OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVII, Issue 22, 3 June 1909, Page 859

OBITUARY

MR. ARCHIBALD DE LARGEY, WAIKAIA. We regret to have to record the death, at Waikaia, on May 13, of Mr. Archibald De Largey ,who passed away at the age of 62 years. The deceased, who was* a native of Ballycastle, County Antrim, came out to New Zealand in 1864, and after being engaged for a. time on the railway at the Bluff, he went to the goldfields, and worked in most of the districts in Otago and Southland. Later on he started in business in Otautau, from there he went to Oreti, and eventually settled down at Waikaia, of which he had .been a resident for the past eighteen years. The deceased was well known in Southland, and was highly esteemed by a large circle of friends. He was a man of the most kindly disposition, and was extremely charitable. A Requiem Mass for the repose of his soul was celebrated by"" the Rev. Father Keenan, who also officiated at the interment in the Waikaia Cemetery. The deceased leaves a widow, five sons, and two daughters to mourn their loss, — R.I.P.