Obituary

New Zealand Tablet, Volume L, Issue 41, 18 October 1923, Page 27

Obituary

MRS. ELLEN GUERIN, HILTON. Towards the end of July there passed away at her residence, Kakahu Road, Hilton, an old and highly respected resident in the person of Mrs. Ellen Guerin, relict of the late Michael Guerin. The deceased was born at Marol, Co. Limerick, Ireland, and came out to New Zealand in the year 1875. Shortly after her' arrival she married and settled down at her late residence. That the late Mrs. Guerin was very much loved and respected by everybody around her was shown by her largely attended funeral. The late Mrs. Guerin was .always to the fore in times of. sickness and trouble. Her charity was unbounded, particularly towards the orphans. Her husband predeceased her by 13 years; also seven of her children, one of whom (Sister Mary St. Joseph) died shortly after she entered the Convent of Our Lady of the Missions) Christ* church. Those of her family who survive her are Mother Mary St. Stephen (Convent of the Missions, New Plymouth)} Mr. James Guerin (Mataura), Mr. Joseph Guerin (Cannington), Mr. John and Miss L. Guerin (Kakahu). The interment took place at Geraldine, prior to which a Requiem Mass was offered by Rev. A. Cullen, S.M., assisted'by Rev. J, O'Connor, S.M.—R.I.P. _ , .

MR. JOHN NYHON, SANDYMOUNT, OTAGO PENINSULA. There passed away at his residence, Sandymount, Otago Peninsula, on "Wednesday evening, the 10th inst., in the person of Mr. John Nyhon, a highly respected member of the Catholic community in the Dominion. The deceased was born near Dunmanway, in the parish of Drinagh, Co. Cork, Ireland. At the age of twenty-two he left his native land for Australia, being attracted by the gold, discoveries then at their height. In 1862 he was married at St. Kilian's Church, Sandhurst, by the late Dr. Backhous, and upon the reported discovery of gold in Otago, accompanied by his wife, he set sail for New Zealand, landing at Port Chalmers. After working at Wetherstones, Waitahuna, the Dunstan and other goldfields, he settled on the Otago Peninsula, then in its primeval state. In 1885 he removed to Hawke's Bay to follow the occupation of sheepfarming, but the climate being too severe for his wife's delicate health he returned to the Peninsula, where lie resided until his death. The late Mr. Nyhon was a devout and fervent Catholic. He was an altar boy in Ireland, and during his residence in New Zealand served Mass whenever celebrated in his distfictpand also in his own home. His reverence for the priesthood and religious of his church was very marked. Despite failing health he endeavored to attend Mass, and when unable to leave home the clergy of St. Patrick's, South Dunedin, were constant in their attention and" administered the last sacred rites and consolations of Holy Church. He was a vigorous Home-Ruler and had long desired to see his country freed from oppression and taking her place amongst the nations of the world. His wife predeceased him by thirty-three years. Of a family of seven, four sons and one daughter survive him. —R.I.P.