OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 12, 25 March 1909, Page 455

OBITUARY

MR. DANIEL SHEEDY, GREYMOUTH.

The news of the death of Mr. Daniel Sheedy, which took place on March 14, came as a great shock to the whole of the community of the West Coast, where he had been a prominent figure in most public matters (says the Greymouth Star) since he arrived at Hokitika early in 1865. Mr. Sheedy was a native of Kilworth, County Cork, being born there in 1838. When the Victorian goldfields broke out he could not resist the temptation, and took ship for Melbourne, arriving there in 1859, when he worked on several goldfields. till, on the Otago diggings breaking out, he went to the Dunstan and at GabriePs Gully in 1861 he settled down. After spending four years there as a pioneer of that field, he came on to the West Coast. Soon after settling down in business in Greymouth he took an active part in public affairs. He was one of the promoters of the canvass for funds for a hospital, of which he was trustee until his death. He was a member of the Harbor Board for a number of years, and also of the Borough Council. He was an active member of the Hibernian Society and patron of the Catholic Club. The late Mr. Sheedy was a staunch Catholic, and at all times took an active interest in all matters pertaining to the Church. The deceased leaves a widow, two sons (Mr. E. M. Sheedy, of Greymouth, and Mr. Sheedy, resident in Western Australia) and four daughters (Mrs. Martin, widow of Mr. Martin, C.E. ;.Mrs. Quinn, Miss Kate Sheedy, and the Rev. Mother Cecil, of St. Mary's Convent, Christchurch). The funeral, which took place on March 16, was largely attended. Out of respect to the memory of deceased, all the business places in the town were closed during the two hours which the funeral obsequies occupied. The Ifody was removed from the residence of the deceased to St. Patrick 5 s Church, and a Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Very Rev. Dean Carew in the presence of a number of the friends and relatives of the deceased. In the afternoon the funeral cortege was formed, and was the most representative- that has left that church since its erection. After the carriages containing the relatives came others in which were the Mayor and members of the Borough Council, "the members of the Hospital Trustees, and other representative bodies of which Mr. Sheedy had been a member, and after these it would seem that every available vehicle in town was occupied, while a very large number walked in procession. The Very Rev. Dean Carew conducted the service both in the church and at the graveside. R.I.P.