OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 28 August 1919, Page 28

OBITUARY

; MR. WILLIAM F. TAPP, REEFTON. Some weeks ago there passed away at the Reef ton Hospital, at' the early age of 36 years, a well-known and highly-respected resident of Reef ton, in the person of William Frederick Tapp (writes an esteemed correspondent). The late Mr. Tapp was a great enthusiast in every form of sport, and in every undertaking he spared no energy to attain perfection. About the middle of last year his health began to decline, and last October lie became a patient in the Reef ton Hospital, and it was during his lengthy illness that the love and esteem he so well merited were intensified among those who knew him best. His long period of suffering was borne with a fortitude and patience that edified all around, him. Such virtue, aided by the quiet but persistent prayers of those who loved him, obtained for him the great gift of Faith. He was received into the Catholic Church on June 29, and on July 29 passed peacefully away. The deceased leaves a widow to mourn her loss, and to her is extended the sincere sympathy of many friends. —R.l.P. MRS. N. M. EGAN, WREY’S BUSH. The sad news of the death of Mrs. Nora Mary Egan, wife of Mr. James Egan, of Wrey’s Bush, which occurred at the Riverton Hospital on Sunday morning, July 27, occasioned deep sorrow throughout the whole district. The late Mrs. Egan was the second daughter of Mrs. Cosgriff and the late John Cosgriff, of Nightcaps. She was of a bright and happy nature, and was highly esteemed. Deceased had been an inmate of the Riverton Hospital for a month, and oh the day previous to her death underwent an operation, but some hours later collapsed and passed away. The late Mrs. Egan had great and sincere faith, and was for many years a faithful member of the Sodality of the Children of Mary. Being gifted with a splendid voice, she was a member of St. Peter’s Choir, and prior to her marriage had at different periods assisted in choirs at Nightcaps, Gore, Waikaka, and Arrowtown. Having received the constant ministrations of Father Buckley, and visited by Very Rev. Father Lynch and the Sisters of Mercy, she passed away fortified by all the last sacred rites of Holy Church. On Tuesday morning, July 29, her remains were conveyed from her late residence to St. Peter’s Church, and at 8 o’clock a Solemn Requiem Mass was celebrated for the happy repose of her soul, by the Very Rev. Father Lynch, The funeral cortege, which left the church on Tuesday afternoon, was largely attended, friends and sympathisers being present from distant parts of the province. The Very Rev. Father Lynch, assisted by Father Bowen, officiated at the graveside. Deceased leaves' her husband and four young children to mourn the loss of a young wife and mother. The late Mrs. Egan is also survived by her mother, four sisters Sister M. Austin (Convent of Mercy, Wellington), Mi's. T. Fitzsimons (Bluff), and Misses A. and K. Cosgriff (Nightcaps) — and six brothers Edward, Thomas, James, and William Cosgriff (Nightcaps), John Cosgriff (Masterton), and M. Cosgriff, who returns from Egypt about August 28—-who have the sincere sympathy of a large circle of friends in their sad bereavement. —R. I . P. *■