OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 14 April 1910, Page 579

OBITUARY

MR. AND MRS. SULLIVAN, TIMARU. It is with extreme regret we have to record the death of two very old residents of Timaru, Mr. and Mrs. James Sullivan, of Guirteen Farm, Levels. The late Mr. Sullivan had been identified with the progress of Timaru for the last fifty years, more especially in Church matters, having, in conjunction with the late Father Chataignier, selected over forty years ago the ground where the present Sacred Heart Convent and Church stand. He also superintended the erection of the Sacred Heart Church, lately destroyed by fire, and acted as clerk of works and’superintended the building of St. Joseph’s Church, Temuka. He also secured the land where the present Catholic Church at Pleasant Point stands, and made a gift of the bell. The late Mr. Sullivan took an active part in public affairs in South Canterbury for a number of years, having been a member of the Levels Road Board before it was merged into a county, and also a member of the Timaru Harbor Board. He carried on farming extensively until about ten years ago, when he sold his property to the Government for close settlement. In later years he lived quietly on his farm at the Levels. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan died within a few hours of each other. The funeral took place on the Bth inst., the remains being taken to the church at Pleasant Point, where a Requiem Mass was celebrated by the Rev. Father Fay. A largo concourse of people from all parts of South Canterbury took part in the funeral cortege from the church to the Timaru Cemetery, where the interment took place. Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan left a family of one son and four daughters to mourn their loss. One daughter is a member of the Dominican Order, Dunedin. Both Mr. and Mrs. Sullivan had the consolation of being fortified by all the rites of the Church before their death. Rev. Father Fay (Temuka) and Rev. Father Tubman officiated at the graveside.—