OBITUARY.

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXIX, Issue 12, 21 March 1901, Page 20

OBITUA R Y.

MR. JOHN C RON IX. WAXCANI'I. (By telegraph, from our own correspondent ) Last Sunday, just as Very IW. Dean Kirk was reading the usual prayers before Mass, Mr. John Cronm was seized with a fatal illness. He wa- carried outside and ineu^uriM were taken to bring him to, but as he appeared to be r-inknitf rapidly me^enyrrs were despatched for medical aid. Meanwhile Dean Kirk hid hastened to his side, and it is believed tnat lite was not quite extinct, as the Dean admmistertd conditional Extreme Unetio'i. Dr. Christie arrived soon after, but John Cronin had breathed his Li^t. Maaa waa then offered for the r pose of Ins Dt.m Kuk, in referring to the Had occurrence, said that for some time the deceased had been a regular weekly commuuicaut, so that he was well prr--pared, and in being called away just a-> he was about, t} fulfil his obligations as a Catholic he had die! a beautilul duath. The late Mr. Cronin, who was (JO years (,f a^e. lea\e-< a widow and a grownup family of five. To these in their sudden b< rciivement the siucerest sympathy is extended. — 1i.1.P.

MI^S CIS.SIX BAKRKTT. KIBWEK. Very sincere sorrow was felt by a wide circle of friends and acquaintances (writes our Christchurch correspondent) at the death on Monday morning last in Chriatohurch of Miss Cis-<ie Barrett, only daughter of Mr, John Barrett, Kirwee, at th" atre of 2>s yearn, after a long and painful illness borne with charaeUMi-tio patience and Christian fortitude. At St. Mary's Chun h. Manchester street, on Wednesday morning, a Solemn lit quit m Mass for the repose of her soul was celebrated by the Rev. Father Gallais the Very Rev. Dean Foley being deacon, Rev. Father Richards subie.icon, and Rev. Father Marnane master of cereinunies. In the sanctuary were Rev. Fathers Chastagnon (l)arfield), Goggan (Leeston), and Ru-e (Hawarden), and in the church a ltumerous congregation of relatives and friends. The choir, led by Mr. H. 11. Loii^hnan, hang the solemn Gregorian music of the Mass, and Miss Funiion presided at the organ, playing the Dead March in ' Saul ' as the cortegr lett the church. The funeral was very numerously attended, the interment taking place in the Barbadces atreet Cemetery alongside the remains of the d^Jta«cd's mother and brother. The Key. Father Marnane officiated at the grave, and with much feeling referred to the many virtues of the late departed, her loving and geutle dieposition which drew so many towards her, the many years of, at times, intense sufferings endured by htr with exemplary resignation, through all of which she was ever cheerful and kind. The pall bearers were Messrs. Mead, W. G. and 11. Hayward,

and amongst those present at the funeral weri friends from all parts of the province. Wreaths were placed on the coffin by Mrs. Liston and family (Dunedin), Mrs. A. J. White and family, Mr. and Mm. Frank ll.>lley (Leeston), Mr. and Mrs. Clark, Mr. and Mrs. H. Gilbert Coombe, Mr. J. Scanlon (fTororata). Mr. and Mrs. A. R. Fleming (Fort Levy), Mr. J. Fleming, Missj Delcie Deamer, Misß Dofh'ie Dnamer, Mr. G. McClatchie and family, Miss L. D'Oyley, Mr. and Mrs. Quin (Temuka), Mr and fllrs. Flynn, Miss Gilmer (Wellington), and others. Telegrams and letters of condolence were received from Mn. Liston, Quirk Brow, R. Beveridge, Sir G. M. O'Rorke, Messrs. E. Comer (Lyttelton), G. Matthias (Waimate), R. A. Buckley, Gilmer (15), Jas. O'Malley, M. O'Brien, F. Barkas, Mrs. Lynskey (Ivaiapoi), W. J. Hardie, Quin (Temuka), Mrs. Page, F. f\ n-t.--.nny, n r . 0.-Trpbc!!, !. Mo'l 1:11^03 (Tiinaiu), Rev. Fathers ('offey (Dunedin) Regnault (Waimate), Goutenoire (Napier), Martin (V\pll'Ti£ton), r.nl Cha-ta^ncti (Du.;fkld).— ll. l. P.

MR. JEREMIAH KG AN', TIMARC. General regret was felt in South Canterbury when it became known that Mr. Jeremiah Egan, of Timaru, had died on the 6th inst, after a long- and painful illness. The deceased was well known and highly esteemed by all, and his death, at a comparatively early aye, was deeply deplored by a large circle of friends. The funeral procession from the Church of the Sacred Heart to the cemetery was very large, and was an evidence of the esteem in which the deceased was held by all classes in the community. The Rev. Father Tubman, assisted by the Rev. Father Aubry, conducted the buml service. A widow and three children are left to mourn their loss, and to these we tender our sympathy in their bereavement. — I! I. P.