MRS. ELIZABETH EAGAR, SOUTH DLNEDIN

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXI, Issue 32, 6 August 1903, Page 15

MRS. ELIZABETH EAGAR, SOUTH DLNEDIN

There died at Musselbuigh, Dunedin, on June 291h, Mrs. Elizabeth Uagar, a \ery old resident and member of the congregation of St Patrick's Church, South Dunedin. Mrs Eagar was born in India some 70 years ago, and was educated toi tne teaching profession, which a\ocation .she successfully followed till her marriage Mrs. Eagar's life for the first few years in India was an eventful one, as that country in those far-ofi days was in a very unsettled condition. Subsequently while her husband (the late Color-Sergeant Eagar) was in the Crimea, Mrs. Eagar was engaged in nursing the wounded in the great London hospitals. Mis. Eagar's practical experience gained in the early Indian days was of great service to the wounded, so much so that on two occasions—when the late Queen Victoiia \isited the sick, her Majesty complimented Mrs. Eagar on her success as a nurse ; and during the second \isit presented the deceased lady with a silk handkerchief as a token of her high appreciation of the manner in which Mrs. Eagar was ministering to the wounded soldiers. After her husband's retirement from the army Mrs Eagar was a frequent contributor to the press both in England and Ireland. Mrs. Eagar was a devout and sincere Catholic, and was remarkable for her piety and attention to her Church, while her many acts of kindness to her neighbors and those in distress will long be remembered. The funeral was a very large one The burial service was impressively read by the Rev. Father Coffey. Numerous letters and messages of sympathy we're received by the family. Mrs. Ea^ar leaves five children— Mr John Eagar, Mr. Edward Eagar, the well-known Dunedin tenor singer, and Mr. J. P. Eagar, of the Customs Department, Invercargill, Mrs. Reid, of Wellington, and Miss Lizzie Eagar. The family of the deceased on her own side have given many priests and nuns to the Church, and the frequent letters received from her nephew, the

Rev. Patrick Kearney, England, gave much pleasure to Mrs. Eagar in h3t dccl mng years. The family had the deepest sympathy in their great bereavement of the community where they have resided so long —It I P.