OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 22 January 1920, Page 37

OBITUARY

SISTER M. STANISLAUS, REEFTON. There passed away at the Convent of Mercy, Reef ton, on January 5, one of its senior Sisters, in the person of Sister M. Stanislaus Corbett. For the last two years the Sister had been in failing health, so that her end was not unexpected. Sister M. Stanislaus was the eldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Corbett, of Westport (formerly of Reefton). She entered the Order of Mercy in Reef ton over 26 years ago, and until the last two years was engaged in teaching either in Reefton or in Westport. Sister M. Stanislaus possessed a quiet and gentle disposition, and thus endeared to her all her pupils, as also the sick whom she visited indefatigably, though she herself was always a great sufferer. Besides her parents she leaves two brothers and a sister to mourn their loss. The remains of the late Sister were borne to the Sacred Heart Church at 9.30 a.m. on Wednesday (7th inst.) and the Requiem Mass began at 10 o'clock. Rev. Father Kane, S.M. (Reefton) was celebrant, Very Rev. Father Aubry, S.M. (Greymouth) deacon, and Rev. Father Murphy, S.M. (Reefton) subdeacon. Rev. Fathers Burger, S.M. (Christchurch) and Heffernan, S.M. (Greymouth) and Mr. Berti, of Reefton, rendered assistance in the choir. A very appropriate sermon was preached by Very Rev. Father Aubry, S.M. As the remains were carried from the church the "Dead March" was played by Mrs. Berti. Rev. Father Murphy (attended by the above-named clergy) officiated at the graveside.—R.l.P. MR. MALACHI LENIHAN, INVERCARGILL. There passed away at Invercargill on Thursday, January 8, one of the oldest and most popular railway gangers in Southland, in the person of. Mr. Malachi Lenihan, ganger in charge of the Clyde Street-Woodend section of the Bluff line for the past 14 years. The deceased was born in Co. Galway, Ireland, in 1859, and arrived at Port Chalmers in 1876. He joined the Railway Department in January, 1882, and shortly afterwards was promoted to ganger. Prior to coining to Invercargill the deceased was in charge of the Riverton-Thornbury section of the railways for 18 years. He was on duty as usual on Friday, January 2, when ho became indisposed. He grew gradually worse, and passed peacefully away, fortified by tho rites of Holy Church. The deceased had just reached tho age for superannuation, and would have retired in the course of a few months. He was a sterling Catholic and staunch Irishman, and was well known and highly respected throughout the district. He was attended during his illness by the Rev. Father Woods, and the Very Rev. Dean Burke officiated at the graveside. The late Mr. Lenihan leaves a widow and a family of five sons and six daughters to mourn their loss. —R.I.P. MR. PATRICK KEENAN, SEX., RIMU. With sincere regret the death is recorded of another of the early pioneer settlers of the West Coast, in the person of Patrick Keenan, sen., of Rimu, who passed peacefully a\\*ay at tho Kumara Hospital on Tuesday, December 2. The late Mr. Keenan was a native of Enniskillen, Co. Fermanagh, Ireland, and came to Westland in 1864, where he followed mining in various parts of the Coast: finally settling in Rimu some 37 years ago, where he was well known to old and young alike. He died on the 27th anniversary of his wife's death, at the ago of 78 years, leaving a grown-up family of five sons (James, Michael, Patrick, John, and Francis) and one daughter (Mrs. R. Robertson, of Wellington) and nine grandchildren, who have the sympathy of a large number of friends at their loss, and those in the district paid their last respects to the deceased by numerously attending the Requiem Mass, which was celebrated in Rimu by tho Rev. Father ; Riordan, of Ross, who also officiated at the interment in the Hokitika Cemetery. During his last illness, deceased was attended by the Rev. Father O'Hare, of Kumara, also

the Sisters of Mercy, who always devotedly assist the dying by their prayers. While the remains were borne out of the church at Rimu, the children attending the local convent school formed a bodyguard, showing in their own way their esteem for the deceased.—R.l.P.