OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXIII, Issue 32, 10 August 1905, Page 20

OBITUARY

MR, ARTHUR KERR, DACRE

Mr. Arthur Kerr, of Dacre, Southland (writes a correspondent), passed away after a very brief illness on July 13. The deceased, who was 61 years of age, was born in the County Antrim, and came to New Zealand in 1882. The first years of his experience were spent on the Edendale estate. He then removed to the West Plains district, finally settling on a farm at Dacre, where he spent the past se\en years. The surviving members of Mr. Kerr's family in the Colony are his wife and eleven children, and his sister, Mrs. P. Condon, of Wyndham. Mr. Kerr was much esteemed by his neigh-bbrs, whto showed their sympathy For the family by attending in large numbers* at the funeral. The deceased, who was a fervent Catholic, died consoled by the last Sacraments, and was laid to rest in the Eastern Cemetery, Invercarigill In life he left an example of piety, honesty, and sterling; Catholic qualities to those coming after him and bearing his name.— R.l. P.