OBITUARY

New Zealand Tablet, 10 July 1919, Page 23

OBITUARY

■ MR. JOHN HAYDON, CHRISTCHURCH. • .. . It is with regret the death is recorded, of June 22, following an operation, of Mr. John Haydon, for the past 35 years an official in the G.P.0., Christchurch, and a member of the Cathedral congregation. He was attended most devotedly in his illness by Father Murphy. His wife predeceased him 14 years ago. He has . left a family of five to mourn their loss Private Vernon Haydon, at present engaged at Headquarters, London; Frank (Levin), and Hilda, Kathleen, and Lillie, ex-pupils of the Sacred Heart Girls’ College, Barbadoes Street. On Tuesday morning, June 24, Requiem Mass was celebrated by Father: Cooney at St. Joseph’s Church, Lyttelton, where the interment took place.. The mourners were Messrs. Frank (son) and Harry Haydon (brother), Vernon O’Brien and David Dalton, Wellington (brothers-in-law). The funeral was very largely attended by fellow-officials of the G.P.O. Many handsome wreaths were sent from the different departments of the G.P.0. R.1.P,