OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 4 July 1918, Page 23

OBITUARY

SISTER M. ST. ANGELA (O'KEEFE), CHRISTCHURCH. ' At the Convent of Mercy, Colombo Street, Christchurch, on June 17, there passed away, after a week's illness, Sister Angela O'Keefe, in her seventy-eighth year. The deceased nun was born in County Clare, Ireland, and entered the Convent of Mercy, Ennis, in her fifteenth year. After spending 23 years in that convent she came to Hokitika in company with "nine other Sisters, two of whom predeceased her. Four years later a convent was opened in Greymouth, and she was one of the number chosen to found it, and she labored successfully there for 13 years, loved and revered by all who knew her. In 1895 she was removed to Christchurch, where she remained until her lamented death. On "Wednesday, June 19, a Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated for the deceased nun by his Lordship Bishop Brodie. Several of the clergy were in the Sanctuary. Representatives of the different Orders and a large number of the parishioners of St. Mary's assisted at the Mass to testify their respect for 'the deceased nun. The funeral took place immediately after the Mass, his Lordship the Bishop officiating at the graveside.—R.l.P.