OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 23 April 1914, Page 25

OBITUARY

MR. JAMES ORMOND, PONSONBY. (By telegraph, from our Auckland correspondent.) April 20. There passed away on Saturday morning, April 18, at his residence, Wallace street, Ponsonby, one of the most respected and truly practical Catholics of the Dominion, in the person of Mr. James Ormond. The deceased 1 had long been in failing health, but though the end came rather suddenly, it had, however, been well prepared for by a life of sterling piety. He was well known and loved on the West Coast, where he spent a considerable portion of his life, and not less so in Auckland, where he passed the evening of his days. Loved in life, he is lamented in death, and he has left behind him to mourn their loss ■ a wife and- a family of two daughters and two sons, one of whom, the Rev. Father W. J. Ormond, has labored for the past five years in St. Patrick’s Cathedral parish. A Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated on Monday morning at St. Patrick’s Cathedral for the repose of his soul, in the presence of his Lordship the Bishop. The celebrant was the Right Rev. Mgr. Brodie, V.G., Very Rev. Chancellor Holbrook being deacon, Rev. Father Clarke subdeacon, and Rev. Father O’Doherty master of ceremonies. The following priests were also present: Very Rev. Father Buckley, and Rev; Fathers ; Kehoe, Tormey, Furlong, Cahill, Forde, O’Malley, Kirrane, D. O’Connell, Patterson, and W. J. Ormond (son of the deceased). The solemn music of the Mass-was impressively rendered by the choir, under the able leadership of Mr*. Hiscocks. A very large congregation . was present. At the conclusion of the Mass the absolutions were given by the Bishop, after which his Lordship referred in feeling terms to the deceased, who: had, he said, brought from distant Ireland a true devotion . to the Catholic faith, which through his long life he had always practised, and the fruits of which were seen in the consistent piety of his family. • There was -little need, he said, to mourn for such a one.' We shoul4

rather look forward to the. bright future which awaits him. While the remains were being borne from the church the * Funeral March ’ was played by Mr. Nicholls. The funeral cortege, consisting mainly of a large number of motor vehicles, then left for Waikaraka Cemetery, where the Very Rev. Dean Mahoney, of Onehunga, officiated at the graveside.—R.l.P. MR. PATRICK FITZGERALD, OREPUKI. We regret to report the death of Mr. Patrick Fitzgerald, of Orepuki, who passed away oh March 31, at the age of 73 years. The deceased was born in County Limerick, which he left in 1862 for Melbourne, and from there he proceeded to the Ballarat and Bendigo diggings. Three yeafs later he came to New Zealand and worked, in the diggings at the Duller, Hokitika, Greymouth, and Orepuki. He was the second European to arrive at the last mentioned place. The late Mr. Fitzgerald was a subscriber to the Tablet since it was started, and always took a great interest in its success. Ho leaves a widow, four daughters, and two sons 4 to mourn their loss.R.I.P.