OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 13 January 1921, Page 22

OBITUARY

MR. JOHN NOLAN, MO EVEN. Mr. John Nolan (late of Lincoln, North Canterbury) passed away peacefully at the residence of his. son-in-law, Mr. M. E. Hanley, 'Morven, on Tuesday, • December 21. The late Mr. Nolan came to New Zealand over 40 years ago with his wife and family from Co. Donegal, Ireland. He settled at Lincoln, in which place he followed the occupation of farming up till a few years ago, and was a staunch Hibernian for about 40 years. Large numbers attended the obsequies at Waimate on Thursday, December 20. Requiem Mass was celebrated at 9.30 by Rev. Father Herring, S.M. (chaplain of the local branch of the T1.A.C.8. Society), after which the funeral left for the Waimate Cemetery, headed by a large number of members of the Hibernian Society in regalia. Four members of the society Messrs. James C'unneen and John Doyle (New Headford branch, Lincoln), M. Lyons end T. 1 comey (St. Patrick’s branch, Waimate) —acted as pall-bearers. _ Rev. Father Peoples, S.M., officiated at the graveside. The deceased, who was 79 years of age, leaves a wife and two daughters Mrs. Michael Cooney and Mrs. Michael Hanley, Morven—to mourn their loss. —R.l.P. MRS. ANNIE HILL, DUNEDIN. The sudden death of Mrs. Annie Hill, wife of Mr. J. Hill, of Dunedin, which occurred on Sunday evening, is recorded with very sincere regret. The deceased, who was about 50 years of age, was a. native of Mount Blackwood, near Ballarat, Victoria, and was a member of the well-known and highly-respected Catholic family named Cocciardi. still residing there, and, with her husband, came to New Zealand about 28 years ago, settling in Dunedin, Mr. Hill's * birthplace/ Always a fervent Catholic, she received from the Rev. Father Ardagh the last sacred rites of Holy Church during a, brief period > of consciousness following an acute attack of illness from which she immediately afterwards succumbed. -Requiem Mass was offered at St. Joseph’s Cathedral on Tuesday by Rev. Father Shore (who was recently ordained), 1 an esteemed friend of the family. He also officiated in the afternoon at the interment in the Southern Cemetery. The deceased leaves her husband, two sons—Mr. Charles Hill, of the N.ZL Railways I department, and Mr. Edward Hill, a returned soldier, permanently incapacitated two ' daughters —Misses Mary and Johanna Hill, Dunedin—to mourn their loss.—R.l.P.