OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 9 March 1916, Page 36

OBITUARY

MR. PATRICK GLEESON, AUCKLAND. '..'-• (By telegraph, from our own correspondent.) ■ . " March 6. A well-known resident, in the person of Mr. Patrick Gleeson, died at his residence, Parnell, on Saturday afternoon, fortified; by the rites, of the Church. The deceased- was born in Nenagh, Tipperary, nearly 80 years ago. At the age of fourteen years, he landed in Australia, participated in the Eureka Stockade riots, and came to New Zealand in the early 'sixties. He was "at Gabriel's Gully rush, thence he went to the West Coast and Thames, afterwards settling in Auckland ; from there he went to Napier, where he acquired much property. Of late years he had resided in Auckland, where his interests at the time of his death were considerable. He erected many.fine buildings'in Auckland, Napier, and Hastings. He was a devoted son of Ireland, and of his wealth he gave freely to the cause of faith and fatherland. The late Mr. Gleeson leaves a widow, one daughter (Mrs. Treston, Napier), and three sons (Messrs. Michael Gleeson, solicitor, Napier, and J. C. and P. S. Gleeson, Auckland). The interment will take place at Napier. He was a fervent and practical Catholic and a good Irishman, a devoted husband,-and a loving father.R.l.P.