OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 12 September 1912, Page 26

OBITUARY

MRS. McMahon; cronadon. (From our Wellington correspondent.) Death has claimed another of New Zealand’s sterling pioneers in the person of the late Mrs. Margaret McMahon, who passed peacefully away at the residence of her daughter, Mrs. J. Ellery, Molesworth street, Wellington, on Wednesday, August 28. The deceased, who was born at Manor, Co. Kerry, seventy-one years ago, left for Australia at an early age, and ultimately settled at -Cronadon, on the West Coast, where she resided for the past forty years. About six months ago, failing eyesight necessitated her temporary residence in Wellington to undergo expert treatment. Her general health was excellent, and her unexpected death, due to a fit of coughing, accentuating an old heart trouble, came as a shock. Mrs. McMahon, who was possessed of a striking personality, was widely known and appreciated for her many excellent qualities, and her charitable disposition and genial manner endeared her to one and all. She will be deeply mourned by a very large circle of relatives and friends. Her husband, Mr. Brian McMahon, still survives, also two daughters and four sons. One daughter (Mrs. J. O’Regan) prede-

ceased her mother two years ago. A Requiem Mass was celebrated on Saturday at the >Sacred Heart Basilica by Rev. Father Hickson, assisted by Rev.' Father Yenning, the church being filled on the occasion by a large congregation of friends of deceased. The remains were sent on to Reefton, where the funeral took place on Tuesday.—R.l.P.