OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, Volume XXXVI, Issue 22, 4 June 1908, Page 30

OBITUARY

MR. PETER LEVY, NELSON. There passed away on- May, 4, in' the person of Mr. Peter Levy, a well known figure to old Nelsonians, and a man who had been associated closely with some of the most stirring events in the history of this settlement (says the Nelson 'Colonist')- • • Mr. Levy was born in Westmeath, Ireland, eighty-six years ago, and was for over forty years a servant of the Crown. He joined the 65th Regiment in 1844, and two years later he came out to New Zealand, landing at Auckland, the headquarters of the regiment. Mr. Levy took his discharge .from the regiment in 1853, and in 1563 joined the Police .Force in Nelson. He held " the N.Z. war medal for active service at Wanganui, and he also gained the long service and good conduct medal in the New Zealand Police Force. In 1887 Mr. Levy retired from the Police Force, and was then presented with a silver tea and coffee service by his comrades and a few of the citizens who had leanied of the affair. Since then Mr. Levy had lived in retirement. He leaves a widow and a large family of sons, daughters, and grandchildren, viz.— Sons : Mr. Michael Levy, Wellington ; Mr. M. J. Levy, postal Department,' Nelson ; Mr. Peter Levy, Wellington. Daughters : Mrs. John Hagen, Spring Grove ; Mrs. A. Grant, Nels.on ; Mrs. T. Barry, Nelson ; Miss N. Levy. The funeral took place on May 6, from St. Mary's Church, where the first portion of the burial service was conducted by the Rev. Father Clancy, who also officiated at the interment in the New Cemetery.— R.l. P.