OBITUARY.

King Country Chronicle, Volume III, Issue 170, 5 July 1909, Page 2

OBITUARY.

The sad news conveying information of the death of Mr Jeremiah Ormsby will undoubtedly be received with genuine and widespread sorrow throughout the whole district. Probably no man in the King Country held the esteem and confidence of Europeans and Maoris to the same degree as Mr Ormsby, and those with whom he became closely associated had their feeling's deepened to genuine affection for the man. As a private citizen, and as a public man Mr Ormsby's life was up to a high standard. His family could ill afford to lose .him, and in a public sense the district loses one of its best men, one who by his intrinsic worth had endeared himself to all. Mr Ormsby's public life is well known, and his work for the public good is a record of which his family may well be proud. Unassuming and modest to a degree, it was only a feeling of the deepest loyalty to his district, and an earnest desire to promote its interests which inspired Mr Ormsby to seek public office, and to his thoughtful and well-considered efforts Te Kuiti town and district are indebted for much. To the widespread expression of condolence to the bereaved relatives we would add our voice and trust that a measure of solace will be found in the fact that the man thus cut off in the prime of a well spent and useful life, left his mark on the history of the district'and will be genuinely mourned for by all who knew him.