fortnight ago, while fulfilling a duty which she had practised every day of her life. The deceased lady was born at Tethane, County Kerry, Ireland, on January 6, 1824. Her maiden name was Mary Rehane. She married in 1843, and there were born of the marriage eight sons and five daughters, all- of whom reside in Auckland province excepting Mrs. Gallagher, Wellington, and Mrs. Thompson, Victoria. The family came to Auckland in the early seventies, where, with the exceptions .above mentioned, the members have resided ever since. Three sons are at present in business in Auckland, and are widely known and highly respected. The funeral was a very large and representative one. The body was borne to St. Patrick's, where it was met by hjs Lordship the Bishop, Rev. Father Patterson, Adm., a number of the clergy and laity. At the conclusion of the ceremony the funeral cortege, which included seventy carriages, proceeded to Waikumete Cemetery, where the interment took place. It is worthy of note that sixty children and grandchildren stood around the grave mourning the departure of their dear relative. The deceased lady was a typical Irish Catholic. Her very presence in St. Patrick's was edifying in the extreme, and her good deeds and example shall long live after her.— R.l.P.