OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 15 June 1916, Page 27

OBITUARY

SISTER MARIE ST. CANDIDE, NAPIER. The Sisters of Our Lady of the Missions sustained a severe loss in the death of Sister Marie St. Candide, who died at Napier on Thursday, June 1, after a very brief illness. Deceased, who was a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. E. Jones, of Hamilton, had been in Napier only three months, but during that time had won the love and esteem of both Sisters and children. She was operated on for appendicitis on the Saturday previous to her death, but very little hope was entertained from the beginning as peritonitis had already set in. The deceased bore her intense sufferings with heroic fortitude, and was a model of patience, cheerfulness, and resignation. During her illness she was attended by Rev. Fathers O’Sullivan and Venning (cousin of deceased). Previous to being in Napier, deceased' had been for four years in Christchurch, where' she has two sisters (Sisters M. St. Eutropia and Linus), and in Stratford for five years. On Saturday morning, June 3, at 10 o’clock Rev. Father Venning celebrated a Requiem Mass during which appropriate hymns were sung by the Sisters and children. After Mass the celebrant, in a few well-chosen words, alluded briefly to deceased’s life of devotedness and to her holy and happy death. He extended his sympathy to the sorrowing parents, who were present, and also to the Order to which the Sister belonged. The funeral procession then wended its way to the Sisters’ private cemetery in the convent grounds, where the usual prayers were said by the Rev. Father Venning. There were. also present Very Rev. Dean Smyth, S.M. (Provincial), Very Rev. Dean Rinsfield, Rev. Fathers

O Sullivan, Ainsworth, McDonnell, Bowden, Hickson, and Geaney.—R.l.p.