OBITUARY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 2, 9 January 1908, Page 19

OBITUARY.

MRS. BISHOP, WAIPUKURAU. It is with regret that we have to .'record the death of Mrs. M. A. bishop, wife of Mr. A. P. BLhop, of Waipukurau. The deceased was the fourth daughter of the late Mr. John Butler, AshMirton, and sister to Mrs. Patrick Devane and 'Mrs. G. Loomer, both of Christchurch, and Mrs. John Fit/gerald, of Stratford. She was married some few years ago to Mr. Alfred Patrick Bishop, son of Mr. James Eisbop, ».i Henangton, near Ashburton. At the time of , her death the deceased was 37 years of age, and leaves a family of six to mourn .their loss. Mr. rsishop has the sincere sympathy of his many friends in his bereavement.— R.l. P.

MR. ALPHONSUS J. ROCHE, INVERCARGILL. The many friends of our esteemed townsman, Mr. D. Roche (says the ' Southland Daily Mews ■) wi.l regret to learn that he has sustained a bereavement in the sudden decease of his youngest son, Alphonsus James, at the age of 21 years, 'ihe young man lefl for Dunedin on Christmas Day for a holiday, and on the Thursday before last when spending the day at Anderson's Bay, met with a fall which he did not expect v>oald have serious results, and, though he suffered from a sore head, he did not consult a doctor. He returned home on Monday night, and said nothing to his parents about the accident, but on Tuesday morning he complained of feeling unwell, and, when Dr. Young was sent for, it was found , that he was sufieringi from inflammation of the brain, from which he succumbed on Wednesday morning, January 1. A few years ajro the deceased had a fall in his father's shop., where he was employed, and met with an injury to his head, which, his medical ad/viser told him might develop into something serious should he receive a knock in the same place, and it is proba-ble that this occurred, with the result stated.— R.l. P.