OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXII, Issue 51, 22 December 1904, Page 20

OBITUARY

MR. THOMAS BOWDEN, .TUN., WELLINGTON (Fr,om a corr©s ) p,oride»nt.)

It is my sad duty to record the death of Mr. TWomas Bowdqn, son of Mr. Thomas Rowdetn, of T'h'orntion Quay, and brother of Rev. J. Bowdan, of Palmersiioji Nortlh, which took place at his father's residence dn Sunday, December 1. The deceased, wlho was chief clerk in the stlationmaster's office, Wellingt/on, 'succumbed tio an attack of inflammation of t»he liver and hemrmanMrage of the stomach During the week previous to his lamented death he had attended the mission being givfln by tjhe Redemptoris^t Fathers in the Sacred Heart Basilijca,. anji Fattier Clune attended him on Shmday mo.rnijng ainfci prepared him for the last Sacraments, Wihifch were administered hi t|ie afternoon hy Father Holley,, w,h|o declared that his death was tthe happiest he 'ha 4 evier wittne^sod. WMes'preati syiv/pathy has been expressed with the family in tflieir sad bereavement The high esteem i(n which tlhe 'dete'ased was held iii tjve Railway Department was shown by the number of beautiful wreatihs sent from cactfi branch of the service. The liberal t«cfc place on Tuesday afternoon. Father Bowdem (brother of deceased) conducted the solemn serViice in tlhe Saoxetd Heart Basilica, assisted by the following priests : Vein. Archdeacon Devoy, Very Retv. Fathers Kepgli a-rid Lajne, and Rev. Fat/hers AinswoTbh, HWley, Cltfne, Fifcnerty, McDermott, O'Reilly, Murray, Walsh, W Tym*oins, O'Shea, McNtun6ira\ an)d i Sejiafefen. The

funeral procesisrb'n tto the cemetery at KaroKi was a Kong one, many of deceased's comrades being amojigst those who followed him to his last rcstitig-pliace. Father Bowden agaißi officiated at t?he graVeside.— R.l.P.