OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 22 August 1918, Page 22

OBITUARY

MR. J. P. BOURKE, WELLINGTON. Mr. J. P. Bourke, well known in the Wellington and Marlborough - districts, and "son of the late Mr. James Bourke, of Kilbirnie, died at his residence, Cashmere Hills, Christchurch, on Saturday last, at the early age of 39 years (writes our Wellington correspondent). Mr. Bourke had for some time past been a large operator in wool, being the senior partner in the firm of Bourke, Wilson, and Co., of Wellington. He was born in Wellington, and was educated at St.. Patrick’s College. He was a staunch Catholic and a. quiet and unassuming young man, and very popular. Mr. Bourke, who had been in delicate health for some time, only removed from Wellington to Christchurch a few months ago, the change being made for health reasons. » The interment took place at the Mount Street Cemetery, Wellington, prior to which Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated at St. Joseph’s Church, Buckle Street, by the Ven. Archdeacon Devoy, S.M. Archbishop O’Shea was present in the sanctuary, as were also Very Rev. Dean Holley provincial), Fathers Gilbert (Rector of St. Patrick’s College). Mangan, C.SS.R., Ainsworth, McDonnell, Gondringer, Hurley, and Campbell. There was a large congregation at the Requiem Mass, including members of the religious Orders and school children from the upper standards of St. Anne’s and St. Joseph’s Convents. The service at the graveside was conducted by the Ven. Archdeacon Devoy. The principal mourners were the deceased’s brothers, Messrs. M. F. Bourke (Napier), T. J. Bourke (Kilbirnie), and J. J. Bourke (Lower Hutt). Sister Mary St. Vincent, of St. Joseph’s Convent, Wellington South, is a sister, another sister being married to Mr. J. O’Shea, of llawera, brother of his Grace Archbishop O’Shea, S.M. By his will the following benefactions were made —Catholic church, Kilbirnie, £500: Mother Mary Aubert s Home, Wellington, £SOO ; Redemptorists’ Monastery, Wellington, £SOO ; Boys’ Catholic Orphanage, Lower Hutt, 0250 : Girls’ Catholic Orphanage, Upper Hutt, £250; Wellington Catholic Education Board, £250.—R.1.P.

MR. JOHN Me A LOON, CHRISTCHURCH. The death, at his residence, Rogers Street, Waltham, Christchurch, on Sunday August 11, of an old. and highly respected member of the Christchurch Cathedral congregation, in the person of Mr. John McAloon, is recorded with deep regret. The deceased retired in his usual good health on the Saturday night previous, but on a visit to his room on Sunday morning it was found that he had passed quietly away whilst asleep. The late Mr. McAloon, who' was born at Knockninny, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland,, in 1859, arrived in Lyttelton by the shin Hereford on January 16, 1878, and soon after joined the Railway service in Christchurch, where he lived up to the time of his death. The deceased is survived by his widow and eight children— Messrs. James (Makikihi), John (Wellington), Owen (on active service), Cecil and Norman (Christchurch), and Misses Mary, Blanche, and Evelyn (Christchurch). Numerous messages of sympathy were received by the family, and also a large number of floral tributes, including one from deceased’s fellow-workers in the Railway, and one each from the Christchurch Telegraph Office and the Telephone Exchange, where his son and daughter are employed. Requiem Mass was celebrated on Tuesday, August 13, in the Cathedral by Father Fogarty, and was very largely attended. The girls of the Sacred Heart College and the boys of the Marist Brothers’ School were present, and sang appropriate hymns, accompanied on the organ bv Mr, H. Tliscocks,s who also played the “Dead March.” A guard of honor of Marist Brothers’ School boys was formed up outside the Cathedral, and the pall-bearers consisted of fellow-employees in the Railway Department. The funeral cortege to the cemetery was very lengthy. Father Fogarty, assisted by Fathers, Kelly (Gisborne) and Carroll, officiated at the interment. —■ R.I.P. .. ; .