OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 11 January 1912, Page 27

OBITUARY

MRS. MARY CASEY, LOWER HUTT. (From an occasional correspondent.) .; l On November 22 there passed away at Lower Hutt, Mrs. Mary Casey, wife of. Mr. Patrick Casey. The

deceased, who was a native of Ireland, was 55 years of age. Her. illness was short, and the news of her death came as a great shock to her many friends, by whom she was highly esteemed. She was a devoted Catholic, and took a deep interest in Church affairs. The late Mrs. Casey leaves a husband, four daughters, and three sons to mourn their loss, and for whom great sympathy is felt. The funeral was a very large and representative one. Rev. Father Walsh officiated at the graveside, and the members of the Hibernian Society acted as pall-bearers.—R.l.P. REV. FATHER O'DWYER, S.M., LEESTON. (By telegraph from our Christchurch correspondent.) ■-■■ The death occurred on last Sunday night at Leeston, of the Rev. Father O'Dwyer, S.M., a priest - well known for very many years in most parts of the Dominion. The Rev. Father John Dennis O'Dwyer, who was in his 66th year, was born in the diocese of Kerry, on January 17, 1846. He was educated at Blackrock College, and also at Paris, where he was ordained in 1871. The deceased was professed in the Society of Mary on May 11, 1885, and for many years labored in the archdiocese of Wellington, in the diocese of Auckland, and also in Tonga. He came to Christchurch in 1906, being attached to both city parishes, and since then had done duty in Kumar a, Reef ton, Waimate, and elsewhere, latterly assisting at Leeston. A Solemn ; Requiem Mass for the repose; of the soul of the late Father O'Dwyer, S.M., was celebrated at the Church of St. John the Evangelist, Leeston, at 11 o'clock on Tuesday,, The Very Rev. Dean Hills, S.M., V.G., was celebrant, Rev., Father Morkane (Holy Cross College) deacon, Rev. Father Dignan, S.M. (St. Mary's; Christchurch) subdeacon, and Very Rev. Father Price, Adm., master of ceremonies. The Office for the Dead, prior to and during the Mass, was sung by the clergy, all those of : the North Canterbury deanery being present. His Lordship Bishop Grimes presided in the sanctuary, and, at the conclusion of the Mass, addressed the crowded congregation on the life and missionary labors of the deceased priest during the long period he had been associated with 1 the progress of , the Church in the Dominion, and gave the absolution at the coffin. Immediately after Mass . the : remains were conveyed to the local Catholic cemetery, and interred alongside the grave of the late Dean Chervier, S.M., a former rector of the parish 7 of Leeston. The funeral was very largely attended. The Very Rev. Dean Hills officiated at the graveside, assisted by the, clergy previously mentioned: —R.I.P, . J ; MR. CORNELIUS O'DONOGHUE, HASTINGS. (From our owyi correspondent.) Sincere regret was felt throughout the district when the death of Mr. Cornelius O'Donoghue, of the Albert Hotel, Hastings, at the comparatively early age of 52 years, was announced. Deceased was seized with a sudden illness a few weeks ago, and 'he passed away on the morning of January 2. The late Mr. O'Donoghue was of a genial and kindly disposition, and a patriotic Irishman, being treasurer of the Irish Parliamentary fund in Hastings. He was a native of. the County Waterford, and arrived in the Dominion 33 years ago, when he took up contracting work in Waipawa. Later on he started hotel-keeping in Wanstead, proceeding from there to Napier, and thence to Port Ahuriri. The remains were taken to the Church of the Sacred Heart, where the first part of the burial service was read by the Very Rev. Father Keogh, who also officiated at the graveside. The attendance at the funeral, which was the largest ever seen in Hastings, bore testimony to the esteem in which deceased was held; It was headed by over sixty members of the Hibernian Society, representing Hastings, Napier, and Waipawa. Deceased was a 'members of the Waipawa branch for the past thirty years. The clergy present were the Very Rev. Dean. Grogan (Meeanee), Rev. Father Saunderson (Waipawa), Rev. Father O'Connor (Napier), and Rev. Father Gondringer (Wellington).— R.I.P. ■ "' ''••':■' "-"'' ■■'■■*