OBITUARY.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1993, 25 February 1914, Page 2

OBITUARY.

DKATH Ol- MRS. G. V. SHANNON. The death of Mrs. Eftiily Jane Shannon will b« received with widespread regret for she was well known, partimt* larly ift tha southern portion of this, island. The deceased lady, who Was twrii in Dublin, ivas the aniiglrter of Lieutenant Hewitt, R.N., and after, her marriage to Mr. G. V. Sl.iaUitofl tame' to New Zealand and settled in Nelson for ten years, Mr. ami Mrs. Shannon and family then removed to Wellington, *k» thay resided' for li yews before ■removing to "The ToLaras," ttieir hoißS•stcad,. near Fcikling. i)rs. Shannon, who was one of-tho original settlers in the district (settling there -in 1877), returned to Wellington whcii h« husband was appointed Chief Customs..Jixptirt,, and for '21 years she travelled '&v<Sr "thfe-; Doniiuiosi witi.T iiim, and on Mr, Shannon's •fctiremcct, ivo J'oa.rs aga, Mr.' srnl Mrs. Sh:'iui.on retiinied to j' !l Tli« Totoras," where tliev lived ever sinec. The late Mrs. Shannon leaves a husband and grovm-up family of six daughters and .tiro sons: Mrs. S, Williamson: (Waituna;, Mrs. (Dr.) {Jniitlt (Hnuterville), Mrs. .Robert M'Bet-li (Kimbolt-an), Mrs. Harold Reinayne (Halrotnlie), Mrs.- H. T. Riohar-'lsoti (Wo'lin-i'ion';, and Miss Shannon (wiio rcai-dps witli her parents). The -sons arc Mr. Wm. Siiarmoii (M:v kimj), and Mr, Trevor Shannon (Wai'tuua'j. Tliu iflterHiOiit will take pliicft at Wellington. •