OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 25 September 1913, Page 29

OBITUARY

MRS, MARGARET HELEY, DUNEDIN. On Tuesday morning there passed away at her residence, Lower York place, Dunedin, an old and highly , esteemed member of St. Joseph’s Cathedral congregation in the person- of Mrs. Margaret Heley. The deceased, who was in her 79th year, was born in Kilkenny, and came out to South Australia about fifty years ago. She was a resident of. Dunedin for the past thirty years, and during that time she was noted for her piety, devotion to her religious duties, and her kind and charitable disposition. Notwithstanding her age, she had enjoyed fairly good health' until about three weeks ago, when she was seized with the illness which ended in her death. During that time she was regularly attended by the clergy of St. Joseph’s. Cathedral, and she died fortified by all the rites of the Church of which she was such a faithful member. She was predeceased by her husband by about three years, and there are left to mourn their- loss two daughters— Miss Adelaide Heley and Mrs. P. Herbertand one —Mr. F. Heley. The remains were taken on Wednesday evening to St. Joseph’s Cathedral, where a Requiem Mass was celebrated this morning. The family of the deceased have the sincere sympathy of a large number of friends in their bereavement.—R.l.P. /