WANGANUI.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXV, Issue 31, 10 December 1897, Page 27

WANGANUI.

(From an occasional correspondent.) THE LA.TE MRS. WM. MEEHAJf.

It is with sincere regret that I record the death of Mrs. William Meehan, of Obingaiti, who had been ailing in health for some months past. The deceased, who was well known in the Rangitikei district, where she was universally respected, was ihe daughter of the late James Haokett, of Kinalty Burr, King's County, Ireland, and had been in the colony for the last 18 years. Suffering 1 acutely from Bright's disease of the kidneys, Mrs. Meehan bought medical advice, first from Dr. Smith, of Hunterville, and then from two of the leading Wellington doctors, but all to no purj ose. About two months a.»o she came to Wanganui, and has been assiduously attended l>y Drs. Connolly and Saunders. who did all that science could tell them, but unfortunately with no better results than their

colleagues of Hunterville and Wellington. The deceased bore her sufferings with greac fortitude and was constantly attended in her illness by her husband (Mr. William Meehan) and their children, as well as a large number of sympathetic friends, who did all they could to cheer her up and alleviate her sufferings. On Tuesday morning the crisis came, and after having been administered the last Sacraments by the Rev. Father Tymons &he passed peacefully away in the presence of her sorrowing husband and six children. There were also present at the death bed Mr. James Meehan, deceased's brother-in-law, and Mr. William Delinay, an old schoolmate — as well as several other friends. The funeral took place on Thursday afternoon, and was attended by a large number of the deceased's friends, both of Wanganui and the Rangitikei district, and their presence was indicative of the universal respect in which Mrs. Meehan was held. The general opinion seemed to be that the most appropriate epitaph over her grave would be, " A faithful wife, a loving mother, and a good and staunch friend ; may she rest in peace." After the usual service had been held at St. Mary's, the cortege wended its way to the Catholic cemetery, where the Very Rev. Father Kirk, S.M., assisted by the Rev. Father Tymons, conducted the burial service in the presence of a large number of sympathetic friends. Mr. Meehan and bereaved children have the sincere sympathy of all in their sad bereavement. — 1t.1.P.