MR. MICHAEL ROACH, RANGITIKEI.

New Zealand Tablet, 16 December 1909, Page 1977

MR. MICHAEL ROACH, RANGITIKEI.

'v* rom an occasional correspondent.) . Mr. Michael Roach, one of Rangitikei'B "earliest settlers l\ tt !l a V*Q hlB reside £<*> Greatford, "on .December!; at the age of 1 9 years. He came ' out from 1 Ireland somp •sixty years ago and settled in -TtrakuuS" "For several 1% lBl B l lie I . oocu l n + e + d 7 m th A e 'district many, positions of trust Geatnr^ " g f^T' A J>°*>>rty y«Jra. 'ago he came to (xieattord, and took up farming on his I ' own account Al™f + W £ S °n ? retirin S disposition, he was held in great esteem by all he came in contact with for/Jus upright business dealings For some time he had been, bailing with heart trouble and although the end came suddenly ft was not .unexpected. . During his illness, borne with Christian fortitude and resignation, he was constantly attended by the Rev. Fathers Molloy and Mahony, and he died "ortified with all the rites of the Church. By Ms special request expressed a week prior to his death/he was buried [?n the Catholic Cemetery Turakina, the Rev. Father Mahony officiating at the church and graveside. He leaves a widow and twelve children— six sons and six daughters, qne of the their 1 " 1 s eillg R a ip m m thG Wanganui Conyent- P to mourn