OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 4 January 1912, Page 27

OBITUARY

MR. CORNELIUS BROSNAHAN, _ BEACONSFIELD. .. Sincere regret was felt in the district when it became known that Mr. Cornelius Brosnahan, of Beaconsfield, had passed away on November; 27, after a brief illness. ".The deceased was born in the parish: of Bally McElligott, Kerry, Ireland, about 52 years ago,; and came to New Zealand in 1873. After working, for his brother, Mr. T. H. Brosnahan, Washdyke, for some time, he started farming on his own account at the Levels, and afterwards at Kakahu. About four years ago he settled in Beaconsfield (where \he purchased a large farm which he successfully cultivated until his death. A Requiem Mass was celebrated by Very Rev. Dean Tubman, at the Church of the Sacred Heart, Timaru,'who also officiated at the graveside, assisted by the Rev. Father Fay, at Temuka, where the interment took place. The attendance at the funeral, which was one of the largest ever seen in the district, (bore testimony to the esteem in which the deceased was held. The late Mr. Brosnahan leaves a widow and family of nine children to mourn their loss.R.I.P. , " *-«