Otahuhu

New Zealand Tablet, 30 March 1911, Page 593

Otahuhu

(From an occasional correspondent.) A concert in aid of the Catholic church fund was held in the Public Hall on Thursday night. Songs were contributed by Misses Searle and Martin, Messrs. Lonergan, Gillies, Coe, Martin, and Byrne, and recitations by Messrs. Martin and O'Connell. Mrs. Fraser and Mr. Hawthorne played the accompaniments. There passed away on Friday night, March 17, at the age of sixty-five years, after a long and painful illness, one of the most highly respected Catholic residents of Otahuhu, in the person of Mr. Timothy Curran O’Connell. The late Mr. O’Connell was a native of Barrow, County Kerry, and came to New Zealand thirty-two years ago. He was married in July, 1889, at St. Mary’s, Christchurch, and after residing in that city for some time he went to the West Coast goldfields, finally settling in Otahuhu sixteen years ago. He leaves a widow, six sous and a daughter to mourn their loss, to whom the sympathy of the people of the district is extended. Always a devoted and practical Catholic, he died fortified by the rites of the Church. The funeral cortege was one of the largest seen in the district. Rev. Father Buckley, who officiated at the church, addressing the very large congregation, referred to the many virtues of the deceased. As a father, he showed good example, and brought up his children in the love and fear of God, and was resigned to die, knowing that his children were a credit to the town and to the Catholic faith. Rev. Father Buckley again officiated at the graveside.—R.l.P.