Obituary

Chronicle (Levin), 6 August 1948, Page 2

Obituary

P. J. H.

O'ROURKE ;

MR.

News of the death||ot Mr) P. J. H. O'Rourke, _ wfiich, ^qccurred with tragic suddenne'ss 'iati this,: fesidence, Waitohii, Otaki, . /on Wednesday af ternoon, came as a 1 great: shock to his, relatives arid'wide' bircle of friends. ' . .. r Mr. O'Rourke, had. appeared to be in norma! health, when. hqjhd^ left his home earlier in the.ydu,y-..tq fol-. low' /his usual • . routine,; •: but he returned to his home- aboqt, 3 ■ P^and suffered a seizure frqm. , which he failed to rally. Born in Otaki over 40 years ago, he was the fourth son of, the late Mr. and Mrs. Timothy O'Rourke, and after completing his education at St. Joseph's Convent, Otaki, and St Bede's College, Christchurch, 'he jpined his father in sheepfarifiifig pursuits. Following his marriage to Miss E. D. M. McGiil in 1934, he took over his presept holding. Mr. O'Rourke was ,a pronjinent member of the Otaki Golf Club and of other local organisations, and his sudden passing is a severe blow. to the community. ' . /■' ^ Besides his wife and family of two young. soiis, three brothers, Messrs. T. O'Rourke (Otaki) , C. O'Rourke (Wellington) and "H. O'Rourke (Owhango) , and three 'sisters, Mesdames P. Harper (Te Horo),'N. Chamberlain (New Plymouth) and W. D'Ath (Otaki) , are left to mourn their loss, and they [will have .-the sympathy of a host of friends in their sad bereavement. - • • . The funeral tobk place at Otaki today. . ■