OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 15 February 1917, Page 42

OBITUARY

--- ; I MR. JAMES HOLLEY, LEESTON. .. The funeral of the late Mr. James Holley, who died I - at Riocarton on last Tuesday week, took place at Lees- I ; ton (where the family resided for many years) on the I | following Thursday (writes our Christchurch correspon- I 4; dent). Masses were celebrated by visiting priests, from I 1 6 a.m., and at 10 o’clock a Solemn Requiem Mass was f I celebrated in the presence of his Lordship the Bishop, \ The Very Rev. ■ Dean Holley, S.M. (Provincial) was j - celebrant, the Very Rev. Father Graham, S.M., M.A., I was deacon, the Rev. - Father Bowden, S .M ., M. A. , sub- I deacon, and the Rev. Father Hoare, S.M. (pastor of j ■, . the district) : master of ceremonies. The Gregorian I music of the Mass was sung by a special choir of priests, I Mr. O’Meeghan, of Wellington, being organist. The I funeral oration was preached by his Lordship Bishop I • Brodie, who, in the course of his address, made feeling I reference to the good work done by the late Mr. Holley, I in connection with all Catholic undertakings, and to j the high regard in which he was held by the people of I the district. He referred in eulogistic terms to the I I work of the Very Rev. Dean Holley, brother of the j r deceased, who is now Provincial of the Marist Order j : in New Zealand, and said that it was largely out of I . respect for the Dean that he was present that morning I L to assist at the solemn function. The Very Rev. I p- Dean Regnault, S.M,, officiated at the graveside, where J I the * Benedictus ’ was sung by the priests. The funeral j p was a large and representative one, there being many I : visitors from Christchurch and elsewhere. —R.l.P. J MRS. MARY O’DONOHUE, SPREYDON. ?!■", , Mrs. Mary O’Donohue, widow of Andrew O’Dono- j hue, - died 'at her son’s residence, Mill road, Spreydon, J I ; on February 3, 1917, at the ripe old age of 83 years. > Mr. and Mrs. O’Donohue were very old residents of T Christchurch, having landed here in the year 1861 p from the ship Chrysolite. They were natives of County P Carlow, Ireland, were most exemplary Catholics, and J- 7 ? -' never abandoned their love for their native land, being I most patriotic and always helping the cause of their j S" loved country. Mrs. O’Donohue leaves one son and j 1 one daughter and several grandchildren, together with s two brothers and one sister (Mr. Martin O’Neil, of 1 tl Lincoln road, and Mr. Edward O’Neil, of Temuka, J 9- and Mrs Flood, of the Star and Garter Hotel, Christ- j church) to mourn their loss. The O’Donohue family has given many religious to the Church. Her only j : daughter became a nun after her school days were over, | joining the Sisters of the Mission, Barbadoes street, Christchurch. She is now the Rev. Mother Mary •' St. Sebastian, of the Nelson Convent, having been ' transferred lately from the Leeston Convent, I I where she was Rev. Mother for a considerf;: able time. There are also two nieces Mother j L St. Angela, of Lower Hutt, and Sister M. ■ St Taicius, of Stratford, and four other nieces in the Pv Order of the Good- Shepherd. Rev. Father O’Hare fly" celebrated Requiem Mass at the Addington Church for deceased, and then the cortege, which was a long r, -- one, proceeded to the Linwood Cemetery, where the - ; body was interred by the side of her late husband. I Deceased had her faculties up to the last, and she died .'very peaceful death. She will be missed from a large circle of friends, and especially from the church which she served so well during • her long life. R.I.P. MISS MARGARET W. CONNELL, OAMARU. It is with sincere regret we have to record the death of Margaret Winifred Connell at her parents residence, North Belt, Oamaru (writes a correspondent). The Rev. Father O’Connell attended her during her last illness, and she had the consolation of receiving the last absolution from the r Rev. Father Foley. On Thursday morning the Rev. Father O’Conr nell celebrated a Requiem Mass for the repose of her soul, at which the children from the Convent Schools attended. The deceased was educated’by the Dominican Nuns, and at one time was a pupil teacher, in fehek school. The esteem in which the family is held I-

was testified by the marks ?of 3 sympathy,? shown 5 them. Amongst these 7 were wreaths sent by the employees .of the Pukeuri Freezing Works, the railway workers, and the woollen mills. Great sympathy ;is felt for the parents, brothers, and sisters in their loss. Eddie, brother of the deceased, who left with the 7 9th Reinforcements ; from . Westport, where he held; a position o trust in the Railway Department, is now invalided in the New Zealand Hospital at Walton-on The' deceased young • lady was' a niece of Mrs. J. ' Lynch, Pukeuri.-—R.I.P. : V ; ; MRS. JOHANNA LYNCH, MILTON. ' ' Another old identity, in the person of Mrs Johanna Lynch, passed away on the sth inst. at : her residence, . Tokoiti, near Milton, at the ripe age of 85 years. Mrs. Lynch arrived in New : Zealand somewhere - about the ’fifties of last century. She, with her husband, Thomas Lynch, who . predeceased her many years ago, lived in the Tokomiriro district, where ; Mr. Lynch engaged in shepherding. Later on he commenced farming operations in Rocky Valley, but subsequently sold out of that and came to reside at Tokoiti, where he died. Mrs, Lynch was one of those who ' went through the many vicissitudes of the pioneering days, and had many interesting tales ,to tell of the hardships and trials of those strenuous times. She was of a, cheerful, disposition, and many kindly and charitable deeds are related to her credit. . She was always a staunch and pious Catholic, and died in the full consolations of her religion at the ripe old age above mentioned. Mrs Lynch reared in all a. family of ten, six sons and * four daughters, of whom four sons (Messrs. Thomas Lynch, of Timaru, W. C. Lynch, of Christchurch and James and Joseph Lynch, of Milton), and four daughters, three of whom are married, still, survive her. The cortege of the deceased left the Milton Church at 2.30 • p.m. on Wednesday last, and was attended by many old residents of the district. The Rev. Father James O’Neill, of Waikiwi, assisted by the Rev. Fathers Howard and Scanlon conducted the ceremony in the church and at the graveside.R.l.P. .