OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 13 July 1911, Page 1304

OBITUARY

SISTER MARY ST. MAJELLA (R lORDAN), CHRISTCHURCH. On Saturday, July 8. (writes our Christchurch correspondent) the. Sisters of Notre Dame des Missions followed to the grave the remains of their beloved Sister in religion Sister M. St. Majella (Riordan). The funeral cortege' left the Convent chapel at the close of the Reoniem Mass which was celebrated by his Lordship the Bishop, assisted bv the Very Rev. Father Price, Adrn. Anions the clergy present in the sanctuary were the Very Rev. Dean O’Donnell (Ashburton), cousin of the deceased, Very Rev. Dean Renault

S ’M A (Pr Hvlanr ßeV - Dr.. Kennedy, Rev. Fathers Daiill, o.ii.H., ancl, Leen, Graham, S.M., Hoare S M Me one Ui io The Sister’s beautiful death w as spent life T&J* Y as , th , e echo of her short and wellyear she had 1 810 h f d i rl completed her twentieth 5 car, s ,. nacl lived tour and a-half years in religion dnrin.r winch time she practised besides the other religmus Virtues’ CSS a heroic degree, anddier beautifuSmple inli Vcinr ItL wla me il’°. ry of t all those who knew her. The Jonducted’tl^bm^r 1 ' Adm -V chaplain of the Convent, S -R Lib" 106 m th ° plot,, in Lin-

MR. WILLIAM J. MAHONEY, AUCKLAND, of Ma honey, eldest son of Mrs. Mahoney of the Oxfoid Hotel, and 1 of the late William Mahonev. He known l at Thames and Vest Coast, died on June 25. He was well known in the city and province, and general regret was expressed at his early demise. Mrs. Mahonev , , the recipient of a large number of messages of conm°ent Ce Th m & partS ° f th ? Dominion in her sad bereavement. ie remains were taken to the Cathedral, where the Mlm ia obs f l \ u f " ere conducted by Rev. Father Holbrook, Adm.. assisted by Rev. bathers Wright and Ormond. The of "flT ISt P , ayed . the <Dea d march in Said ’ and ‘ Garland of flouers, as the cortege entered and left the church. At the grave at Onehunga Very Rev. Father Mahoney officiated assisted by Rev. Fathers Holbrook and Ormond The very large attendance at the funeral was evidence of the great lespect in which the deceased was held.—R.l.P.