OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 5 June 1919, Page 33

OBITUARY

MRS. JOHANNA NOLAN, KUMAR A. There, passed away peacefully at her residence, Tui Street, Kumara, on April 16, a widely-known and highly-esteemed resident in the person of Mrs. Johanna Nolan, who had attained the ripe age of 75 years. The late Mrs. Nolan had suffered a great deal with heart trouble, and was receiving medical attention up to the last attack, which caused her sudden and unexpected death, in the presence of her family. The deceased was an exemplary Catholic, and being of a kind and generous disposition, she was held in the highest esteem by all who knew her. She also held a warm place in the affections of the Sisters of Mercy, who were so often summoned to her bedside during her sudden illnesses! The late Mrs. Nolan was predeceased by her husband some years ago. One daughter and two sons Miss Nolan and Messrs. William and John Nolan—are left to mourn the loss of a devoted mother, and to them the sympathy of the whole community is extended. The last sacred rites of Holy Church were administered by Father O’ H are, who also officiated at the interment in Kumara Cemetery. —R. 1. P. MR. EDWARD O’CONNOR, HOKITIKA. The death occurred on Saturday. May 17, after a brief illness, of Mr. Edward O’Connor, of the Southland Hotel, Hokitika. The deceased, who had reached the age of 74 years, was born in Kilkenny, Co. Kerry, Ireland. He came out to Melbourne in the ship Champion of the Seas, in 1866. In the following year he came to Hokitika, where he engaged in goldmining and contracting till 1879. He then became licensee of the Imperial Hotel, and six years later bought the Southland Hotel property, opposite, which he successfully conducted up to the time of his death! -Deceased was married in 1879, and leaves a widow, four daughters (Sister M. Bernard of the Convent of Mercy, Lyttelton, Misses Mary, Catherine, and Johanna O’Connor), 'and three sons Edward and Patrick (on active service) and Martin, and two brothers-—Mr. Patrick O’Connor, of the police force, Dunedin, and Mr. William O’Connor, Rimu, — to mourn their loss. The’deceased’s eldest son, James, made the supreme sacrifice on Gallipoli as a member of the N.Z. Expeditionary Force. The very large gathering at the funeral on May 21 ; testified to the esteem in which the late Mr. O’Connor was held. The Hibernian Society was strongly represented at the obsequies, which were conducted by Father Clancy R.I.P. |